The culture war breaks down like this: Christians against non-Christians.

I know that sounds very politically incorrect, but as I see it that is where is lays

The culture war is not a war of ideology (liberal vs. conservative), that is just politics.

The culture war is between moral standards and Christians have a different moral standard than non-Christians. Thats just the way it is. It is not conceited, arrogant, racist or judgemental, it is just reality.

Author's note: by Christian I mean true born again followers of Jesus Christ, not cultural Christians who say they are Christians because they were born in America or because they were raised in Church when they were young.

Christians get their moral standard from the word of God: the Bible.

Non-Christians make up their own moral standard. They may draw from many sources to form that moral standard. They may draw from their parent's moral standard and how they were raised and then add some from the ideas they learn from college, some from the classroom and some from their friends. They may get some from television, talk radio or even blogs, but in the end their moral standard is stew made of many ingredients, but each individual is the writer of the recipe for that stew that is their moral standard.

Let me be clear about this. I am not saying that the culture war is a war of morals, but that it is a war of moral standards. It is the source of our morals that is the point of conflict, not just our morals.

This is importnant:
Non-Christians get their moral standard from a source within themselves. They get to decide for themselves what is moral and what is not moral. They may have external influences but in the end they decide what is and what is not moral.

Christians get their moral standard from an external source. Christians have no control over what is moral and what is not moral. It is up to God. It is unmovable. It is a line drawn straight and unwavering. For the Christian morals are defined in black and white, not shades of grey and this is either frightening or offensive or both to non-Christians so they want God thrown out of the public arena.

For example: the 10 commandments are being removed from many government buidlings not because we can't agree that it is wrong to steal, lie, commit adultry, murder, lust after what belongs to someone else or dishonor our mother and father. The 10 commandments are being removed from government buildings because we can not agree on who God is and how we should relate to Him: have no other Gods before me, worship only God, do not use God's name as a curse and set aside Sunday as a day devoted to worshipping God.

Both sides of the Pledge of Allegiance debate can accept saying the Pledge in school as long as we remove "under God" from it.

The culture war only really heats up when God is brought into the debate.

I'll have more to say on this subject tomorrow.

See this post at http://blowupyourtv.com/blowitup/?p=12