Are there no more absolutes?

I was listening to CBC radio on Wednesday. The topic being discussed was precipitated by the recent announcement by Cher's daughter that she was going to have her sex changed from female to male. It brought about all kinds of calls from people in favour of transgender persons. As always those who disagree are painted with a wide brush of being bigoted and narrow-minded. Isn't it sad that there is nothing sacred and nothing absolute anymore. It is strange that in the mathematical world of computers everything is either zeros or ones. You are either right or wrong - there is no room for being in between. Anything other than the absolutely correct entry in a computer is rejected. During the discussions on trangenderism one woman phoned in to make the comment - "People have to accept that there is a continuum between male and female - many variations". There really is no continuum - you are either male or female. Where does this nonsense end? Perhaps we need to go back a ways to some of the old absolutes when those things that are wrong are still wrong. Perhaps we need to stop making excuses for people who have developed perverted attitudes and lifestyles. The bank robber is still a violent thief not a person who has had a rough upbringing and whose parents abused him. The wife beater is still a bully. The lazy man is just that and if he wants to eat maybe it would be best for him to work. A thief is still a thief no matter how rich or how poor he is - it is wrong to steal from your employer, your neighbour or a stranger. The person who murders another has taken the most precious gift we have and it is against the laws of God and man to take a life. It is wrong to be proud. It is wrong to be jealous. It is wrong to be envious and covet your neighbour's success, property or anything that your neighbour has. It is wrong to be slothful. It is good and right to want to help those in need. It is good and right to have a generous heart. It is good and right to love your neighbour. It is good and right to sacrifice your time, energy, finances and even your life for others. There is right and wrong - good and evil - up and down -right and left - in and out. It is the natural order of things and there is a reason we have male and female - that is the natural order of things and you cannot change that order just because you want to.

Basically there are absolutes and they provide us with the building blocks of living and the guideposts of where to go and how to get there.