Viewing Our World Through a Biblical Lens
Again on this page, similar to the Reality Lens page, we will be looking at admittedly diametrically opposite cultural and political worldviews and continue viewing our world through a biblical lens to identify which opposite views are false narratives, deceptions and lies! We are not asking you to accept the bible as an unquestionably true book to validate our conclusions here.
We will show that all the cultural and political issues being pushed today are diametrically opposite to biblical principles! On this page the evidence presented will be anecdotal, but on the next “Viewing our World Through a Scientific Lens” page the evidence will be converted into scientific probabilities. Here we will show that based upon an arbitrary, defined standard we can show that one is true and the other is false. Without appealing to the truth of the bible we can only establish that one is true and the other false, but not which is which. However, perhaps jumping ahead to conclusions that will be drawn on the next page, we can establish the bible is either 100% true or 100% false as opposed to being a mixed bag of myths and truths. From there we can show that it would be absurd to believe that the bible is 100 % false. Who could believe that The Ten Commandments are all false? Those whose philosophy break all ten commandments are not doing it because they believe that they are evil, but because they interfere with their desired lifestyle. Hopefully, the above rationale is understood so the evidence presented next will be relevant and convincing.
The following table shows how our cultural and political beliefs are diametrically opposed to biblical principles.
God’s ordained principle or concept | Man’s diametrically opposite cultural / political belief |
God exists | Our Culture Denies God’s existence |
God is the creator of all life | All life evolved from nothing |
God’s authority | Our Culture rejects God’s authority |
God’s wisdom | Our Culture rejects God’s wisdom and asserts man’s wisdom |
God’s supernatural creation and miracles | Our Culture denies the possibility of miracles, holds to naturalism |
Man is made in God’s image | Our Culture believes man is simply an intelligent animal |
God distinctly created male and female | Our Culture Believes You can choose your own gender |
Men and women are called to procreate | Our Culture Believes Children are optional |
Stewardship and dominion over creation | Our Culture Believes we need to overprotect the earth for political gain |
The Earth was made for man | Our Culture Believes we should worship the earth not the creator of it |
Other than the 7th day we are taught to work | Politicians support a large entitlement class that refuse to work |
Different roles established for men and women | Our Culture Believes men’s and women’s roles should be the same |
God ordained heterosexual marriage | Our Culture legitimatizes gay marriage and polygamy |
Man is deceitful and wicked | Our Culture believes Man is basically good and perfectible |
God has placed a conscience in man that knows good from evil | Our Culture Believes Man is the measure of all things and can create his own morality |
Our purpose is to have a relationship with God | Our Culture Believes man’s purpose is pragmatic and seeking self-pleasure |
Sin explains all evil and misery in the world | Our Culture Believes Evil doesn’t exist and misery is from nature or random happenings |
God provided a redemption to cure the effects of sin with His Son | Our Culture rejects God and belittles his redemption plan |
God commanded that we should not worship other gods or worship idols | Our Culture encourages worship of many other gods including God’s creation and places many idols above God |
God and humanity should be impartial | Politics pushes Affirmative Action |
Bible teaches we shouldn’t be coercive | Both Culture and politicians promote coercion |
The bible teaches we shouldn’t censor opposing beliefs | Both Culture and political operatives censor the opposing beliefs |
The bible promotes capitalism | Both Culture and politicians promote socialism, fascism and Marxism |
The bible teaches only one human race exists | Both Culture and politicians promote division through racism |
Clearly, our modern cultural and political philosophies are in diametric opposition to biblical teachings. Again, if we consider the bible to be nothing more than an arbitrary standard that is a mixed bag of truth and falsehoods, then we would never believe that it would either completely agree with our modern worldview or be in complete opposition to it. However, since it is in complete opposition to it, it would have to be considered to be a truth standard. If it wasn’t a truth standard or alternatively an un-truth standard the two worldviews would agree on many areas and disagree in many areas! Since that at is not the case, the bible is either a complete truth standard or a complete falsehood standard. Since it absurd to believe it is completely a falsehood standard, it is a true and reliable standard.
Was Jesus a Socialist, is a very important question today. It seems like even evangelical churches are promoting Social Justice where meeting peoples physical needs are more important than meeting their spiritual needs. It is this misconception that convinces Christians to vote for liberal candidates and support Black Lives Matter. When Christians do that, they are supporting people that support breaking all of the Ten Commandments. One cannot be more compromised and confused that that!