do we know how to think?

i've heard it said, and i have started saying it too, "common sense ain't so common". especially when dealing with matters of religion, do we know how to think - how to identify what's valid in the morass of ideas.

in our modern society of moral relativism, it is difficult to convince people that there is such a thing as moral absolutes, or even that there is such a thing as truth. is one person's opinion really just as valid as any other's? or are some right and some wrong?

what a brave new world that would be! a world where there is something - someone - that you could be sure of. a world where right and wrong are spelled out clearly. a world where there is absolute truth, not just subjective matters of perspective. can we handle that much certainty? whoops, off chasing rabbits...

back on topic. critical thinking is not something that is covered in k-12, or Sunday morning. so is it any wonder that people seem to be swayed by the most ridiculous and ill founded of arguments because it seems to be grounded in common sense.

i would like to challenge all of us human beings to look at what we believe and why. have a basis for our beliefs. know why we believe what we believe. have reasons why it is the one way. and if we find it is not based on anything, scrap it and find the one that is.