What does “Truth In the Crosshairs” mean? Crosshairs are what the shooter sees when he or she looks through the scope on their rifle. They put the crosshairs on the bullseye, the spot where they want to bullet to hit.

Metaphorically speaking, the “crosshairs” of the postmodern world are set on truth for the purpose of “eliminating” it. Does this sound like a worthy enterprise?

Truth is being phased out while a more congenial relativism takes up the place that truth occupied in human society. The basic tenet of relativism is that truth is subjective. The individual person gets to decide what is true for them. It doesn’t have to be true for everyone. Truth is whatever you want it to be at any given point and in any given situation in life.

The prevailing worldview today has no place for absolutes–especially absolute truth. Truth is a point of view, not an objective reality. In objective reality the moon orbits the earth. It may seem quite ludicrous for someone to deny the reality of the moon. But is it any less ludicrous for someone to deny any other reality?

There used to be a department of science that insisted on scientific evidence that was objectively obtained. If knowledge was to be reliable, it had to pass the test of empirical investigation. The scientist could not allow his or her personal agenda into the laboratory. This approach has fallen on very hard times of late. As a result, people have come under the tyranny of stupidity.

I have no grandiose vision of a cure for human beings who have allowed stupidity to have a legitimate place in human life. But you may now feel a sense of urgency about the implications of putting the crosshairs on truth with the intent of killing it. If you are not yet urgent about this strange leap into despair, I believe you should be.

It may seem that society has plunged headlong into a very strange abyss, and that society holds  you captive to its will to “take the plunge” with everyone else. You need to know that there is hope within reach of anyone who wants to be delivered from such despair. There is another foundation besides relativism upon which a person can build a more meaningful life. But building and living a meaningful life requires the courage to question and even oppose the human revolt against the truth.