Is right and wrong just a matter of personal opinion, or does everyone answer to a deeper moral law? In this episode of Faith and Science, host Kaysie Vokurka digs into the sharp divide between moral relativism and moral objectivism, asking why cultures across history have universally recognized things like slavery and cruelty as evil even when they were once socially accepted. The conversation uncovers striking creation science evidence, walks through compelling evidence for God, and builds a thoughtful Christian apologetics case for why objective morality only makes sense if a Creator exists.
Joining Kaysie is Dr. John Ashton, author of The Big Argument: Does God Exist?, who confronts the popular modern claim that morality is nothing more than a cultural preference with no universal truth behind it. Drawing on chapter eleven from philosopher Dr. Stephen Cowan, Dr. Ashton examines real historical case studies — from sati and cannibalism to the Holocaust and foot-binding — alongside a startling hippopotamus-tribe thought experiment that exposes hidden moral absolutes buried inside seemingly "relative" beliefs. He concludes that these universal moral absolutes cannot be explained by evolution alone and instead point convincingly to a moral Lawgiver, a coming judgment, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ as evidence of God's justice.
In this episode, you will hear:
The unsettling "hippopotamus tribe" thought experiment from philosopher Dr. Stephen Cowan, which reveals hidden moral absolutes inside seemingly relative beliefs How the horrors of sati (widow burning) in India and cannibalism in New Guinea were once culturally accepted — until conscience and Christianity intervened Why Nazi Germany's atrocities were fueled by an evolutionary worldview stripped of divine judgment and accountability The true story of missionary Gladys Aylward's fight to end the painful practice of foot-binding in China
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