While talking to my son about the state of the current culture, he said something that I found interesting. He said that the thing with the Twitter generation is that it has a desperate need to feel like it always has the moral high ground. I think this explains some of what we witness when the Twitter mob gets riled up about something. It looks exactly like what you might expect to see in some fundamentalist cult --- self-righteous, holier-than-thou posing, collective public shunning of those who violate the rules of the cult, and most importantly, complete hypocrisy.
One of the religious dogmas of the Twitter cult is that there is no such thing as absolute truth. There is only "your truth" and "my truth." This applies especially to ethics. Ethical relativism is one of the non-negotiable axioms of the Twittereligion. What members of the Twitter cult seem incapable of grasping is that if ethical relativism is true, if there is only "your truth" and "my truth," a moral high ground does not and cannot exist. If you affirm ethical relativism (my truth/your truth) and you claim the moral high ground on any issue, you are a hypocrite, and hypocrites cannot claim any moral high ground - real or imaginary.
It may be the case that a large number of those who are members of the Twitter cult and who participate in the never-ending Twitter mobs are unaware of the self-contradictory and hypocritical nature of their Twittereligion. That might be explained by something else my son observed in an earlier conversation on the same subject. He said that the most vocal members of the Twitter mob appear to be composed primarily of pre-teens and teenagers. If this is the case, we're not only dealing with a religious cult, we're dealing with the children of the corn. Also if this is the case, an entire generation of adults is letting online teenage temper tantrums dictate what they say and do.
The world has always believed lies and called good "evil" and evil "good" and they continue to do today. The docetic world of social media has made it even easier for people to do this because now we can get an immediate "like" from others all over the world who share the same ethically depraved views. When enough of them assure you that your evil views are actually good, it can reinforce you in those views.
The Twitter cult needs to understand that there is no such thing as "my truth" and "your truth." There is such a thing as my opinion and your opinion, but opinion is not equal to truth. Truth is what it is regardless of your feelings or opinions. You can rant all you want online, but no matter how much you rage you cannot cancel God. You cannot cancel truth. You also cannot cancel the fact that before you know it, you are going to stand before God and be judged according to an absolute standard of truth. At that point, you are going to find out that what you deceived yourself into believing was the moral high ground was actually a pit. You will have no online anonymity to hide behind. You will have no mob to help you. You will stand alone before a holy God as your judge, and you will be judged according to the objective standard of His law - not "your truth."
There is hope, however. There is good news. "It is the promise of the gospel that whoever believes in Christ crucified shall not perish but have eternal life." Repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved (Acts 16:31).
Jesus Christ is risen! Jesus Christ is Lord!
