Theology

• Imelda Marcos's lavish life was shown in a video (Kingmaker)
• Perception is real, truth is not - Imelda Marcos
• Our situation today: a post-truth society
• Authority is questioned or rejected
• Personal opinion/belief is exalted
• "Echo chambers" in social media
• Dialogue becomes impossible
• Veracity replaced by popularity
• Universal values are forgotten
• Crisis of Relativism
• 2 types to be highlighted
• Includes many aspects
• Relativism in Faith
• People may assume something is not true without researching for enlightenment
• Statements of authority are automatically rejected
• Faith is a personal belief/opinion that is exalted
• "It is my personal opinion, wala kang pake" kahit minsan mali
• In social media, it becomes burdensome to some
• People only believe in what they believe in without thinking if it is true
• All people believe in their own personal opinions
• Relativism in Morals
• Morality (Theo 1)
• What must be done, must be good
• What must be avoided is bad
• Cheating in any situation
• Some people justify this as their expression of what they like
• Results in the loss of commitment, especially in romantic relationships
• Logical consequence of relativism in faith
• Denying existence of moral absolutes
• Moral judgment is equated with moralism
• Relativism leads to indifferentism and loss of morality
• Indifferentism: where we don't care about the situation of others, not moved by the sufferings of other people
• Rule of power rather than of reason
• Spirituality of Truth
• Image of Jesus and Pontius Pilate
• Quid est veritas? (What is truth) - Pontius Pilate to Jesus
• Pontius Pilate answered his own question based on popularity, not truth
• Reflection on truth being relative today and causing problems in various fields
• Boethius
• Complains about the loss of good fortune