The Day The World Stopped

As everyone here knows, today is 9/11. Six years (and on the exact day, Tuesday) later, I look back at where we've come in America and where I've come personally. Here's my observations...

Firstly, while we as Americans began united after this event, we now stand divided. The War in Iraq is a huge focal point of this and while that may be true, I will actually assert that there's another reason we've begun an even further decline: the lack of the Judo-Christian roots upon which this country was founded.

Where did everyone go the following weeks after 9/11? The answer: churches. Not just evangelical churches mind you but rather of all faiths. Jewish synagogues were packed. Mormon stakes were filled to capacity. Catholic masses were unfathomably huge. Why is this? I would like to submit that people wanted answers and did not believe that humanism would give the answers they needed.

After this catastrophic event occurred 6 years ago, people began to ask the following questions: Why is there evil in the world? If there is a God, how can He allow this to happen? What is the meaning behind this event? The problem with humanism (and the problem many people began to see) is that, humanism in and of itself cannot answer these questions. There is no explanation of evil; there's actually no concept of evil in humanism for it takes it's morals and absolutes from how the society interacts within itself and what it will allow at that time; morals change when the society changes.

There is no God according to humanism and thus this event is the work of other humans believing in a supposed god; this means that religion is actually at fault because it's basis on a lie confounds it's followers to carryout they're duties regarding their "faith." Finally, this event has no meaning. It is something bad that happened; something bad that we must deal with; something bad that has no explanation or consequences.

That is how a humanist has to think regarding this issue. I used to think this way. Can you understand the logic behind this way of thinking? My point in this blog isn't to prove the Christian God. That'll be saved for another day and time. My reasoning for this blog is to ask the question: what good is the humanist mind frame and way of thinking? It's hopelessness and sheer loss within it's own constructs absolutely astounds me; yet I still have friends who believe this way of thinking to be true. We're nothing more than here for now, studying those who have come to past and taking everything in to build for the future generation that we'll never see.

The division that has come about in America has made a comeback because many of the people that fell into churches in the weeks following 9/11 have no fallen back to their humanist ways. Its partly the church's fault for this. But mainly, its people wanting to enjoy what they want, when they want, so long as it doesn't infringe on other people. Today truly is a sad day in our country. Not just because we commemorate those fallen but because this day brings to light just how far our countries morals and state of mind have fallen.