In search of morality

Dennis Prager is a conservative columnist and talk-show host. He often has very sharp and salient observations in his columns. In his most recent column he says:



We do in large measure because values based on God and the Bible have been replaced by secular values. The result was predicted by the British thinker G.K. Chesterton at the turn of the 20th century: "When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."



Dostoevysky (pardon the (mis)spelling)) once wrote that, "If God doesn't exist, then everything is permissible." He wrote that is his masterpiece "Crime and Punishment", a book every Christian should read. I believe he and Chesterton (another one of my literary heroes) are absolutely correct. One of the biggest problems with our day is the lack of a belief in the true God, which is merely a belief in a false god. Satan tempted Eve with the phrase, "You shall be as gods." Every human being since this has sought to find a god that suits his desires. The idea that all religions are good and that none are more "correct" than the others is preposterous. What is the benefit of having a belief that is no more true than anyone else's? If we go with this line of thought, then we prohibit ourselves from ever condemning any belief, since all are equal. How can we condemn pedophilia? Is not this lifestyle/belief as good as that of the Hindus. How dare any of us call the radical Islamofacists "insane"? If they are insane for believing what they believe, they all of us are insane. Either one religion stands above the rest as the true religion, or none of them have any significance.

All of these ideas are Christian axioms. Nonetheless, they are some of the most important axioms, and we do well to remember them often.