“A certain ruler asked him, ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ ‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus answered. ‘No one is good—except God alone.’”
The triune God of Scripture alone is good. He is the source of all wisdom, truth, righteousness, and goodness. On a non-Christian worldview, how does one define “good?” Is it objective or subjective? If it is objective, how can it be so without the existence of God? Who determines the level of goodness? Who determines who is good and who is not? If goodness is simply subjective, then that’s just your personal opinion.
In fact, something that is seen as atrocious from the Christian worldview, such as the Holocaust, cannot be seen in the same light from a non-Christian worldview. Why? Because morality is relative when you don’t have a God with objective morality. One could assert that Hitler is evil, but Hitler could argue just the opposite of your assertion. He could say that he was the “good person” and he was simply getting rid of the “bad people.”
If Darwinian/Evolutionists espouse natural selection so much, then why such an uproar about the Holocaust? Wasn’t Hitler simply carrying out the glorious doctrine of natural selection? After all, if we evolved from a simple cellular organism, we’re all just a bunch of germs floating around with no dignity, importance, or worthy of respect. Isn’t that a bit inconsistent to insist on natural selection except in the realm of mankind? I thought we all came from the same stuff? Is it immoral and evil to eat broccoli? If not, then what’s so wrong with eating humans? It’s really not that much different in principle than eating something like broccoli. Don’t we have the same ancestor? One’s just the veggie group and the other is the meat group.
I find it so interesting having listened recently to Christopher Hitchens debate many Christians and his repeated assertions about all of the evil and atrocities committed in the Bible. But why does he care so much? If we’re all a bunch of bacteria and germs floating around, I don’t see why he gets so upset. What’s the big deal about a bunch of bacteria being wiped out in judgment in the Bible? Isn’t it just as evil to wash your hands because you’re killing our ancestors with soap?
You see, the atheist wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to deny God and yet he borrows from the Christian worldview in order to hold onto any concept of morality whatsoever.
Let me give an example. I find it how ironic some of the statements I found in a newsletter from an atheistic organization called the Rationalist Society of St. Louis (which is a contradiction by the way).
Every person is important and unique.
According to who? Hitler certainly didn’t believe that. And if you say that Hitler was wrong to believe so, by what criteria and standard are you judging him?
Every person deserves to be treated fairly and kindly.
Says who? Why? Who defines fairness and kindness?
So, if you’re going to say that God does not exist, at least be consistent and be a nihilist. But even a nihilist isn’t consistent, because the only conclusion of nihilism (that God does not exist, there is no morality, and life is meaningless) is suicide.
By the way, my point in all of this is not to say that atheists are lousy and immoral people. There are many atheists who have higher morals than many Christians do. So I do not deny that atheists have morals, but I’m just saying that they have no ground or reason for their morality. After all, if we’re all just cosmic accidents, why does morality matter so much to them? In the end we all die and it’s over. If there’s no God then that means that what we do on this earth, whether good or bad, doesn’t matter in the final analysis because we won’t be held accountable for what we do.
Danny,
This series you are doing is excellent and much needed. The inconsistencies of of evolutionists and atheists are glaring, so much so that you would think that otherwise smart people would see it. But alas, we then remember that the things of God are revealed by God.
“But why does he care so much? If we’re all a bunch of bacteria and germs floating around, I don’t see why he gets so upset. What’s the big deal about a bunch of bacteria being wiped out in judgment in the Bible? Isn’t it just as evil to wash your hands because you’re killing our ancestors with soap?”
Perhaps if you don’t understand someone else’s view of morality it would be better to attempt to learn something about it before running your mouth saying they really don’t have any.
I think you’ve missed my point. I do not deny your morals, but your basis for them.