Protestantism is Relativism

Protestantism is relativistic in nature. The same sort of relativism that the Protestant decries in the culture he embraces in Protestantism.

In the culture one is expected to believe in certain things, such as, democracy, constitutional freedoms, rule of law, and some basic morals. After that everything is up for grabs. The same is true in Protestantism. One must believe in a few basic doctrines, such as, the Trinity, the virgin birth, the death and resurrection of Christ, and basic Christian morality. After that everything is up for grabs.

When a Protestant evangelist tells the popular culture that there is only one true religion he is told that he is prideful, narrow-minded, divisive, a relic of the past etc. When an Orthodox evangelist tells the Protestant that there is only one true expression of Christianity, he is said to be prideful, narrow-minded, divisive, a relic of the past etc. It is the same reaction because it is the same relativism.

The main reason that the popular culture adopted relativism was that it realized that reason alone did not provide them with the means to know the truth on many issues. The main reason that Protestantism adopted relativism is because they realized that the Bible alone could not provide them with the truth concerning many of the doctrines of the faith.

Sometimes it is difficult to know which came first, but usually the culture will reflect the religion of the people, and I believe that this is what has happened in this case. Because of its belief in the Bible alone Protestantism is relativistic by nature and that nature has been reflected in the popular culture. If Protestants do not like what they see in the culture they should take a moment and realize that what they see is merely a reflection of the relativistic Christianity they profess.

The only answer to the relativism of the culture is to realize that the one true God has only one true religion, and the only answer to the relativism of Protestantism is to realize that the one true God has only one true expression of the one true religion.