Robin Schumacher: You don’t have to believe in
Christ to use the Christmas season as a reminder that there are people hurting
in the world that need help. If you’re an atheist reading this, you might say,
“What? I thought you Christians say I have to believe in God in order to have
any kind ethics or morals and do good to others.”
If you’ve been told this by any Christian in the past, let me apologize
to you. The moral argument for God should
never be understood to mean that non-Christians can’t exhibit good moral
behavior. Rather, it means that, without God, there is no way to ground objective
moral values and duties. Everything becomes emotive, cultural, and subjective
without God. Christian News.
So by all means, use the Christmas season as a time to find others who
need help in some way and jump in and make a difference in their lives. But in
the process, honestly ask yourself why you’re doing it (i.e. what’s wrong
with not helping
people?) and see where that exercise takes you.
