Although I don't consider myself a Christian, I will do something I don't see many atheists do, I will consider the consequences of atheism and Christianity taken to their logical ends:
Atheism: If we truly adopted it, we would have human-controlled evolution, world dictatorship, and a kind of communism that would make Stalinism pale in comparison.
I say this because atheism removes "inailienable rights endowed by a Creator." It also, ultimately, destroys existential meaning which is necessary for human psychology. Without that meaning coming from religious ideas, the state would have to provide it in an extreme form of ...from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Christianity, however, taken to its extreme would lead to a kind of anarchy where everyone loved one another as much as they loved themselves, and there would be no positions of authority or leadership. Everyone would be everyone's leader. I would not see, for instance, Tiberius, or Kyu, as other than myself. I would see them as part of myself and I would be part of them in their opinion. Everyone would do for each other and the human race would move toward a union with God.
I'm not saying the Christian Church is anywhere close to this. It is a horrible and hypocritical institution. I'm merely comparing the ideas of Christianity vs. Atheism.
IMO, both would ultimately lead to the end of the human race, and that may be why the Father doesn't allow either to succeed. I think He still has some stuff he wants to do with us.
Atheism: If we truly adopted it, we would have human-controlled evolution, world dictatorship, and a kind of communism that would make Stalinism pale in comparison.
I say this because atheism removes "inailienable rights endowed by a Creator." It also, ultimately, destroys existential meaning which is necessary for human psychology. Without that meaning coming from religious ideas, the state would have to provide it in an extreme form of ...from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Christianity, however, taken to its extreme would lead to a kind of anarchy where everyone loved one another as much as they loved themselves, and there would be no positions of authority or leadership. Everyone would be everyone's leader. I would not see, for instance, Tiberius, or Kyu, as other than myself. I would see them as part of myself and I would be part of them in their opinion. Everyone would do for each other and the human race would move toward a union with God.
I'm not saying the Christian Church is anywhere close to this. It is a horrible and hypocritical institution. I'm merely comparing the ideas of Christianity vs. Atheism.
IMO, both would ultimately lead to the end of the human race, and that may be why the Father doesn't allow either to succeed. I think He still has some stuff he wants to do with us.
