Most
people in North America have heard on the News, the account of three
young women escaping 10 years of captivity and rape. A man is in
custody. He has yet to enter a plea. However, I think that we have
arrived at a place in history where atheism should either put up or shut up.
Yes,
as things currently stand, the man is guilty of committing a civil
crime. However, based upon the “logical” flow of thought put
forward by atheism, can we seriously believe that the law is fair? Being that our
laws are based upon a Christian understanding of human nature, which all atheists recognize
as being deeply flawed, should there even be laws? On atheism, do we have any right to sit in
judgement of someone in such as way as to give the impression that
this alleged kidnapper is a bad man? For as one atheist, Anna, says,
We're all good people. Or at least she knows that she's a good person and she's far from alone on that count.
Hmm.
“Judged
from a scientific and logical perspective, the belief that we stand
outside the causal web in any respect is an absurdity, the height of
human egoism and exceptionalism.”
Tom
Clark at Naturalism.org
Absolutely!
On atheism, determinism rules. Firing neurons and biochemical
exchanges drive our behaviours, especially those that compel us to
pro create in order to preserve our genes. We men are genetically predisposed to grab her by the hair and drag her back to the cave. And if we're born that way, then it can't be wrong.
“Before
we can talk of being responsible for our decisions, we need an
account of why those decisions belong to us. But the trouble is, on a
naturalistic view, there is no entity that can plausibly own any
mental states, there is simply a plurality of parallel, impersonal
processes in the brain.”
Dr.
Angus Menuge,
