Three cultural paradigms
Each provides a mental lens or filter through which we discern reality and hear God's Word. The UN stresses 'GLOBALISM' and the leftists adhere to humanism and relative moralism. http://www.crossroad.to/charts/paradigm3.html
CHRISTIANITYOld Paradigm
HUMANISMTransition
GLOBALISMNew Paradigm
Biblical Absolutes & Values Relative Values Global Absolutes & Values God is personal (loves us) and greater than His creation God is a crutch or illusion An impersonal universal god (pantheism) makes all things one (monism). All religions must be reformed and adapted as models for a new unifying global spirituality. *Emphasize individual worth Emphasize human evolution Emphasize the collective: Individuals have value according to their part in the "Greater Whole" Teach personal responsibility Teach human rights Teach collective duties or responsibilities Don't tolerate sin (but love sinners) Tolerate all lifestyles Don't tolerate dissenters (zero tolerance) Trust God Trust human reason Trust the state