My Truth, Your Truth, and The Truth

Objective truth has always been historically contested, but rarely has it been openly denied. Across thousands of years of philosophy, religion, law, and culture, objectivity has historically served as the foundation for moral reasoning and social order. Today, however, we are witnessing something fundamentally different: the deliberate rejection of objective reality in favor of subjective self-definition - and the cultural demand that everyone else affirm it.

This shift is not theoretical. It is visible, measurable, and enforced. Biological facts are now treated as negotiable or irrelevant. Moral boundaries are reframed as personal preferences. Disagreement is reclassified as hate. In place of truth, society increasingly offers feelings as final authority rather than facts first.

For Christians, this moment demands our clarity. As believers, we do not merely prefer objective truth - we depend on it. Without objective reality, Christianity collapses into merely an idea. Without truth grounded outside of self, the gospel itself becomes unrecognizable.

This is not just a threat to Christianity - far from it. It is a danger to the very society we live in. When two people can look at a stop sign, for example, and one sees "go" and the other sees "stop", society will not just collapse - it will implode.

Nowhere is the rejection of objectivity more visible than in gender ideology. What was once universally recognized as a biological fact that human beings are male or female is now described as a "social construct". Biological sex is dismissed as “assigned at birth" and a fluid idea, and thus subjective identity is treated as authoritative.

Gender dysphoria, a condition marked by distress over one’s biological sex, is no longer approached as a condition requiring care, discernment, and recovery. Instead, it is affirmed as an identity and a lifestyle to be celebrated. Medical interventions that permanently alter healthy bodies - particularly those of minors - are increasingly defended not as last-resort treatments, but as moral necessities, duties of parents towards their children.

This is not a disagreement over compassion or empathy. It is a denial of reality.

Christianity - and the vast majority of secular society - has always affirmed that the human body is meaningful and specifically categorized and defined by two genders: Male and female. Scripture teaches that we are created intentionally, embodied purposefully, and known by God before we speak or choose (Psalm 139). The body and its biology is not an obstacle to identity - it is part of it. To separate the self from the body is not sexual liberation; it is psychological destruction.

When society demands affirmation of claims that contradict observable biology, it is not asking for tolerance. It is demanding participation in falsehood.

The same rejection of objectivity appears in discussions of law and justice. Laws rooted in public safety, border enforcement, or crime deterrence are increasingly evaluated not by outcomes, evidence, or legitimate criminality, but by narratives of perceived oppression.

When laws are enforced, enforcement itself is framed as injustice - "racism". When crime rises, responsibility is diffused, denied, or in some cases, celebrated. Objective measures like crime statistics, victim impact, and legal precedent are subordinated or eliminated in order to create emotional framing and ideological loyalty.

Once again, the issue is not whether compassion matters. It is whether reality does.

Biblical justice is not arbitrary. It is grounded in truth, evidence, and accountability. Scripture repeatedly condemns false scales, dishonest judgments, and emotional partiality (Proverbs 11:1). A society that abandons objective standards cannot sustain justice. It can only reflect and enforce power.

Objective truth is not an abstract philosophical preference. It is the prerequisite for morality itself. If truth is subjective, then right and wrong become personal expressions rather than moral realities. Justice becomes selective. Accountability becomes impossible. Men become women. Criminals become heroes. Good becomes evil and evil becomes good.

Christianity stands in direct opposition to this framework. Scripture presents truth as something revealed and thus solidified, not invented. Jesus does not claim that truth is personal or evolving. He declares, “I am the truth” (John 14:6). That claim is exclusive by design, because reality itself is exclusive. Contradictory things cannot both be true.

The modern idea that everyone’s truth must be affirmed is not inclusive - it is insane. It collapses under the weight of its own contradictions, creating chaos - and then calling it order.

The denial of objective reality has made meaningful dialogue increasingly rare. Perceived disagreement or thoughtful questioning is no longer treated as intellectual conflict, but as moral aggression and personal invalidation. To question someone's idea is to attack their very identity. To state a biological fact is to commit social transgression.

This is why debate becomes replaced with coercion. Speech becomes regulated. Dissent constantly receives punishment. Institutions are pressured to comply immediately without contemplating other options.

Christians must resist this pattern. However, Scripture does not call believers to shout louder or scream mercilessly, but to speak truthfully and orate clearly - yet without apology and without malice, without compromise or coercion. “We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard,” the apostles declared in Acts 4:20. Silence in the face of falsehood is not neutrality - it is surrender to lies and submission to fantasy.

One of the most persistent cultural claims is that affirming objective truth is "unloving" or "hateful". Scripture rejects this outright. Love divorced from truth is not love - it is actually the opposite. Affirming a belief that contradicts reality may feel compassionate in the moment, but it ultimately leaves people unmoored from the truth and floundering from the very thing that could actually heal them.

Jesus consistently demonstrated compassion without affirming falsehood. He healed the broken, welcomed the outcast, and forgave sinners - but He never redefined reality to accommodate feelings. Grace did not negate truth. It assumed it.

This cultural moment does not require Christians to be cruel. Rather, it requires us to be clear. The Church cannot and should not affirm biological falsehoods, moral relativism, or ideological coercion because doing so betrays our faith's own foundation.

Objective truth grounds human dignity, makes justice possible, and gives meaning to repentance and redemption. As society continues to celebrate subjective reality, Christians must decide whether they will conform to lies or remain anchored in truth.

The question is no longer whether objective truth will be popular. The question is whether the Church will still proclaim it as the cost continues to grow. Without truth, there is no gospel. And without reality, there is nothing left to redeem.