So as Christians, how should we respond to should the opportunity presents itself?

First, we shouldn’t consider it an insult or a direct attack on the freedom and rights we have in the area of religion. This is simply a group expressing their own opinion –they have every right to do so. Now, as we’ll see below, we by all means *should* consider this an insult and/or attack on our intelligence and ability to think rationally, but we shouldn’t be overly surprised or offended that someone wants to express their foolish opinion.

Secondly, we shouldn’t be surprised at such an ad slogan given that most of this country already lives as if there is no God, no matter what is confessed from the mouth. The unrestrained sin and decadence of our culture bears perfect witness that the majority of Americans live as though God doesn’t exist. For if people really believed God existed, we certainly wouldn’t see the rampant sexual immorality, abortion, theft, murder, deception, etc., that permeates our culture (and even our entertainment). Thus, in a way, consider this ad as an attempt to get people to profess what the majority have already chosen to live like: that there are no such standards of right and wrong, good and evil.

Next, forgive me for stating the obvious, but we should have some pity on the poor soul who attempts to define what is ‘good’ after denying the only source and fountain of any logical rationality? Also, “Be good for goodness’ sake”? –that’s a very true statement in that they are being honest in saying that there is no real reason why anyone should be good. Therefore, go out and do good (whatever that is) for the sake of goodness (whatever that is)!

In other words: if you think adultery is good, then go for it! If you’d be happier and your family better off by being $10,000 richer, then for goodness’ sake, go steal it from someone who doesn’t need it as bad as you do, or do whatever else is necessary for the survival and goodness of your family!

‘But you’re misrepresenting us’, the humanist will argue. ‘We do not advocate doing those things harmful to society.’ Well then, let’s go to the website of this ad campaign and see what they have to say:

“We can have ethics and values that aren’t set in stone. Our ideals and principles can evolve over time to reflect our ever-changing and increasingly complex world. Yet, we can be confident of the decisions that we make, not because someone told us what to do but because we relied on our own careful reasoning and emotional reflection. We can live a life that accepts and appreciates the world as it is, without needing to see supernatural explanations behind every event. This is a positive and uplifting way to live.”

So in other words, however it is that you define ‘good’, just be sure that the rest of the crowd agrees with you. If that’s the case, then you’re in the clear.

Thus, if you live in a society where pedophila is deemed ‘OK’ by the careful reasoning and emotional reflecting of those around you, then you are doing ‘good’ in practicing your positive and uplifting way of living.

Thus, if you lived in Nazi Germany, where the entire culture and nation around you was united in creating the perfect human race, and exterminating those who they considered as ‘base’ or ‘inferior’ humans was an end to what was deemed ‘good’ by time-tested society, then your agreement to this and participation in the murder of millions would be considered ‘good’ in practicing your positive and uplifting way of living.

Let’s take a look at some more stuff from this website:

Without a god, why be good at all?

• Because you know you want to, anyway. Unless you were born a sociopath or had your natural sensibilities destroyed in childhood, you have the same general sense of right and wrong, fair and unfair, just and unjust, kind and mean that people have all over the world.

There you have it, folks: Be good because you want to anyway. We can give you no definition of good, no rational behind the concept, no argumentation to convince you that it exists, and absolutely no rewards/consequences for acting one way or another, but be ‘good’ because we say so!

But have you considered, if the paragraph quoted above is true, that all people just ‘want’ to be good anyway, why run such a campaign that encourages people to be ‘good’? Doesn’t that defeat the argument? Are people, maybe by the corruption of religious beliefs such as ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’, rebelling against this good that they want to do anyway? This paragraph kind of undermines the campaign, does it not?

[And isn't it funny how children don't just pursue good on their own? Those of you with small children, like myself, will understand that kindness, sharing, patience, manners, unselfishness, etc., must be relentlessly taught to children by discipline, punishment, reward, etc. Only a fool would argue that children do good naturally.]

My friends, the Bible says that “the fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God.‘” And one piece of evidence that proves such a statement is true can be so clearly seen in the beliefs expressed above.

This ad and the message of this group make absolutely no sense to those who have a brain. Without the Christian God, and I do emphasis the Trinitarian God revealed in scripture and in the Person of Jesus Christ, we have no ability to define right from wrong, good from evil, order from disorder, etc. Furthermore, without the Christian God, we don’t even have the ability to define logical from illogical, rational from irrational, or sense from nonsense, given that nothing is absolute, nothing is fixed, and there is no standard whatsoever to determine anything from

So do me a favor, all you humanists and atheists: why not run an ad campaign that says: “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”? At least then you could keep your main objective, which is to promote the breaking of God’s law written on your heart –thus silencing your conscience that terrifies you about the coming judgment, and then, with this slogan, you wouldn’t be contradicting yourself and insulting the intelligence of those who actually believe that rationality exists.

Lord, sanctify them with you truth. Your Word is truth.