Aug 11 2009
We Need a God Based Society
Consider the following statements:
“Without God, man neither knows which way to go, nor even understands who he is.”
And
“Man cannot bring about his own progress unaided, because by himself he cannot establish an authentic humanism. Only if we are aware of our calling, as individuals and as a community, to be part of God’s family as his sons and daughters, will we be able to generate a new vision and muster new energy in the service of a truly integral humanism.”
These two statements are part of the beginning of the Conclusion for the latest encyclical, Caritas In Veritate, of Pope Benedict XVI.
We are seeing the fruits of a Godless society today with the increasingly spreading infection of the plagues of Relativism, Socialism, Liberalism, and Global Capitalism. Although these have festered through out the past two thousand years, they have been kept in check, for the most part, by the ever present emphasis of God’s natural law in the formation of the morals and man’s “positive” law.
These checks started to crack with the Protestant Revolt and continued to grow with the Industrial Revolution. These two events allowed the plagues of Relativism and Global Capitalism to eventually gain a foothold in society. These, in turn eventually allowed the other plagues of Socialism (a direct reaction to Capitalism), Materialism, and Liberalism to eventually spread their infection in society.
With these plagues let loose, those who were/are infected saw the dangers of God to their plagues. This has given rise to the outright assault on God by those infected. It started out slowly with preventing the Church from endorsing candidates and taking prayer out of school and has grown to the point where even talking about morality based on God’s Natural Law is being criminalized. How long are we going to take it before we say “no more”?
I say “no more” has arrived. We must start ignoring the restraints being forced on us by those infected. In fact, we must put God back into society any way and every way possible.
Although we must be charitable to them, we must not do anything to encourage their continued infection with these plagues. Whenever and wherever possible, we must shun buying good and services from those infected. We must find alternatives, including setting up a competing “white market” economy, to their businesses.
In addition, we must put forth our own candidates and/or parties for office that will promote, not hinder restoring God to society staring locally and going from there.
Finally, we must not only “talk the talk” but also “walk the walk”. That is, we must live a life with God as its center, not just give “lip serve”. By providing examples on how to live, we provide a much more effective witness to God.
Things must change or society will implode from the weight the plagues destroying its foundation. This must start immediately if there is to be any hope for society.
