Defining Ethical Relativism (ER) From the fountains of naturalism and empiricism springs ethical relativism. Naturalism argues that all that exists is the natural universe, and that nothing supernatural exists. Empiricism argues that the only things that exist are what we can perceive through our five senses. ER relies heavily on these underpinnings, holding that since…

Greek philosophy demanded logical answers to the great questions of life. Pagan religious systems broke down under the scrutiny of the philosophically trained Greek mind.  Pagan systems were exposed as incoherent and societies were prepped to discard them in favor of a religious system that made sense.  As Greg Koukl has argued (I am paraphrasing),…

In When Athens Met Jerusalem, John Mark Reynolds demonstrated how Athens (Greek philosophical pursuit) prepared the way for Jerusalem (divine revelation) to launch Christianity in the first century.   As one commentator put it, Christian thought is incomprehensible apart from Greek philosophy.  Before Christianity hit the scene, and while Judaism was in its most corrupt state,…