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                                   God vs. Atheism.        

Who was the most hated woman in America? Ask almost anyone living in the 30’s and they would tell you.  In the 1930’s Madelyn Murray O’Hare was widely known, and generally disliked for her atheism and her successful challenge to prayer in school. 

My, how times have changed!!  Who would challenge her views now?  Many in our society today claim to be atheists.  Despite being a minority they are clamoring to remove all signs of our Judeo/ Christian heritage from public places.  Not only is prayer prohibited but gone are the days of celebrating any religious holidays in school.  How did this happen?   From the founding of our Republic in 1776 to 2019 we have become a society which was once based on Christian principles to one where all manner of moral righteousness has been discredited. 

Most people of this generation have never heard of Madelyn Murray but her effect on our society has been overwhelming.  She formed the American Atheistic Society.  She was scorned and ridiculed at the time but almost singlehandedly was successful in her fight with God.  At least she thought so.  Prayer was removed from schools; there was a renewed interest in refuting any and all outward signs of spiritual values. 

So what is the thinking of those with the atheistic mindset?  The term coined for this type of thinking is “secular humanists”.  They firmly believe that the triumph of civilization has been largely accomplished through the systematic debunking and elimination of religious beliefs and by force if necessary.  In the 60s and 70s, we find that these secular humanists took control of the media, academic institutions, and many offices in the federal government.  American universities are fairly bursting at the seams with a kaleidoscopic assortment of former 60s “revolutionaries” or neo-Marxists who espouse similar beliefs.  They are of course the principal  “purveyors” of truth to young students.

For these atheistic “believers”, religion in general and the Bible in particular, is not just wrong but actually dangerous.  That’s because religion and the Bible stand in the way of everything they value most in life……..primarily unlimited sex, freedom from all restraints, and the right to be whatever they deem will make them happy.  They believe that Christians are scheming to impose a kind of Christian theocracy on the enlightened secular societies of the West.  Those who object to partial birth abortion, or condemn homosexual behaviors, are no different than Islamic terrorist groups! 

Sam Harris, the author of the 2005 bestseller “The End of Faith” wrote that the solution to world problems lie in eliminating biblical religion.  His basic arguments are hardly original. They have an unfortunate pedigree. The philosophies of Marx and Lenin wanted to “free mankind from superstitions and the imbecilities of organized religion.”  We need look no further than then horrors of Nazism and Communism to see the millions of human lives snuffed out by faith-hating fanatics.  

 We cannot deny that hundreds have been killed by religious zealots in times past. By this, I mean those who proclaim to speak from a Christian viewpoint.  Yet as horrible as this type of religious intolerance may have been, they pale in comparison with the single minded, bloodthirsty, satanic fury unleashed upon the innocent by the secular atheistic society.  That number might well total to 170 million deaths. 

Richard Dawkins, an avowed evolutionist, writing in his book “The God Delusion” concedes that Hitler, Stalin, Mao and other Communist tyrants were furiously atheistic.  But didn’t these same tyrants kill in the name of science, rational state planning and revolutionary “morality”?

Indeed, it was the arrogant belief of the secular humanists that absolute power belongs to the State. Their direct opposition to the teaching of the Bible, led to the horrors of their regimes.  It was precisely atheism’s teachings that there are no “moral limits” on man’s behavior that allowed these societies to commit mass murder in the name of a higher cause.  “If God is dead, all things are permitted.” (Dostoevsky)

Most Americans, and all believing Jews and Christians, know there are moral limits and that all things are not permitted!  Some things are both sinful and evil. We should never put our trust in an all powerful government, but in an all powerful God who is Himself concerned with our morality and has in fact revealed standards of right and wrong.

Atheism has proven that the blind, useless and dangerous philosophy of atheistic humanism is the greatest danger to world peace.  It is the greatest danger to those of us who value the concepts of Biblical teaching….those of us who value the need and desire for God!

“The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done      abominable works, there isnone that doeth good.”  (Psalm 14:1)