?I would like to ask You. In my morning paper, a historian is rather furious against the religions and says that they have stopped positive developments. And that the great social developments were possible in those countries where the secularization of society is greatest, so to speak where the conservative churches could not stop the renewal. And actually I agree with him.
But he ends his argument with "I always remain on my guard for those who claim you
need God's permission for a moral life ”.
He actually says: you don't need God to be good. Would You like to comment on this?
We will immediately sharpen the discussion, my son, then it will become
clearer.
Man can be good without religion, but not without God
In fact, the historian articulates that many established institutions
become conservative and want to maintain the status quo and are against change.
Many religions do that too. So he has a point. And then he observes that in
countries where these established religions are losing power and democracy is
taking over, many more changes are being made such as women's suffrage,
protection of workers' rights, and provisions for the oppressed.
And the historian then draws the logical conclusion that people can do
good without using the name of God, so can be moral without religion. He ends
up with ‘one can be good without God’.
Oops, what am I supposed to say about this?
Simply this: a person can be moral, can be good without religion,
without church, without God's servants on earth. But not without God.An average atheist, or agnostic, who does not believe anything, can act very morally and be very good and think to do so out of himself and without God.
But in practice, each of the seven billion people depends on, whether he
believes it or not, 100% on the power and might of his Spark of God. His
conscience and his heart are, even if he does not believe it and does not
participate in a religion, for 100% nourished by the influence, the energy, the
impulses and powers of his Spark of God.
Man can be good without religion, but not without God
So an atheist thinks he has a conscience and uses it, but he has nothing
of himself, he is known by God. Even though an atheist cannot of course see and
believe and accept that. God works very well without the small mind of man.
In the meantime, the historian has been blessed.My blessings to you all
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