“Questioning Their Standard”

Speaking from a position of making a general observation I am plagued by a question. Because of what I hear and see among people across the country I am assuming that they are coming from the presupposition that God does not exist or that Christians believe in a desert fairy tale; how is it that they have a position on the moral high ground as they would like everyone to believe? They act as if only they understand the motives and reasons behind school shootings, crime, poverty, bad immigration practices, etc., yet, they are perfectly fine killing babies in or outside of the womb and push for legalizing the killing of the disabled or elderly. All the while comfortable taking rights away from law-abiding citizens…

So, another question must be asked of those who deny God; what is the standard for “Bad” and what is the standard for “Good”? Before any discussion or debate can be had those two things require an answer. If they cannot be defined, then by default there is no answer to a moral presupposition contrary to God’s. Even Atheist debaters struggle with this question and will divert the discussion to avoid answering it or ignore it altogether leaving themselves and their followers without a foundation to stand on.

In my mind their presupposition is simply death to those who stand in their way. They have no problem telling others how they should live, yet when confronted with the truth of their own immoral or unethical ways they point fingers and make groundless accusations. Just as the Sadducees and Pharisees did when condemning Jesus because they knew they were exposed and not able to confront the truth since they were unable to defend themselves against it.

Every day the violence we see is a product of homes without God and children without parents who put God first in their lives. Without God there is no moral presupposition. The argument that a society can rule itself under its own self-determined morality is lying to itself at best and its current state provides proof daily of its failure to determine a standard of morality on its own.

I believe we have come to a turning point in our country where people must decide which side they are on; God’s morals or humanity’s absurd notion of morals. Many will try to argue my points and that is fine, but in the end if a person is unwilling to drill down into the root cause of evil or good and how they are measured, the argument will die dismally in front of God and His Laws.

To say that God does not exist or to say that Christians are naïve is a statement nullified by the words of the Bible.

ROMANS 1: 18 – 32 (ESV)

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So, they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

 

 

Food for thought or fodder; pick your freedom or your poison…

The Koifish Christian

2 thoughts on ““Questioning Their Standard”

  1. Was thinking of Romans 1 as I began reading your blog…so glad you shared that! Also they know right from wrong because God has written the laws on their hearts:

    “For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”
    ‭‭ROMANS‬ ‭2:14-16‬ ‭

    They know God exists because of creation and their conscience.

    So funny they say they are stardust but argue they have morals. How can stardust have morals?

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