God and Jesus
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There are five species of Great Apes: Gorillas, Orangutans, Bononos, Chimpanzees, and Man. I have no problem with the theory of evolution as such. But when human beings are so easily lumped together with other animals, as just one more step on the evolutionary staircase, with no essential difference in purpose or in responsibility, I cringe. It seems to me that all civilization hangs on this.
I know that that popular opinion is the accepted wisdom of our time. No one says it out loud, but the smart money these days is betting on “man as animal, and nothing more.” Many of our leaders in education, in criminal justice, in psychology and sociology, in government have removed God from their understanding of men and woman and (as a naively unintended consequence) have destroyed personal morality in the process. Public policy today expects people to act like monkeys – excuses it and makes provisions for it.
That’s why the Ten Commandments are banned from public places. (It’s not a question of church-state separation. That’s just the least offensive way to talk about it. It’s a question of obedience). You see, the Commandments are puzzling and troublesome to those who think of themselves, and others, as apes. Apes and other animals are part of nature, so they do what comes naturally. No restraints. No guilt. It’s an amoral world. (Neitchie said, “God is dead; all is permitted.”) The Commandments, on the other hand, call for unnatural behavior. Animals steal, they kill, they commit adultery, they covet, they don’t honor the parents, and, if they could, they would probably bear false witness! The Ten Commandments, all moral codes for that matter, assume an enormous difference between men and animals: and that difference is moral choice.