(no subject)
The essential amorality of all atheist doctrines is often
hidden from us by an irrelevant personal argument. We see that
many articulate secularists are well-meaning and law-abiding
men; we see them go into righteous indignation over injustice
and often devote their lives to good works. So we conclude
that "he can't be wrong whose life is in the right"--that their
philosophies are just as good guides to action as
Christianity. What we don't see is that they are not acting on
their philosophies. They are acting, out of habit or
sentiment, on an inherited Christian ethic which they still
take for granted though they have rejected the creed from
which it sprang. Their children will inherit some what less of
it.
... Joy Davidman (1915-1960), Smoke on the Mountain [1955]
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Quiet time reflection:
Lord, may I not be silent before atheism, but speak the
Gospel.
hidden from us by an irrelevant personal argument. We see that
many articulate secularists are well-meaning and law-abiding
men; we see them go into righteous indignation over injustice
and often devote their lives to good works. So we conclude
that "he can't be wrong whose life is in the right"--that their
philosophies are just as good guides to action as
Christianity. What we don't see is that they are not acting on
their philosophies. They are acting, out of habit or
sentiment, on an inherited Christian ethic which they still
take for granted though they have rejected the creed from
which it sprang. Their children will inherit some what less of
it.
... Joy Davidman (1915-1960), Smoke on the Mountain [1955]
_______________________________________________________________
Quiet time reflection:
Lord, may I not be silent before atheism, but speak the
Gospel.