Old Dead People

I kind of like studying "old dead people". While times do change and cultural relevance is important, I believe we can do a great disservice to law, politics, education and especially theology if we arbitrarily dismiss something simply because it is old. One of the reasons I enjoy history is because of the incredible wisdom that "old dead people" had. One of my favorite trips is to Washington D.C. to read the inscriptions on the walls of the monuments. The words and writings of men like Jefferson, Lincoln and others is not only inspirational, but well thought-out and reasoned. One of the things I noticed the last time I visited was that over the last century or so, the contributory quotes of these historical men became more and more simple. On the Lincoln memorial and Jefferson memorial are these incredible and sometimes lengthy dissertations that are rich in wisdom and thought. The newer monuments, specifically the one erected to honor Franklin Roosevelt, was full of slogans. FDR would have made an excellent refrigerator salesman with his sloganeering.
I believe the subjugation to constructivism and relativism will be ultimately harmful to individuals and the nation as a whole. While it might affirm and appease personal subjective preferences, there are serious conflicts with a world that has objective truth as its foundation (i.e., the complexity or human organisms, the foundation of legal systems and arguments, and elements of science including aspects such as gravity, time, matter, etc.). The logical conclusion of a society ruled by relativism is chaos and anarchy.
The body of Christ needs to reject worldviews based upon relativism. Truth isn't relative, the Word of God isn't gray, and God cares about the details, not only of what we believe, but how we live out the sactification process.