Allie Beth Stuckey

What I prescribe, especially for the Christians, but again, this could apply to anyone, is a truth in love approach. It's not cruelty. It's not callousness. It's not being mean or be offensive for the sake of being mean or offensive at all. It's actually believe in gentleness. But I do believe in being kind. on wavering in the truth.

And I do believe that telling the truth, especially about these big issues that have such great consequences for people, especially young people, when it comes to things like gender, is actually the most loving approach. So truth and love, I think, is much more effective in changing people for the better than this toxic empathy.

And I do believe that telling the truth, especially about these big issues that have such great consequences for people, especially young people, when it comes to things like gender, is actually the most loving approach. So truth and love, I think, is much more effective in changing people for the better than this toxic empathy.

Yeah, you know, I think so. And some people think that we can somehow separate what we believe about God or what we believe religiously from public life and our conversations about law and politics. But the fact of the matter is, is that every single law, every policy,

Yeah, you know, I think so. And some people think that we can somehow separate what we believe about God or what we believe religiously from public life and our conversations about law and politics. But the fact of the matter is, is that every single law, every policy,

that we advocate for goes back to a worldview, a definition of morality, a belief in some kind of moral authority who gets to say what's good and what's bad. And I think that we are so scared of offending. We are so scared of coming off as unempathetic that we are unwilling to say, no, this is the definition of what is good. This is the definition of what is bad.

that we advocate for goes back to a worldview, a definition of morality, a belief in some kind of moral authority who gets to say what's good and what's bad. And I think that we are so scared of offending. We are so scared of coming off as unempathetic that we are unwilling to say, no, this is the definition of what is good. This is the definition of what is bad.

And of course, in a pluralistic society, we're going to have disagreements and we're going to have debates and discussions surrounding those things. But we at least have to acknowledge, that there is a truth, that there is a reality. C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, when he is trying to confront this myth of moral relativism, he points out two important things. One is an analogy.

And of course, in a pluralistic society, we're going to have disagreements and we're going to have debates and discussions surrounding those things. But we at least have to acknowledge, that there is a truth, that there is a reality. C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, when he is trying to confront this myth of moral relativism, he points out two important things. One is an analogy.

If I'm drawing a picture of New York City, first of all, it's gonna be really bad because I'm not an artist. Versus an artist who drew a picture of New York City, someone would be able to tell you that this is closer to the real New York. My rendering of New York is not just as accurate as someone else's rendering of New York.

If I'm drawing a picture of New York City, first of all, it's gonna be really bad because I'm not an artist. Versus an artist who drew a picture of New York City, someone would be able to tell you that this is closer to the real New York. My rendering of New York is not just as accurate as someone else's rendering of New York.

Someone who has seen New York can tell you this is what Times Square looks like, this drawing, and this drawing is further away. And morality is the same way. There may be some debate when it comes to the depictions of New York that are actually closer to what it actually looks like. But there is no debate that that really exists and that some renderings are closer than others.

Someone who has seen New York can tell you this is what Times Square looks like, this drawing, and this drawing is further away. And morality is the same way. There may be some debate when it comes to the depictions of New York that are actually closer to what it actually looks like. But there is no debate that that really exists and that some renderings are closer than others.

And the second thing that he points out that has been so helpful for me is that no one is a moral relativist when it comes to themselves. You might say, oh, you know, every culture has a different set of rules that's just as good as another. But if someone steals from you or if someone assaults you, all of a sudden a person becomes a moral absolutist.

And the second thing that he points out that has been so helpful for me is that no one is a moral relativist when it comes to themselves. You might say, oh, you know, every culture has a different set of rules that's just as good as another. But if someone steals from you or if someone assaults you, all of a sudden a person becomes a moral absolutist.

No one who has been assaulted themselves, been violated, been stolen from says, well, that person probably believed that was fine and it's okay. No, you're looking for vengeance. You're looking for justice. You're looking for some kind of recompense because they have violated you.

No one who has been assaulted themselves, been violated, been stolen from says, well, that person probably believed that was fine and it's okay. No, you're looking for vengeance. You're looking for justice. You're looking for some kind of recompense because they have violated you.

So really at the end of the day, we all need to acknowledge that moral objectivity exists and we at the very least have to strive together to get as close to that as possible.

So really at the end of the day, we all need to acknowledge that moral objectivity exists and we at the very least have to strive together to get as close to that as possible.

Yes, I am.