Keeping Religion In Her Place
Since most secularists are too “intelligent” to directly attack religion, they put it in the values realm. Case in point. A recent writer started began by stating, “Mathematics and certain sciences can provide definite answers. Politics, religion and everything under the heading of “ideas” are ephemeral and there is no end to arguments on topics which are simply ‘opinion’.” Many of the problems in western society is the direct result of such thinking. Thinking that is locked in the past of the Enlightenment period. As a result religion is trapped in the private values realm, where relativism reigns supreme. This is where people say, “What might be true for you, is not true for me. That’s just your opinion.” Secularists tout their ideas as rational and unbiased whilst implying that religious views are subjective “ideas”. Quite apart from anything else, this is a lie. We all come to the table with prior experiences, personal beliefs and other interests. A popular slogan in the philosophy of science is, “All facts are theory-laden”. Secular humanism, materialism, modernism and post-modernism now masquerade in the public square under the guise of “facts”. It is impossible to think, period, without some prior philosophical commitment. Our minds are influenced by the spiritual stance we take, whether it be for God or against Him. We are inherently religious beings, created to be in a relationship with God. If we reject Him we do not stop being religious, we simply find some other ultimate principles upon which to base our lives – Science/Reason for some, boys’ philosophies for others. The question is not which view is religious and which is purely rational. The real question is, which view is true and which is false? It is when we honestly answer this question, we will realize what Francis Schaffer said is so true, “Christianity is not a series of truths in the plural, but rather truth spelled with a capital “T”. Truth about total reality, not just about religious things.” Once these false ideas are rooted out, people will be able to run the country better.
