Why Atheism Leads to Insanity

 People are often puzzled by the "insanity" of liberal positions.  Homosexual marriage is normal, abortion is "choice," disarmament is safety, high taxes lead to prosperity are but a few examples. 

 

  The reason I believe is that most liberals to a greater or lesser degree have either abandoned their belief in God, or they pay him only lip service, changing Him into an adult version of Santa Claus.  I know there are conservatives that do the same, but I think on balance the liberals of guiltier of this.  

  This sort of thinking, ultimately and inevitably leads to insanity.  Why is this?

  God is the creator of the universe, which is to say He is the creator of reality and is the basis of reality.  Therefore, if one rules out God, one rules out the basis of reality itself.  When one rules out the basis of reality one necessarily starts the slow drift into insanity.

  This happens at both the personal and societal levels.  I am reminded of William F. Buckley's famous question, "Is it possible for a nation to go insane?"  The answer, sadly, is yes.  And it is inevitable when God is forgotten.  Look at Europe--the continent has given itself over to pleasure seeking and comfort as the organizing principle and consequently the populace has become too selfish to breed a replacement population.  

Yes, despite the self-serving propaganda to the contrary, the selfish thing to do is to not have children.  This is not done for the sake of the environment, but rather to ensure a higher level of comfort and convenience for oneself.

And, I must speculate, that perhaps there is another reason for it as well--when one doesn't know the answer to life's basic questions--where am I from?  where am I going? what is the point of it all?--then one becomes very uncomfortable.  The birth of every child forces one, at some level or other, to think about these questions.  If one does not know the answers, or worse still, has answered there is no God and no answer, then the arrival of a child is an existentially terrifying event.  At this moment, the void in one's soul opens up and one stares into the pit-- of what?  A black void? A sea of flames?  Death eternal? 

 

   When a believer in God has a child, he or she is conscious of having parented a human soul, beloved of God, fortunate to be alive, with an eternal destiny, worth far more than a new car, or Ipod, or HDTV.  At that supreme existential moment, the religious person looks into the eyes of his infant child and sees the gates of heaven.