Practical Atheists

?With all the attention the atheist agenda is receiving, doesn?t it seem strange that most Americans find heroes among those who reflect a biblical worldview?… Atheism has no explanation for… acts of self-giving and even self-sacrificing charity… Darwinian evolution cannot explain this kind of altruism: How does one who willingly dies for another pass on his or her genetic traits for the improvement of the species? No, defenders of atheism and Darwinism, if true to their convictions, should sneer at this kind of self-sacrifice as weak and pointless. But we know better. Why? Because we… are made in the image of God. His very character is stamped into our beings… This is the same God who tells us ?to lay down our lives? for our friends, ?to let the little children come,? and ?to act justly and love mercy.? Tragically, many people, including many Christians, are practical atheists, living our lives in a way that ignores God?s existence. But in the final analysis, we are all still wired to find heroes in those who live life as though God does exist.? ?Mark Earley