Pillow Fighting With Global Values

By Christopher Lee Reyes

Most people can compare and contrast the iPhone from the iPod Shuffle better than they can tell apart right from wrong. In fact, for many individuals in society morality is relative, social status prevails over humility, Christian ethics are obsolete, humanism is religion, and the Dali Lama or Barack Obama (depending on which side of the world you live on) is God.

There are several reasons why morality has been exponentially depleting throughout the Western world and why Christians are constantly downcasted, however I will focus on one that transcends cultures and is promoted as a means to bring humanity closer together: global-political correctness. In an increasingly interconnected world, this political correctness that I speak of strongly coincides with the notions of multiculturalism and moral relativism.

In the international community (mostly on a social not political level) there is a strong surge to obliterate morality to small relative pieces that have no direct jurisdiction over humanity. According to many of the renowned scholars and militant atheists of today these pieces of “cultural interpretations” should have no sovereignty over one another. Dr. Richard Dawkins, best selling author of the “God Dellusion”, constantly asks why we should adhere/believe in the God of the Bible and not the gods of Greek mythology, or the gods of the primitive tribes of Sub-Saharan Africa.

One of the major problems is that secularists have taken the opportunity to spread the ideology of humanism through this scholarly-influenced version of political correctness. It is a wolf in sheep’s clothing; masquerading itself through the pinnacles of our societies. 

This humanistic version of political correctness shrouds society like a dark cumulus cloud ready to burst; it’s only a matter of time where it will cultivate the assimilation of cultural morals that will demolish all sense of relevance toward actual righteousness.

As Shakespeare once wrote: "Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to Heaven." This is the battle cry for moral relativists that say morality could be defined on broad terms.

We are living in the times where, regrettably, the only individuals that stand up for a cause tend to blow up buildings and terrorize the innocent. Unfortunately, those called by God to defend His principles have become victims to the general rule of political correctness: “you have to be neutral, and assimilate.”

Therefore Christians in the U.S. don’t stand-up for anything anymore, instead they hide behind the four walls of church and try to blend in with the culture by playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey while their pastor goes into cardiac arrest for trying to dance to the “Thong Song.” And while church leaders begin to assimilate with the culture on a domestic level, Islam continues to expand globally, agnosticism is growing exponentially in Europe, and multiculturalism viciously shreds the influence Christian values have in the world.

Globalization’s effect on values

There’s no question that Globalization has brought forth an unusual connectivity. In any instance, you might have been garnered in clothing made from Mexico, spoken to a telemarketer from India --on a cell phone made in Japan-- and driven a car engineered in Germany to eat at a Arabian restaurant that imports food products from the corn fields of South Africa. This is the reality of the world we live in, and this is not a bad thing at all.

This phenomenon has brought forth great benefits to the overall well-being of humanity. Economies have flourished, and international development has elevated significantly. Likewise, the understanding of other cultures benefits us greatly intellectually.  

That being said, world views are clashing at levels never seen in human history, and when battles are launched there is always a winner and loser.

The European Union has already taken the first major step by not allowing any biblical references be outlined through its Charter of Fundamental Rights within its constitution. This initiative was taken in respect to the growing Islamic influence, humanistic-scholarly imperatives and the political secularization that has spread throughout the continent.

The Western world should undoubtedly embrace the differences that make us unique as humans, but we also need to maintain—and recognize— the moral traditions/standards that have set us apart. Christians should stand firm with their principles and not water down the Christian world view in order to assimilate for others.  

The only way Christians can survive globalization is by using the Word of God as their sword instead of pillow fighting with the cotton fabric of multicultural belief systems. Don’t get me wrong it’s you can definitely chose to stray away from controversy and stay neutral; you have the right to do that. I also, in most states, have the right to stack a pile of sharp-edged forks on the floor and play Twister with Swine Flu-infected terrorists,as I digest expired shrimp. But I choose reason; I chose purpose. 

Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]

Ephesians 6:13 (Amplified)