Let us continue to imagine that in our world of fictitious relative values, that I go about doing whatever I please, I drive my car toward a stoplight. Now, since there are no absolutes in my world, then I am the one to decide if I should stop or not. Others may feel that red means stop, and they are free to think that. I, however, am deciding that green means stop and red means go. Furthermore, I will also decide that roads are optional. Why can't I drive through your yard? Through your living room? If everything is relative, then I am free from all rules and ethics. I can do whatever feels OK to me personally.

At this point, many who don't believe in absolutes will respond with a candid: "It is wrong if it hurts other people," yet, even this statement is dogmatic. They are making a moral judgment that should apply to all people. This, in effect, is an absolute.

If there is no standard of truth in the Universe, then one can never be sure of anything. It is all an accident. I am free to do as I please--I can rape, I can kill anyone I don't like, I can steal whatever I please, I can cheat, I can be racist, I can lie. Who is to say that those things are wrong? A world without absolutes would be horrible indeed.

This stream of thought flows directly out of evolutionary thinking. If the world evolved, as many suppose, and life is all by chance...then there are no absolutes. Everything is purely an accident. Evolution denies many of the absolute laws of science. If you can violate a law of science, then of course you can violate a "law" of morality...because the laws are really nothing more than traditions.

The other possibility--that there is indeed absolute truth in the Universe, can be much more easily reconciled. In order for there to be absolute truth, there must be a Force that establishes that truth. You cannot have a law without a lawgiver. You cannot have a design without a designer. If you believe in absolute truth then you must accept the idea of a Creator--someone made you and implanted in you a moral code--a conscience.

The Bible makes it clear that it was God who established the Universe. It testifies that God created the world and made mankind. It records God's moral absolutes that He expects His creations to live by. According to the pages of the Word of God, it was He who set in motion the laws of nature and conscience. He is the designer behind the grand design of our world. He is the author of the moral absolutes that govern the hearts of men.

If one accepts the idea of God as Creator, then it becomes easy to understand where morality came from. Why do people disagree with innocent killing? Why are people repulsed by the idea of sexually abusing little children? Why do we think it is wrong to steal someone else's property? It is because God told us. Those morals certainly did not flow out of millions of years of evolution and the survival of the fittest, in fact, evolution teaches the exact opposite set of morals! Evolution tells us to do whatever it takes to survive and get ahead...not to show love and compassion to the weak!

God gave us the knowledge of right and wrong in our conscience. This being true, it also means that we are accountable to Him. He created us...therefore He owns us. If things are relative, then we are not accountable to anyone for our decisions. The Bible says in Romans 1:18-20 that.......