A program on television a few years ago featured a guest who was afraid of mustard. They brought a big plate of mustard out and the poor woman panicked. She ran around the room screaming to get away from the pile of condiment.
That’s an irrational fear.
I’ve heard from some Secularists that we don’t need God to establish a society of kind, compassionate, law-abiding citizens. I’ve been told that morality rises up automatically when people form groups. Humans are innately good.
That’s an irrational confidence.
In reality, the Secularist faith in mankind is quite shallow. Most of them believe that Republicans are motivated by malice, greed, and an insatiable lust for power. The members of the GOP are vessels of pure evil. The Secularists are equally certain that religious people of any stripe cannot be trusted. Religion is only a means of controlling others. There are no sincere ministries according to Secularists.
So much for the innate goodness of humans.
When I suggest to the Secularists that they undermine their own worldview whenever they accuse anyone of a crime, their response is a laughing emoji (watch…it’ll happen.) Their irrational confidence tells them that mockery is a sufficient substitute for thoughtfulness. They simultaneously proclaim and refute their dogmas with a courage that can only be achieved by ignorance. If they understood what they were saying, they wouldn’t say it.
(Psalm 14:3) All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
