Right And Wrong
But maybe you don't care about heaven and hell.
Maybe you don't even claim to be a Christian, so
you don't think Genesis has anything to do with
you. You're wrong; it affects you too.
Suppose you saw someone committing a murder or
molesting a child. You'd try to stop them,
wouldn't you? Or suppose your teenage daughter
wanted to go out on a date wearing a see-through
blouse with no bra underneath. Would you let her?
I doubt it. You have standards of right and wrong.
Have you ever thought about where you got those
standards? Probably from your parents, who got
them from their parents, etc. But at some time in
the past, somebody decided what was right and what
was wrong and began to pass it on. And where did
they get their standards? If they lived in almost
any country in the Western Hemisphere, they got
them from the Bible.
If evolution is true, you're in trouble!
Whether you like it or not, your standards of
right and wrong originated in the Bible, which is
saturated with references to the Genesis account
of Creation and the Flood. But evolution means
that Genesis is either just a man-made myth or
else a divine riddle whose meaning you can't ever
really be sure you understand correctly.
Either way, you'll have to discard Genesis as a
guide for living. You'll also have to reject all
the other parts of the Bible that refer to it as
literally true. Say goodbye to:
- Everything Moses wrote. This includes not only
Genesis but also the Ten Commandments and all
the rest of the moral laws on which most of our
civil laws are based;
- Most of the Old Testament;
- All four Gospels;
- Fourteen other books of the New Testament.
Well, that wipes out almost the whole Bible.
And even if you call yourself an atheist, that's
still where most of your moral standards original-
ly came from. If evolution is true, then, your
standards are firmly rooted in nothing. You have
no basis to believe in right and wrong! All you
have is an opinion.
Of course you're entitled to your opinion. But
guess what? So is everybody else. Everybody. For
example, Hindus have a right to believe that kill-
ing cows is wrong, so if you go to India you'll
probably have to abstain from beef. Harmless,
right? Wrong!
Let's be logical. If everybody else has a right
to their opinion, so do the satanic cults. Some of
them practice human sacrifice, which you doubtless
think is wrong. But remember, if Genesis is not
reliable, then your moral standards are ultimately
based on a myth. Who are you to say that they (or
Hitler or Stalin) are wrong? It's just your opin-
ion against theirs!
How about your kids? What right do you have to
tell them not to use drugs, or steal, or beat up
old ladies? And what about your teenage daughter?
Who are you to tell her that it's wrong to wear a
micro-mini skirt (or go naked, for that matter)?
After all, your children are at least as highly
evolved as you are. They have as much right to
their opinion as you do!
It all comes down to this: if there is a God
who made the universe, He has the right to make
the rules. But has He told us what His rules are?
Assuming Genesis to be unreliable, the answer is
NO.
The Bible can't be trusted. Since you can't be
sure what God's rules are, everybody else is free
to make up their own. You have nothing to say
about it. You have no right to impose your opinion
on anybody - if evolution is true. And if it is,
you might as well start your own religion, because
Christianity is worthless.
