Leviticus 19:15–16
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The very idea of an objective, transcendent standard of right and wrong is considered to be the height of bigotry. Our culture of sentimentalism has replaced the scales of justice with the fickle whims of the human heart. Justice is no longer about what is true, but about who is perceived as the underdog. We are told to put our thumb on the scales for the designated victim class, which is a sin, or to bow and scrape before the powerful and connected, which is another sin. And when it comes to our words, we have weaponized slander on an industrial scale. Through the magic of the Internet, a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has had a chance to get its boots on. Reputations are destroyed, livelihoods are ruined, and lives are upended by gossip, tale-bearing, and outright falsehood, all disguised as a form of social righteousness.