The post-truth society
by David Robertson, Christian Today:
Does truth really matter? Have we reached a stage where the only ‘truth’ that matters is my truth … or the truth of those who have the power? Do we even know what truth is? Have we moved into a post truth society?
The English theologian/historian Carl Trueman, author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, recently appeared on the popular Triggernometry, where he expressed the view that what should concern us most in this post-truth technocratic society, are the children.
Why should this concern us? If children are growing up in a world without absolute truth, they will find themselves facing a confused reality – indeed they will struggle to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Believing that Santa is real, that fairies do exist at the bottom of your garden, and unicorns really do talk and turn you into a princess is fine when you are five, but disastrous when you are 25.
Consider the following examples.
Last week it was announced that the Tavistock clinic was closing. That’s excellent news. Why? Because the Tavistock was participating in one of the great lies sweeping society today – that you can be trapped in the wrong body and that there is little relationship between your biology and your gender.
As Lionel Shriver wrote, “Men are women. We might as well recite ‘lamps are carrots’, or ‘knitting needles are tractors.” We are all being conditioned to believe the lie that a man who says he is a woman really is a woman. It is a lie that has enormous consequences for children and women.
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