The fool says in his heart, there is
no God
Recently, this writer saw an interesting article that
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After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged
his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor,
how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter
and others. The Jews have Passover,
Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such
holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client,
counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special
observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm
14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the
opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a
fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.”
The judge then left the court.
The above story is possibly
fictional. This writer could not uncover its true origin, but it has been
widely disseminated on the internet. Many atheists have written rebuttals on
blogs. Of course, in a democratic and free society, everyone has the right to
freedom of speech and religion. Atheists also enjoy their right to freedom of
speech and disbelief in God.
According to this writer’s
observation, atheists, free thinkers, human rights advocates and gay activists are
tending towards continuous unification and propagation. They all hope to
increase their influence upon society by frequently using the pretext of human
rights protection or anti-discrimination to forcibly advance their world views
and values. The discussion areas and blogs on the internet serve as easy venues
to these like-minded people, so that personal views gradually coalesce into
commentary that can forge social trends and even become sufficient to affect
legislation and jurisprudence. We are currently situated in an era of
unhindered expansion of the wanton application of human rights, freedoms, and
self-interest. Right now, fools not only say in their hearts that there is no
God, they further utilize different media to promulgate the message that God
does not exist, fully believing that if there is no God, people would be
happier, freer, and can do as they please. In fact this is truly foolish and
ignorant behaviour.
“What may be known about God
is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation
of the world God's invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature - have
been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are
without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God
nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish
hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”
(Romans 1:19-22)
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