1 Corinthians 7-8
Most conservative and orthodox Christians would emphatically deny the concepts of moral relativity, and I would agree with them... to a point. But a critical reading of 1 Corinthians 8 makes it difficult to be too extreme with this position. Hear me out.
When Paul discusses eating food sacrificed to idols, he says that food doesn't change our relationship with God, we are no better or worse if we eat or not. But... he goes on to say that those who think that eating food sacrificed to idols is sin become defiled when they eat. Furthermore, if seeing us eat, they choose to imitate us and thus become defiled, we are at fault. Is that not moral relativity?
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