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Christian News and Media Agency The Lie Of Moral Atheism By Bill Wilson , Daily Jot News And Commentary Senior Analyst 2007-01-11 -- WDC Media News -- WASH—Jan 11—DJNS--Nontheists, or atheists, those who do not believe there is a God, represent between two and nine percent of the American population and they are tired of the impact Christians have politically and socially on the United States . They are organizing to offset this influence. Seven organizations of nontheists - including atheists, freethinkers, humanists, and agnostics - began the Secular Coalition for America (SCA), a lobby seeking to increase the visibility and respectability of nontheistic viewpoints in the United States . SCA’s mission is “to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government as the best guarantee of freedom for all.” According to the Christian Science Monitor in a recent article, “They (atheists) are astonished that a majority of Americans question evolution and support teaching intelligent design in the science classroom. They are distressed over polls that show that at least half of Americans are unwilling to vote for an atheist despite the Constitution’s requirement that there be no religious test for public office.” Lori Lipman Brown, SCA director, says, "We need to educate the public that people who don’t have a god belief can be good neighbors and friends and moral and ethical people." But this is a problem because atheists really cannot claim to be moral or ethical because morals and ethics have their roots in God’s law. A case in point example is found with the Director of the Michigan Atheists, Arlene-Marie, who strongly opposes putting any Bible curriculum in Michigan public schools, even as an elective. Arlene-Marie boldly claimed to the Detroit News that the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools’ curriculum had been found to be unconstitutional in four states. In reality, the Council’s curriculum “The Bible In History and Literature”, which uses the Bible as the student textbook and provides a 300-page Teacher’s Guide, meets all Constitutional guidelines and never has been legally challenged anywhere. It is taught as an elective in 377 school districts in 37 states, including Michigan . When atheist Arlene Marie was confronted with her lie by the Detroit News, she said, “I misspoke. I should have been more careful.” When secular humanists, agnostics, nontheists, and atheists reject God and yet claim to be moral and ethical, they are first lying to themselves. If they reject the origin of truth, morality and ethics, their version of truth and morality can only be a subjective counterfeit. Trouble is, this brand of moral relativism is being taught wholesale throughout the country. And the atheists are organizing to get more of it. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” All the more reason the Bible should be used as a textbook in every school. Media Contact Bill Wilson at bill@dailyjot.com Story Source http://www.dailyjot.com |
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