[Vision2020] what is relative moralism

[Captain Kirker]

Dear Doug the Bubba Jones,

Moral relativism is the name used to describe a system of ethics where the 
moral standard moves or adjusts depending on the circumstance.

For example, Douglas Wilson says that he is not a moral relativist, implying 
that he is a moral absolutist, or that his moral standard does not move. But 
you have to remember that Douglas Wilson is a psychopath. This does not mean 
that he is a moral relativist; it means that he has no morals at all. And if 
he ever had a conscience, he seared it to a stub long ago. This of course 
explains why he tells lies without compunction: serial liars have no 
conscience. But I digress.

Here is a textbook example of moral relativity from Douglas Wilson.

On October 15, 2003, the Daily News published an op/ed written by Douglas 
Wilson. He said, “So, for the record (again!), racism is a sin. Because I am 
not an ethical relativist, it is not an ‘it all depends’ kind of sin. God 
hates it, and will judge it along with all other sins on the last day. 
Because God hates it, so do I.”

But in Doug’s latest book, A Serrated Edge, he wrote, “Jesus was not above 
using ethnic humor to make His point either. . . . Put in terms that we 
might be more familiar with, Jesus was white, and the disciples were white, 
and this black woman comes up seeking healing, for her daughter. . . It’s 
not right, [Jesus] says, to give perfectly good white folk food to 
“niggers.” . . . If this understanding is right, then Jesus was using a 
racial insult to make a point. If it is not correct, then He was simply 
using a racial insult. (Douglas Wilson, A Serrated Edge [Moscow: Canon 
Press, 2003] pp. 43, 44.)

Wilson says that God hates racism and will judge it on the last day. But 
Wilson also says that the Lord Jesus told racist jokes and hurled racial 
insults. Obviously both of these propositions cannot be true because they 
contradict each other, and Wilson cannot reconcile them without appealing to 
a relative standard.

If you called Doug to account, he would immediately muddy the waters and 
equivocate. When satisfied that the argument is sufficiently confused, he 
would blame homosexuals for imposing a racist interpretation on A Serrated 
Edge. Then he would say that he is being persecuted for righteousness’ sake. 
And finally he would write a letter to the governor complaining that Raul 
Sanchez has abused his office. WHHHHHAAAAAA! In the words of Don King, “Only 
in America.”

Cordially,

Captain Kirker

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