The Law of God, or the Law of Moloch?
In his Part 5 of a six-part series of articles, 
"Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights," Casey Luskin reviews the best-selling book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by evolutionary biologist and atheist Yuval Noah Harari.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!
You can start at Part 1 of this series of articles, Luskin's New Review Series – Yuval Noah Harari’s book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, and from there you can follow the links to each successive article. Why bring this up in my e-newsletter and blog that is devoted to people with disabilities and the plight of Christians in socialist countries? It's because the root cause of these ills is the lack of belief in God that results in a lack of love for one's neighbor. In Part 5, Luskin hits this nail right on the head.
"In his book Sapiens,Yuval Harari is very blunt: “There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings” (p. 28). In other words, all of these things are mere 'myths,' imaginary constructs that we have collectively dreamed up in our minds but are not to be found in the "real" material world. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings." (p. 28)
Imagine that! Here is a person claiming to make a true statement, but he doesn't believe in the objective reality of abstract ideas. One could refute his ideas by simply saying that his very ideas are a subjective reality caused by electrical impulses rattling around in his head. In other words, with great moral certainty, Harari proclaims there is no moral authority or truth (except his own): there are no absolutes, and that's the absolute truth. To quote Luskin – "Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Harari highlights in bold the ideas that become difficult to sustain in a materialist framework:"
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (emphases in Hariri's original)"
If the idea of God and His creating mankind equal and with human rights is just a shared subjective construct that exists only in our collective imagination and that evolve over time, then there is no basis for making claims about rights and justice, but also truth, so Harari's words undermine his own logic – his ideas are only subjective, not objective. Like the Sadducees who accepted only the Torah, the five books of Moses, as their Scripture and did not believe in the afterlife or resurrection that are hinted at by the Old Testament prophets, the only reason to encourage the Jewish people to believe in the Torah would be so the Sadducees could hold onto their positions of power: they were the majority in the Sanhedin and they appointed the High Priest. In a sense, it came down to "the survival of the fittest" just as Harari and other evolutionists believe.
What happens when the majority in a society cease to believe in the afterlife or resurrection? The same thing happens as with the ancient pagan nations – "Let us eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!" as the Apostle Paul wrote about the pagans of his day (1 Cor. 15:32). All that matters for them – and for today's neopagans – is pleasure and power. This explains why the majority today practice sexual immorality, abortion, and euthanasia: there is no objective morality or right to life of the unborn, the weak, or the elderly; only survival and pleasure for the strong.
"Not only do they practice these things, they give approval to others who do the same" (Rom. 1:32) and give disapproval of those people who don't accept this anti-morality by calling it "Community Standards" – the Law of Moloch has replaced the Law of God. Christians who believe what Christ and the Apostles taught and wrote down in Scripture are ridiculed, de-platformed in social media, banned from "civilized" society, and even physically attacked:
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Antifa Attacks Crowds With Babies at Family Prayer Event in Portland, Ore. But Where Were the Police?" In this photo, the people dressed in black are not the police, they're Antifa thugs, who began pepper-spraying children and adults, throwing flash bombs, rotten eggs, and black paint at those praying. These thugs threw the group's audio equipment in the river, stole their food and water, and the Portland police just stood around and did nothing. This riot was totally ignored by the MSM (Main-Stream Media), deep-sixed in the "memory hole" so nobody would know about it.
What are we as Christians going to do about this? How will we stand up for the Law of God and against the Law of Moloch? First, by educating ourselves, by homeschooling our children – the next generation, and by sharing with others the objective truth, the revealed reality, of the Christian worldview.
Here are a dozen Christian resources in the order that I've developed them over the years:
The Social Ministry of the Church to the poor, lame, maimed, and blind – 6 online courses (also in Russian),
The World English Bible (revised) with your personalized Daily Prayers, Scripture memory system, Notes, and Read Through the Bible in One Year (also in Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, German, and French),
Lots of online Christian literature – hundreds of books and articles, mostly free, providing a timeline of Church history,
Hosken News on Christianity in Secularized Countries – fortnightly reporting by Dr. Robert D. Hosken,
Agape Restoration Communities where Christians serve one another in love, learn how to live in moderation, and be restored to independence and wholeness,
Our Homecoming – Robert and Cheryl Hosken's 2008 coming into Orthodoxy, the fullness of the Christian faith,
Discover Original Christianity – an aggregator of resources on Original Christianity, and
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by St. John of Damascus – the first systematic theology of the Christian faith (8th century),
On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius of Alexandria, who in the early 4th century put together the canon of the New Testament – 1 online course of 8 lessons,
The Good News of Yeshua, the Messiah – an online harmony of the four Gospels,
A First-Century View of Yeshua, the Messiah – what does it mean to be a deacon, a servant?
Morning Prayers and Readings – our online morning prayers, readings of the lives of the saints and daily Scriptures.
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