LOGICAL PROBLEMS OF GOD-DENIAL

When we reject God, we also reject the possibility of constructing a rational worldview, one that is logically consistent. For example, the atheist says many things that fail to make any logical sense. One just excoriated me for believing in God. He charged, “There is absolutely no way that you can be certain that God exists.” How does he know this? Has he examined and debunked every evidential claim that God exists? Where is his supporting evidence? I don’t think that Jesus’ Apostles would ever take such a view after all the evidence they had seen. Instead, we can simply ask the atheist, “How can you be certain that we cannot be certain? It is not logical for you to claim certainty when we deny us that possibility.”

They also claim to be “freethinkers” even as they deny that freewill is even possible. Go figure! Likewise, they often claim, “We don’t need God to be good.” However, they do not even believe that there is any objective good or justice. Instead, they believe that these are just concepts that we have invented and that they have no existence outside of our minds. However, when it suits them, they make-believe that these concepts are real.

These are just a few of the logical conundrums we encounter once we reject the existence of the Absolute Source of all being and truth. However, the God-denier experiences greater problems once they try to put together a coherent worldview system. For example, the atheist refuses to abandon the concept of “human equality.” So many of the causes that the God-denier pursues are based squarely upon the concept of equality. However, they cannot rationally sustain the belief in equality. Why not? From the atheistic perspective, which denies the existence of anything extra-material, human equality is nowhere to be found in the material world. Some of us are tall, others short; some are male, others are female; some are healthy, others are not; some are productive, while others are destructive. Where is the basis for equality apart from the Biblical revelation that we are all created in the likeness of God?

Related to this, our entire legal system represents the protection of humans and not fish or mosquitos. But why doesn’t it include all life forms, even the Ebola virus? There is no adequate atheistic rationale that it shouldn’t. The value of humanity over the animal kingdom rests exclusively upon God and not nature.

However, the atheist will base human supremacy over animals based upon our superior intelligence or some other trait. However, this creates problems. If we apply this intelligence criterion to humans, we find that some are more intelligent than others. Should this give the intelligent preference or greater value? If it gives us preference over the animals, why not also over those less intelligent humans?

I hope that this example illustrate the logical problems we encounter once we reject God. Consequently, John Stonestreet has correctly warned against its consequences:

·       Also, because God is not easily replaced as an organizing principle for life itself, many of us today find ourselves living lives of fragmentation—our thoughts, emotions, and desires constantly pulling us in opposite directions; the changing values all around us giving us worldview-whiplash.

Nevertheless, the God-denier speaks affirmatively of human rights and bases his pursuit of social justice causes upon this principle. However, they do not seem to consider the necessary basis for human rights. It is true that the ruling class can grant us “human rights.” However, these are just arbitrarily granted, and they can just as easily be retracted. Actually, these aren’t really rights to which we are entitled as humans. Instead, they are temporary and evolving loans from the State. If so, why then even bother to pursue human rights?

In contrast to such “rights,” the US Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain UNALIENABLE Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

If human rights come from God, then we cannot retract them without incurring His wrath.

Formulating a coherent world view is like buttoning a shirt. If you start out with the wrong button, all the subsequent buttons will be out-of-place. The answer is to go back to the initial button, or presupposition, so that all the buttons will fall into place. However, few are willing to reconsider the first button. Anything but God!