How Then Should We Reason

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…our human identity has been lost because we are separated from its source.  Our endeavors no longer bring the desired results.  Our world seems to be falling apart around us.  Nature’s forces have turned against us and we feel helpless.  But despite these phenomena, we can say with a high degree of probability that there are three universals we can speak of as we consider the fabric of our Christian worldview:

...a society stays together and functions cohesively in proportion to the degree that it contains absolute values in its worldview.  As an example of this thesis, one who examines the tapestry of today's modern societies can see clearly that the only ones that fit this description of cohesiveness are the societies which have applied Judeo-Christian values.  Those societies are popularly called the West.  The West is therefore an idea, not necessarily a geographical entity.

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…or the Renaissance generation of humanists – some of whom were atheists, rejecting any notion of God and making themselves the “measure of all things.”  Atheism has always existed, but it is safe to say that atheism as a “science” received a recognizable scientific facade only during the nineteenth century, when Karl Marx, under the influence of Hegel, Kant, and other philosophers, wrote Das Kapital and (with his collaborator Friedrich Engels) the Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848).  Marx developed not only an analysis of nineteenth-century social conditions, but also a plan for political action, together with a theory of the historical inevitability of the plan’s success.  In the Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Communist Manifesto), Marx and Engels presented their “practical” proposals for changing the world.  The work of Karl Marx was established on an atheistic base which gave the movement a decisive “scientific” outlook, boosting the ancient thought pattern of the natural human and finalizing it into a valid worldview.

 The other contributor to this “scientific” makeover of naturalistic philosophy was Charles Darwin, who was driven by curiosity to seek an explanation for the origins of species.  Darwin laid down a foundation for “evolutionary processes” in the development of life in general, including humans, while Marx built the base to see “evolutionary processes” in the development of human society.  In both instances, the need for an external, supernatural, intelligent creative and sustaining power was excluded.  In other words, official “scientific” atheism was born.

 It is interesting to observe the connection between the definition of atheist and the state of moral corruptness or deficiency, both in the Bible and in the dictionary.  It is no secret that atheists, particularly communists, base their atheistic doctrine on the general denial of the existing moral order in the fabric of life and the world.
At this juncture, one might ask,
“Why take Christianity as the only absolute, valid worldview?”

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…thus Christianity defines reality as twofold:  one side of it, you might say is real; the other side is a sort of mirror reflection of the real.  It is a twisted view, which exists like a parasite, dependent on the reality of the other worldview.  A person who holds this position will unconsciously live a normal life, but will refuse to acknowledge that his day-by-day behavior reflects the truth of the real view.  

There is no other way to live life other than the way it was meant to be lived, regardless of one’s worldview.  There we can see that it is an absolute. 

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…when all three parts of the extended family – grandparents, parents, and children – are together in one place, the circle of eternity is perfectly closed. 
That is why we feel sorrow and loss when one of these “parts” is missing, be it the father, mother, grandparents, or children.  It is why we feel somehow incomplete. 
The magic formula E pluribus Unum has missed its target when any of these are missing. 
For this reason, a good psychiatrist, psychologist, or anthropologist often speaks of the enormous importance of the human biological – should we say classical? – family, and its irreplaceable role in the communion of its members and the healthy,
well-rounded development of the youngsters.  Lopsided development always results from the absence of either of the members of the biological family as made in the image of God.  This family is triune and diverse in gender; out of such predetermined diversity springs the natural sense of unity.  To be precise, we must add that in order for the family to achieve the pinnacle of its purpose for existence,
it cannot be put together in just any way.  It cannot be manmade.  It cannot be put together on an artificial foundation and…

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