absolutism

I think that insofar as we are trying to re-think what it means to be a follower of Jesus or a Christian, then we would all benefit by not worrying about the problem of “relativism” and its ugly cousin “absolutism.” We live in real communities where there are limits, but those limits are not set in stone. We have to read what the Bible says and integrate it into our lives as best we can. Relativism and absolutism add layers of modern, metaphysical and philosophical baggage, and so they are superfluous to this process.