One True Standard

Atheism means there is no God. It is affirming the non-existence of God. If you think about it this is a logical contradiction. The only way to affirm that there is no God is if you have unlimited knowledge. Atheists are saying that they have infinite knowledge to tell you that there is no one with infinite knowledge. Atheism as a system is self-defeating.

Yet, if atheism is true then there is no moral law in the universe.

Without the moral compass of God’s love, anything that is dealing with good and bad is purely the product of your environment and your culture.


For example: Tribes furthest from civilization might have an accepted behavior of cannibalism. In their culture this is okay. But what stops this from being okay in the rest of the world? We have set laws in motion based on what we perceive as acceptable. Case in point: abortion. There are many people that feel abortion is morally wrong, and these people are aligned with our understanding of God’s desire, who is life and the giver of it. However, there are many who feel abortion is an acceptable alternative because they have been persuaded in this direction. They buy into the notion that an unborn fetus (or embryo) is not a “real” child and, subsequently, does not have rights.

Without God in the picture, it boils down to who has the ability to communicate their philosophy the best. Whose ideas give the people the freedom to fulfill their own exotic passions and desires? To believe anything other than the existence of God releases a person from his/her responsibility to find meaning and live by a higher law.

Is there a law above our laws?

The answer according to a liberal humanistic perspective is no, there is not a law above our laws, and this belief is taking root in our society and it is shaping our culture.

At this time in human history ethics are being pushed aside by science. Ethics are looked at as being a cancer that places condemnation on the human psyche that causes the self defeating ills that plague our societies. Ethics are overshadowed by misguided compassion that is at war with moral law. It is driven by the philosophy that everyone is significant in his or her own space and time, and no one can say absolutely that someone is wrong or right. Ethics are looked at with contempt and branded as ultimate social suicide.


The opposite is true! Without God and a moral law to govern humanity, the societies of the world are controlled and driven by powerful self-serving people who, in many cases, only care about their moment-by-moment existence on earth. The weaker ones are subject to the control and whims of the more powerful.

The United States is being rocked at its foundation. It was built on biblical principles yet it is now deviating from its foundation. As a culture, we no longer have a common point of reference that we champion. We think that we can survive without supporting a moral law, and when you choose to exclude God from having a right to exist in your world, you end up with a problem: no possibility of a moral law. Without the light of God’s Word guiding you, how will you differentiate between good and bad? Will you determine what is good and what is bad by how you feel?


Today the United States produces movies that promote this liberal humanistic perspective and they are considered the best grade movies in the world. We are leading the world in the music industry, also promoting this unsolicited freelance lifestyle.


This type of philosophy has the greatest impact on a culture. It’s the philosophy that deals with drama, music, novel, imagination, poets. It deals with existentialism. This is a philosophical theory emphasizing that man is responsible for his own actions and is free to choose his development and destiny. This philosophy deals with the imagination and the idealistic hopes and dreams of humanity.

The problem is that Atheism as a personal philosophy of life basically offers no hope. Without God there is loss of meaning. Atheism teaches that as a whole, life is meaningless. But it then encourages its “followers” to give meaning to their day-to-day activities (environmental activism, civil rights, etc.). This provides them with a psychological fulfillment, but does not address the overarching meaninglessness of their lives. As a result, they have tiny little purposes that ultimately have no purpose.

For the young people and the world today, secularism has not and will not give them any answers. We have generations being raised with a confused and hopeless perception. We are preoccupied and consumed with electronics –games, computer social networking, cell phones, text messaging, and television in addition to work and the multiple activities we are involved in. Electronics have completely captured the imagination of mankind.

And I believe this is how contemporary man is dealing with and responding to the emptiness and loss of meaning, we are being consumed in our minds.

If the atheist has taken this stance and said there is no God and he is wrong, when the atheist dies he has made a horrific mistake. His influence has been against God, who is the giver of life. The end of his life is death, and much worse! He has sown seeds of doubt and ultimately death to those around him.

But with God there is the security of absolute moral law, and His law is one of love. There is hope, there is a point of reference for meaning, and as we have discussed in the past, there is a life of love, joy and peace, and this is the ultimate freedom.