'Crusader' Contrasts Christianity, Secularism
John Flack, national representative of the Campus Crusade for Christ, contrasted four secular ideas with Christian theology at the Crusade meeting last night.
By Tom Winston
He especially spoke to those who find they "just can't get out of the clutches of the 'old pad' on Sunday morning."
DARWIN STUDIED science and developed his theory of evolution and he believed that the world is a man-centered universe which revolves around the rationale of man, Flack said.
Christian teaching says God is the center of the universe, Flack said, and God loves man. "Man is God-conscious, conscious of something greater than himself, that man is not the end or be all," he said.
"Man's purpose is to have fellowship with God. Everyone has eternal life. It is merely a question of whether you spend it with or without God." Flack said.
Charles Darwin arrived at the first idea, Flack said. He saw that the Christian religion was decadent, with little effect on the society of his time, and decided that reason would be his guide.
Karl Marx presented the second idea — that there is no such thing as God, that man will be happy if he has all the material things he needs and that religion is a crutch which helps the rich exploit the poor, Flack said.
"MARX AGREED with Lenin that 'Religion is the opiate of the people,'" Flack said. "The important thing, Marx said, is not what you do, but what results. Each must give as he is able and each must receive as he needs."
Christian teaching says one cannot change society until he changes the individual within society, Flack said. "Man is sinful and falls short of the glory of God. The problem is the corruption of the heart."
Sigmund Freud issued the third idea — that religion is a God delusion, the result of mass neurosis, Flack said. Freud, he continued, said the subconscious mind is the main thing, and the most important thing is to give vent to the desires of the subconscious.
Friedrich Nietzsche disseminated the fourth idea — that God is an illusion, that man has only one basic desire, a will to power, and that society is not important if it gets in your way to power, Flack said. "The English poet Swinburne echoed Nietzsche when he wrote, 'Glory to man in the highest, for man is the center of things.'"
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"There is truth in what all four men had to say, but it's a half truth or a third of a truth," Flack said. "But that is not enough — only the whole truth, so help us God."
"Each idea began with only one man, each ran its gamut and changed the course of history, but only Jesus, as Son of God, has the whole truth.
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"The Bible claims to be a revelation of God to man; it does not pretend to be a book on science or a textbook on anything." Flack said. "The plan is simple: God loves man; man is sinful; God provided Jesus for man and man accepts Jesus."
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