Living In Two Worlds

CitizenLink is reporting on an ongoing cultural battle in the courts. For many years Leftists and Atheists and the like have been attacking American ideals while using language that many Americans use. For instance, Baptists have historically been in favor of a separation of church and state. Now the Left in this country is using that language to have all vestiges of religion removed from any public sphere, especially any government sphere.

It is typical of the Left to hide in the courts where their unconstitutional rulings can have a sense of authority to them, since they could never win in the legislative branch where these arguments should take place legally. I agree with the Left that there should be a separation of church and state. The two should not be confused as so many Fundamentalists and Evangelicals seem to have done.

I once heard an atheist mock a State Supreme Court Judge saying we do not need the Ten Commandments posted since we all know that murder is wrong anyway. This simply begs the question. How does the atheist know murder is wrong? Usually there is some evolutionary answer that argues that murder hurts our species or some other reason. None however remain consistent when assumptions are challenged.

So I now repeat my assertion. Atheism and Liberalism and others on that side of the fence will not be able to withstand cultic religions like Islam. You simply cannot put forth an incoherent system like atheism as the basis for civil government and think it will survive.

The Christian worldview is the only consistent worldview that has withstood the test of time and philosophical thought. It has defeated Islam intellectually in the past and will do so again.

There is one major problem with what I am arguing. Establishing a Christian worldview in a nation full of people that are not Christian simply will not work either. It certainly will not work when churches are counting huge numbers of people as part of their churches when most of those members are not converted.

Christianity is not a religion that may be passed down from generation to generation by some kind of birthright. It is not something that can just be taught from a textbook. It is not just about a bunch of dos and don'ts. Making children say a sinner's prayer for the 50th time creates more Traditions than one could count. It is not a Billy Graham crusade leading hundreds of people down to some makeshift Altar. It is not Tony Campolo's social Gospel.

Christianity is a religion where God is King of a Kingdom. It is a new nation from and out of among the nations of the world. Yes, nations are blessed from time to time with repentance. A healthy church is a blessing upon a nation. But it is not that nation!

Jesus said that the World hated Him. Therefore it will hate Christians. Has the world at times favored Christianity? Yes, but at what cost? Christians must be careful as they think through difficult issues that deal with church and state.

Do I sound confusing? I suppose I do. This is not an easy topic to deal with. Too many Evangelical Christians are diving headlong on a path to save an American culture without doing the necessary work that needs to be done in the church. Patriotism is important. Serving the true King is even more so.