In keeping with New Atheist Tactics 101, atheist activist, Dan Barker, has been touring college campuses.
Dan Barker is the co-founder of The Freedom From Religion Foundation which is an anti-Christian support group which was established in the USA, a country premised upon the concept of freedom of religious expression.
The founding axiom of the FFRF is as follows:
There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world.
Thus, this org is premised upon a positive affirmation of God’s non-existence (see here)—this axiom represents dogmatheism.
Dan Barker’s claim to infamy is his one (out of) tune note: that he is an ex-preacher. This actually makes his shocking lack of knowledge of the Bible’s contents, concepts and contexts all the more remarkable—and inexcusable.
“…the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned”—1 Corinthians 2:14
The lecture’s topic is based on his book “The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-filled Life Without God.”
So much to is packed into a simple title: what is “good,” what is an “atheist,” what is “purpose” what is “life,” what is “God,” etc.?
But, let us just take it as is: “The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-filled Life Without God.”
It is astonishing that Dan Barker would take it upon himself to lecture on “good” since, he argues, as an example, that nothing, not even rape is absolutely immoral because he can think of an exception for anything.
Well, if he can do it—out of philosophical convenient—why cannot God do it—in order to bring about His sovereign purpose for good? You see, he does not even realize that with that claim, not only can he justify any immorality but he has done away with “the problem of evil” since God too has His reasons for allowing evil.
Here are three interesting statements by Dan Barker:
Darwin has bequeathed what is good…abortion is a blessing.
[Stated during debate with John Rankin – Evolution and Intelligent Design: What are the issues?]
…a fetus that’s the size of a thumb that has, what, what would you put it in a little locket and hang it around your neck?
[Stated during his debate with Dinesh D’Souza – Christianity versus Atheism]
Jesus was “a moral monster”…There is no moral interpreter in the cosmos, nothing cares and nobody cares…what happens to me or a piece of broccoli, it won’t the Sun is going to explode, we’re all gonna be gone. No one’s gonna care.
[Stated during his debate with Paul Manata]
Now, what of the issue of purpose; can one live a purpose-filled life without God? Well, of course, this is because “purpose” is merely utility, it is a function. What he means to ask, or state, is Living a meaningful Life Without God which is another matter altogether. For example, purpose is intrinsic and meaning extrinsic: purpose is inherent and built in whilst meaning is from without and bequeathed.
For example, you see a baseball bat and it has a purpose: to hit a ball—or, bust some skulls! Yet, when you are told that the bat belonged to Babe Ruth, all of a sudden the bat has meaning, meaning which you have bequeathed unto it.
For details on this issue, see: Meaning and Purpose
Atheists claim that meaning to life is something which we come up with, something which we decide for ourselves. Indeed, this is an admission that meaning is extrinsic, it is bequeathed from without and that in an in an atheistic universe life has no intrinsic, objective meaning. The problem arises when one person give meaning to their lives by being like Mother Theresa and another by being like Adolf Hitler—see Atheism on Meaning and Purpose.
But why do atheists insist on targeting the youth (note that atheism is a young white male phenomenon)? Here are some reasons that are particularly applicable to the college crowd:
1. They are naturally rebellious.
2. Gullible.
3. Easily confused about rebellion against “religion,” on the one hand, and rebellions against God, on the other.
4. Just got away from mommy’s apron strings.
5. Have raging hormones.
6. Are in unsupervised co-ed situations.
Well, you do the math. They are basically acting like modern day temple prostitutes who bring people over to their side with promises of easy, guilt-free, uncommitted sex. If this is not the case then, why do they constantly condemn Judeo-Christian morality (whilst plagiarizing Judeo-Christian morality)?
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