Many “members” of the emerging “church” (funny terms since many advocate that church is toxic) are post-modernists. By definition, they do not believe in Truth (each person can have his own “truth”). When they have no Truth, it is easily to go whichever way the wind blows.
Their acceptance of diversity and reliance on open dialogue rather than the dogmatic proclamation found in historic Christianity leads emergents to diverse beliefs and moral standards.
Sounds like a good plan for engaging the world and losing to it.
Precisely.
"...paradoxically there is one idea that it treats as unquestioned truth -- namely, Darwinism itself. Evolution is treated as an objective fact and not merely a human construction -- because unless it is true, there's no reason for accepting postmodernism. If the mind is a product of Darwinian evolution, then ideas and words are merely tools for controlling the environment, including other people." Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth, p. 243.