The post-modern presumption that the human species is not endowed with a spark of the divine creates a dilemma that many people can not grasp, including me. If there is no God and we are all the result of billions of years of instantaneous life and evolution with a mix of natural selection, then we as humans lose everything that makes us different from the rest of the species we share the Earth with. More importantly, the idea of right and wrong, good and evil, and even life and death become irrelevant. With no God comes no moral code, no sense of honor, no dignity, and most sadly, no love (except of oneself). Just as we revere the lion as a symbol of strength for being the king of the jungle, wouldn’t we have to in turn revere the monsters of yesteryear (Hitler, Stalin, Mao) in the same regards by honoring their strength and power over the weak? Even cannibalism wouldn’t be considered repulsive; rather it would be a respectable form or survival (survival of the fittest…thanks
These may seem like drastic exaggerations of my point, but they are serious repercussions if God is taken out of our lives. Already we have seen the atheistic agenda murder 40 million innocent babies with the help of Planned Parenthood and a push to legalize euthanasia. Their belief in nothing absolves them from any moral wrongdoing and would set a precedence of total disregard for the sanctity of life altogether.
In a world without God or religion we would see the decriminalization of rape, murder, incest, robbery, assault, and virtually every other law. See, if evolution and natural selection are true, then we have no reason to be bound by any moral or ethical code; we would be just like animals in the jungle. Our sympathy, compassion, friendship, and every other honorable quality about us would be a weakness, not a source of strength. No reward for doing the right thing, only for doing what is right for you. This is not a world I would want to live in, nor raise a family in.
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Thanks for the comment M. I think there is a lot of truth to what Savage says, and if there was anything I would correct him on it would be this- righteousness doesn't exist without God. Righteousness comes from doing what is right but there must be a a permanent standard for what is "right" otherwise it is open to interpretation. Think about all the people who thought Hitler was a "good" guy. By there own standard, any action can be deemed "good." It is only when we submit to true goodness that we find and are capable of righteousness.
His second point is dead on. We are living in a time when people want to be able to do anything they want without consequence. Unfortunately they demand total tolerance without giving any in return to those that disagree with them. Thanks again for your comment!
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