Hi Jessica, thanks for the post.
You wrote that, “one thing that they claim is that there is no ultimate truth and no ultimate right or wrong. Part of this is due to the fact that they believe we're all products of evolution... so it goes to reason for them at least that there shouldn't be any right or wrong.”
I completely agree with you on this. I have often in the past expressed my lack of surprise at the increase in mass shootings, because I find there to be a certain logic behind them. If we are all products of a Darwinistic, atheistic type of evolution—where we are here by a cosmic accident, and our continued existence relies on the survival of the fittest—then if I'm tired of my life and I have a beef with you, why should I not take you out with me? I see it as taking their logic to its natural conclusion.
Though it is interesting to see that many of those on the left, while holding to the exact same worldview, express a universal moral outcry over such an event. Not only are they being inconsistent with their own worldview, but their outrage is also a reaction that is almost instinctive. Though it goes against their professed beliefs, they almost can't help it—which, as you rightly point out, points to a higher truth, something beyond their own reasoning.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20).¹
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Citations
1. Isaiah 5:20 (RSV-2CE).
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Bibliography
The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. San Francisco:
Ignatius Press, 2006.
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