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Materialism’s Worldview of Ethics, Values, and Morals:
Materialism, as with all cults, is a religion of self-righteousness.
One of the chief goals of Materialism is the suppression of Christianity. For instance, Materialists have a strong mandate to make sure that children are taught Materialistic principles in public schools in preference to Christian principles--even Christian children. They consider themselves to be engaged in a culture war to enforce the teaching of their own dogmas as an absolute ethical mandate.
Materialism embraces Nietzsche’s “values” and rejects God’s moral laws. Values are based on each person’s preference. God’s laws are unchanging. Since Materialists don’t believe in God (at least they claim not to believe) they don’t want God to impose His laws on them. More to the point, since their deeds were evil, they rejected Jesus--Who could deliver them from sin. They loved sinful pleasure more than God so they became willingly ignorant of God and His will.
All Materialistic ethical systems are based on rationalism. That is to say that these systems are all merely fabrications or presuppositions created in the mind of human beings unlike the revelation that is given in the Bible.
Materialists tend to spend much effort and angst in attacking Christian ethics and morality and attacking the fact that there are moral absolutes. Materialists arrogantly state that, without the existence of God (their primary teaching), God cannot dictate morality or deliver from depravity.
Materialists tend to have great animosity toward the laws of the Bible and the Christian’s ongoing relationship with Christ.
All human ethical systems, those not based on the revelation given by God have the following three characteristics: They are speculative, that is, rationalistic. They are self-centered and self-righteous. They are rebellion against God. |
Biblical Christianity’s Vision of Ethics, Values, and Morals:
To compare the Materialism cult to Biblical Christianity, go here. To compare the Materialism cult's worldview of ethics, values and morals to the vision of morals, ethics, and values which is given to Scriptural Christianity, go here. |