The religion of no religion

As we look around about us in today’s world and consider all the evil in this world today, we may ask ourselves why everything is the way it is. I think if you summed it all up into one reason things are the way they are, that reason would be what is sometimes called the religion of no religion: atheism.  

We live in a world where, since people do not believe in God, they have no rules except for the ones they make up. Since they do not believe in God, they think, “Well, there’s no reason why I can’t cheat on my wife or husband, or even have to spend the rest of my life with them for that matter; there is no reason for me not to go out and have a good time and do whatever it takes for me to have a good time; there’s no reason for why I can’t be the worst person that ever was.”

Not every atheist is like this and, as a matter of fact, there are atheists that do believe in good morals. These are the kind of people who teach our teenager’s science class, and tell them that we are descendants of apelike creatures. These are the kind of people that are in our political offices influencing laws like abortion. These are the kind of people that make an influence on the whole world!

How do we deal with this? I think the best answer to this is to just be the godliest person you can be, pray for strength, and do what Paul told the Thessalonians to do in 1 Thessalonians 5:22: “Abstain from every form of evil.” Since we live in a wicked world of unbelief, we must be the light of the world (Matthew 5:14). Be strong and never give up because there is a fight worth fighting, there is a Heaven worth hoping for, and there is a God worth living for!

Jonathan Glaesemann