Dave’s Quote of the Day
“With all the attention the atheist agenda is receiving, doesn’t it seem strange that most Americans find heroes among those who reflect a biblical worldview?… Atheism has no explanation for… acts of self-giving and even self-sacrificing charity… Darwinian evolution cannot explain this kind of altruism: How does one who willingly dies for another pass on his or her genetic traits for the improvement of the species? No, defenders of atheism and Darwinism, if true to their convictions, should sneer at this kind of self-sacrifice as weak and pointless. But we know better. Why? Because we… are made in the image of God. His very character is stamped into our beings… This is the same God who tells us ‘to lay down our lives’ for our friends, ‘to let the little children come,’ and ‘to act justly and love mercy.’ Tragically, many people, including many Christians, are practical atheists, living our lives in a way that ignores God’s existence. But in the final analysis, we are all still wired to find heroes in those who live life as though God does exist.” —Mark Earley
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I am not a very hardline religious person but I am a Catholic and have had this discussion with a couple of Atheists in my day so I have heard the response to this:
Atheism has no explanation for… acts of self-giving and even self-sacrificing charity… Darwinian evolution cannot explain this kind of altru
The Atheist reasoning is these acts are indeed evolutionary imperatives. That we treat each other with kindness out of an ingrained instinct to perpetuate the existence of the species. As for myself I have personally witnessed too many instances of what the Hindus would call Karma not to believe in a higher power.
You will find that you truly get what you give in life. If you’re kind and considerate to your fellow man good things will happen to you. I’m not saying that you will hit the mega millions jackpot but God provides for those who are kind to their fellow man. The opposite, of course, is true as well. I have seen it happen.
That last part was a special message to the jerk who broke my sideview mirror last weekend and didn’t bother leaving a note. Sorry for the little non sequitur but I feel a little better having gotten that off of my chest.