Atheism Vs. Theism Series

As I write this, I do so recognizing that not everyone believes anymore that the Bible is authoritative in all aspects of life or that it is infallible. The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective states in Article 4 “Other claims on our understanding of Christian faith and life, such as tradition, culture, experience, reason, and political powers, need to be tested and corrected by the light of Holy Scripture.” For many in the Church today, this “confession” seems to be turned around so that we now need to test the Scripture in light of current “scientific” or physiological or “medical” discoveries. When we take this stance we no longer have the Bible as the source of our World View. Instead, we have taken the place, or put others in the place, of God. We, or they, know better than God’s Word.

So, in 2013, what are you going to do about this? Are you going to allow the things of this world to shape what you believe more than God’s Word? If your decision is no, then commit right now to reading the Bible every day! Commit, right now, to studying what God’s Word has to say about what the world is struggling with today - abortion, homosexuality, violence, greed, fiscal responsibility.... The list goes on and on! Commit today to praying and asking God to expose what lies you have been deceived by so that you can stand firm on the foundation of God’s Word, the Bible! Commit today to be Impacted by the Word so that you can have an Impact in the World that is rooted in Truth.

For the atheist, the beginning of Genesis makes no sense at all. They believe there is no God. So, if God is not, then what?

Atheism - the belief that no deity exists, whether the God of Scripture or otherwise.

We are our own authority. From Refuting Moral Relativism by by Dr. Phil Fernandes

Nietzsche preached that a group of "supermen" must arise with the courage to create their own values through their "will to power." Nietzsche rejected the "soft" values of Christianity (brotherly love, turning the other cheek, charity, compassion, etc.); he felt they hindered man's creativity and potential....

Many other atheists agree with Nietzsche concerning moral relativism. British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) once wrote, "Outside human desires there is no moral standard." A. J. Ayer believed that moral commands did not result from any objective standard above man. Instead, Ayer stated that moral commands merely express one's subjective feelings. When one says that murder is wrong, one is merely saying that he or she feels that murder is wrong. Jean-Paul Sartre, a French existentialist, believed that there is no objective meaning to life. Therefore, according to Sartre, man must create his own values.

There are many different ways that moral relativists attempt to determine what action should be taken. Hedonism is probably the most extreme. It declares that whatever brings the most pleasure is right. In other words, if it feels good, do it. If this position is true, then there is no basis from which to judge the actions of Adolph Hitler as being evil.