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We live in the “Information Age”, thus we are bombarded by competing ideas at an ever-increasing rate. One key to remember is that information is never neutral. Every website you look at, every show you watch, every song you hear, every sign you read offers you information about life, the world around you and varying perspectives about these things. These messages all come loaded with ideas and all ideas have consequences – some good, some bad.
One popular idea being tossed about today is, “It doesn’t matter what you believe, so long as you believe in something.” Another similar idea is, “It doesn’t matter what is true, it only matters what is true for you.” These ideas and their corresponding consequences become problematic when we really begin to consider the following questions:
Where do we find truth?
What is beauty?
What’s going to happen to western civilzation?
You see, the current level of debt across the board in our civilization is indicative of our selfish, short-term mindset as much as it is reflective of how we answer those three questions. Another major factor playing into the direction of our culture is demographics, which we will discuss next week as we continue “Making Sense of Your World” with John Stonestreet.