Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,
but only empties today
of its strengths.
~Charles H. Spurgeon
Hardly a day passes when we are not treated to the ramblings of some lost soul who tries to convince us – too often through the courts – that there is no place for “God” in the public square, in law, or even in public discourse. They would have us believe it’s totally obvious that the Founding Fathers created our Constitution to protect atheists from the very notion that humanity could believe there is a greater power guiding our Nation through the stormy seas of history.
Why do we need a God, the atheist argues; Modern Man and Science have the answers. But Man is, if anything, fallible. When it comes to issues of the conscience, or of life and death, even the most degreed men and women, (why, MENSA men and women!) have no idea how or why human destiny unfolds as it does. Unforeseen circumstances and unrestrained appetites will rot the humanity of even the most intelligent and successful among us.
The simple fact, demonstrated every day in the news, is that we cannot count on our fellow man, no matter how degreed or pedigreed, to have the right answers to anything. Should we accept what they offer us with blind faith when their solutions just fizzle? Can we, indeed, be sure about anything? For all of Mankind’s history, he has turned for advice to the “force” he calls God... a metaphor for the celestial library built by man over thousands of years, a mythic receptacle for all the knowledge and experience of the human race, consolidated, from thirteen thousand years of trial-and-error, into one place.
Instructed and guided by the ancient gods, Inscribed in ancient manuscripts, Man translates what he has learned into an owner's manual for the human race; a grand perspective of life, of what works and what doesn't work, in matters of leadership and judgment, in matters of the heart, and of life and death. It predicts and warns of the consequences of making this choice or that choice, of doing this or doing that. It illustrates for us the consequences of our predisposition to the haughty. It acknowledges and warns of the contempt many have for the rules of decency and consequences. Are we now so certain of our own ability to avoid the pitfalls of our decisions that we spit in the face of two-hundred-and-fifty generations of our forebears?
Liberal philosophers declare that God is dead; that “Modern Man” need not feel beholden to follow the wisdom passed down by his progenitors. Warm, breathing people like those we know today, who lived to pass along humanity’s unique genome, and then died, so you and I could have our turn. Liberals, caught in the thrall of progressive philosophy, seem to think themselves above their forebears, believing their new moral decisions are intellectually superior to traditional values. Some prefer to skip morality altogether – doing “what feels good” – to hell with consequences.
Atheists seem to believe the faithful are hung up on the notion of a Cosmic force sitting in judgment over them. They think Christians, Jews and Muslims behave because they fear punishment, or believe they will get a reward in some imagined heavenly afterlife. But faith in their God has less to do with fear of punishment and more to do with the inner strength and joy that humility and supplication brings to the faithful.
We have seen the consequence of the philosophy of the faithless here in our Nation. Our culture has become corrupt. Our narcissistic leaders cater to the wretched, bow to a lower common denominator, telegraphing to all that the nation’s faithful are no longer relevant. Transforming our once great education system into institutions for indoctrination. Children are taught how to put a condom on a cucumber but receive no moral wisdom about what to do with the cucumber. In one generation, the godless have reduced a once confident Nation to one rejecting its own goodness, its history and its Founding Principles. They lead us into a house of mirrors where normalcy is distorted; enemies are embraced, men marry men, wife and baby killers are celebrities, teachers are predators, the very military which protects the nation is intentionally weakened and/or treated like cold-blooded killers, and flag wavers are considered extremists.
A future stripped of God may be guided by law, but it cannot, by definition, be guided by morality.
Next time someone suggests God is no longer relevant, ask; if you find yourself waiting for some critical test results from your doctor’s lab – will it be good for you, or will it be very bad – what will you turn to to make the outcome a good one? Or when the airliner you’re on is going down. Or when a loved one is in the ICU. Or when the jury on your capital case is in deliberation. Among all these, God knows, you find few atheists.
