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ESSAY 23
THE
"YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE MORALITY"
MYTH
Law is the result of the codifying and writing of
morality for the protection and welfare of people. Therefore,
every statute is the legislation of morality and every
statute is either Biblically-based or arbitrarily-based.
United States law was originally based on Biblical
morality. Secular humanism introduced an arbitrary factor
which depends on the subjective state of mind of the legis-
lators at a particular time. Our statutes and judicial de-
cisions are now based on a "curious mixture" of Judeo-
Christian and arbitrary beliefs.
Secular humanists have become religious nihilists. They
are attempting to destroy the Judeo-Christian basis of our
society and replace it with an arbitrary basis. Some have
called humanistic law, "social law," while others have de-
scribed it as originating in "politically correct" thought
(consensus of radical left thinkers at a particular time).
Humanistic thought is moving in a different direction than
Judeo-Christian thought.
There is a parallel of humanists with Nazi socialists.
The metaphysics of the radical left (secular humanists) and
the radical right (Nazis) are the same. Even a superficial
study reveals a use of the same techniques and a movement
toward immoral law.
Hitler went about attempting to build a "super race' by
murdering people whom he defined as "inferior." We have been
doing some of the same evil things in the United States since
the 1970s. We have defined the preborn as non-human. The
handicapped newborn have been defined as those having lives
not worth living. Newborn female babies are being killed in
some parts of the world. (Infanticide was one of evils of
Greece when it was in decline). Old and sick people have been
murdered here in the United States for some time without any
criminal charges brought against the murderers. Unless there
is a positive change in the U S, the future may find us de-
fining such classes of people as, the handicapped, "useless
eaters" (people on welfare and the mentally ill), old people,
and people who are not "POLITICALLY CORRECT," as inferior and
not worthy to live.
A "pluralistic" society will not work. All points of
view cannot be treated as equal. Every philosophy and
religion necessarily clashes with others. Christianity has
been extremely tolerant of other religions and has allowed
its chief antagonist, secular humanism, to grow in strength.
However, only one religion can be in control--the United
States must make a decision. If secular humanism wins, then
we all lose.
BUT IF SERVING THE LORD SEEMS UNDESIRABLE TO YOU,
THEN CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL
SERVE. . . . BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSEHOLD, WE
WILL SERVE THE LORD. (Joshua 24:15, NIV).
(This essay was based on the classic work of Bill
Gothard).
END