IS GOD DEAD ? 2.

Marx wrote at the end of his thesis for the Ph.D., “I hate all the gods, and I hate them because they do not recognize Man as Supreme Being.”

Official atheism, such as was put into practice in Marxism, implies an entirely new concept of ‘truth’ (sic). For those who believe in God, truth is conformity: (a) with the objective, natural order revealed in the universe and in conscience, and (b) ultimately with the Mind that made it.

For example, my idea of a rose corresponds to a certain type of flower in the physical order. I do not say, “My idea of a rose is an elephant.” In the ultimate analysis, just as a statue corresponds to an idea or plan existing in the mind of the sculptor, just as the portrait of Mona Lisa corresponded to an idea, a plan in the mind of Leonardo, so every rose, tree, bird and stone corresponds to an idea existing in the mind of God. Deny God, and what is truth ?

Truth, under atheism is correspondence or agreement with an idea existing in the collective mind of the ruling elite. Reality must correspond to the archetypal ideas existing in the mind of the humanist planners. Black is white and white IS black; day is night and night IS day; justice is injustice and injustice IS justice. As Marx said: ‘Every idea is “true” which furthers the revolution, and “false” … which hinders it.’

There is no objective standard truth. One’s cause alone IS truth. This explains why atheistic political leaders can appear to be so good and democratic and and freedom loving one day, and so cantankerous, deceitful and full of lies another day. Both tactics ARE true. It is the cause that counts.

In the face of of a kind of atheism that does not prove itself, all the intellectual arguments in the world of theism lack the power to convince. Man who is god does not want to be a man. He likes the beautiful irresponsibilities of his excesses; he loves to hear the word ‘complusion’, ‘policy’, programme’ to explain away his alcoholism, behavior, actions. What then will convince the atheist and humanist of today that he is not the lord and sovereign of the universe?

One thing which atheism brings is “chaos”. Sociologists, psychologists, politicians and historians would do well to read the first chapter of Paul’s Letter to the Romans. For the consequences of “human pride”. Our troubles are not really outside us; they are within us.

Adapted from Fulton J. Sheen