Post Truth Culture

In The Coming Tsunami, which is currently available upon request, I write about four earthquakes seismically shifting our American religious landscape. You have very likely read about these reverberations. In fact, you’ve likely experienced the tremors. Once such earthquake is the rise of a "post-truth" culture, which has resulted in those of us who believe in Absolute Truth being branded as intolerant. As I write in the closing of the first chapter: Apologist Mary Jo Sharp writes: We live in a time when it has become difficult to discuss belief in God in our society. Why? Many factors may contribute but a prominent reason is that our society has steadily grown more skeptical that such a thing as truth exists. Yet, in our daily conversations and lives, most people will not explicitly say, "I'm not sure that truth exists." The people we encounter more likely have been influenced by their culture much more subtly—even subconsciously—to believe that no one has the truth. They will have a hard time articulating why they don't believe in truth or that they don't believe truth exists. Rather, they will use cultural catch phrases, "We should be tolerant;" "Don't be a hater;" "Everyone has their own way;" and "Who are you to judge?" She is right: most Americans who deny the existence of truth can't explain or defend their denial. But this makes the consequences of our "post-truth" culture no less dangerous. The postmodern denial of truth is the first earthquake contributing to the cultural tsunami against which biblical Christians are standing today. It is also foundational to all the others. To shift the analogy, it is the first layer of the cake many are consuming. This rejection of objective truth undermines or denies every essential truth claim of the Christian faith. . . . As we will see, this denial of truth casts those who believe in biblical truth as outdated and irrelevant at best, if not dangerous to society and our best future. Taking a stand for biblical truth has long been difficult, but I believe it will become increasingly challenging for Christians in America.