As I go about my life, I find that my values and beliefs are under attack by the popular opinion, generated by the popular media. The values to which I refer have been constant for the known history of the world, that is the recorded history of the world. I realize that these values have not been held up by the majority of societies on the earth and the major powers of the world throughout history have not been known to uphold the concept of absolute truth (right vs. wrong).
Take, for example, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego illustrates how a culture and the behest of the ruler (government) required all the people to worship as the ruler dictated (I use the word dictate to mean the lack of choice or liberty). This worship was enforced or the life of the rebellious one was taken (remember the hot furnace?). The young men in this instance stood up for what they believed was true (which turned out to be true after all), and were ultimately protected by their God. There is a formula for faith in this. If the young men had believe in bowing to the worship of the King, would their lives had been saved as well? Maybe, or they possibly would have suffered the fate of others in the Kings court, when he tired of them. The point: Faith has to be based in the complete true, the whole truth, not partial truth, or falsities. You can have faith in something that is wrong, or it would be false faith. Back to Nebuchadnezzar...so he has to put the young men in the oven, because you can't disobey the King, at least when the King is in charge! In the oven a miraculous thing happened, the young men didn't burn. The King was informed by his officials that young men were not harmed. The King then confesses that they were servants of the Most High God, something he probably already knew, but would not admit.
It is the same today. There are absolute truths that have been with us since day-one, like gravity, right & wrong, but the supposed Kings tell us that wrong is right, and what is right is wrong...it is all about control and bondage. That is what we are facing in the world today. Seek for truth, but of course this is....just an observation.
