Atheism's bloody past
It was Laurence Sterne who said, “Whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions which have got the better of his creed.” Atheism is completely illogical and anyone with a basic introduction to philosophy should pick this up. Atheism affirms a negative in the absolute (there is no God), which is an obvious logical contradiction. Bertrand Russell realized (and admitted) this in his later essays and it is the primary reason he switched to agnosticism.
On the opinion that innocent blood has been shed in the name of religion, we should be honest enough to admit that atheism has an equally, if not, bloodier history. Stalin was an avowed atheist. In fact, Lenin (who read Friedrich Nietzsche) specifically selected Stalin because of his hatred of things religious. Hitler, who personally presented a copy of Friedrich Nietzsche’s writings to Benito Mussolini, gave Nietzsche’s theory of the “Superman”, a military interpretation. The “Superman” was an individual who overcame what Nietzsche termed the “slave morality” of traditional values, and lived according to his own morality. The rest as they say, is history. Nietzsche advanced the idea that “God is dead,” or, “traditional morality was no longer relevant in people’s lives”. Nietzsche and countless other ungodly philosophers have heavily impacted the Western mindset, so it is little wonder that we are in this moral quagmire.
If atheism is true then no moral law exists. If morality is espoused, it is merely utilitarian, pragmatic, subjective or emotive. The West is being rocked at her knees because we have lost the point of reference for the values which we are desperately trying to hold onto. We think we can survive without adhering to a transcendent moral law. Atheism’s bloody past cries out against the experiment.
On the opinion that innocent blood has been shed in the name of religion, we should be honest enough to admit that atheism has an equally, if not, bloodier history. Stalin was an avowed atheist. In fact, Lenin (who read Friedrich Nietzsche) specifically selected Stalin because of his hatred of things religious. Hitler, who personally presented a copy of Friedrich Nietzsche’s writings to Benito Mussolini, gave Nietzsche’s theory of the “Superman”, a military interpretation. The “Superman” was an individual who overcame what Nietzsche termed the “slave morality” of traditional values, and lived according to his own morality. The rest as they say, is history. Nietzsche advanced the idea that “God is dead,” or, “traditional morality was no longer relevant in people’s lives”. Nietzsche and countless other ungodly philosophers have heavily impacted the Western mindset, so it is little wonder that we are in this moral quagmire.
If atheism is true then no moral law exists. If morality is espoused, it is merely utilitarian, pragmatic, subjective or emotive. The West is being rocked at her knees because we have lost the point of reference for the values which we are desperately trying to hold onto. We think we can survive without adhering to a transcendent moral law. Atheism’s bloody past cries out against the experiment.
