Claim:Organized Religion was invented to separate and enslave humanity. Translation: God is the invention of the human mind for malicious intent. Origin: Atheism.

Assessment: The problem with this argument is primarily ontological as it presupposes the existence of God. To conceive of God to begin with is uniquely and inherently tied to the Imago Dei, man being made in the image of God (cf. Gen.1:26-27). Pre-fall man possessed perfect knowledge of God with no corruption or muddying of the Imago Dei. Post-fall, however, the Imago Dei remains intact but is severely tarnished with broken (almost non-existent) knowledge of God. Thus there are a plethora of religions in the world from Islam to Buddhism to atheism to remote corners of the earth where people bow to sticks and stones (see also Romans 1,2,10 for biblical proof texting). Collectively, they testify to the broken internal knowledge of God as demonstrated by the very existence of their religions. Watered down explanation: “You have a God-shaped hole in your heart and you fill it with everything but Him whom you know and refuse.”

God (who He is, His existence and reality for what it is) is primary, then, before the argument of “malicious religion.” But the atheistic claim is that the purpose for the existence (or the concept of) God(s)/religion is for ill intent. Well, if there is no God to begin with, then there is no fabrication of His existence for any ill purpose until you first conceive of who He is in nature and essence. Furthermore, creating the idea of a pure God (conceding the God of biblical/Christian theism), then, yet at the same time drawing people to Him to enslave them for malicious purposes is counterintuitive and logically impossible. These are mutually exclusive concepts being lumped together into one argument for the end goal and non-existence of said God.

So, basically, “There is no God, but I’ll entertain the concept of the existence of Him just enough to claim that religion serves to separate humanity and subjugate them.” But remember.. you must first borrow from the Christian worldview as to the existence of God before you fabricate the ill-intent-argument. And the very act of doing so testifies you are made in the image of God. And God is still the necessary precondition for the existence of “malicious religion”.

Final thought: If God did not exist, neither would atheism.

We are still in control, and the Insurrection Act is coming. 🇺🇸

1. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-little-rock-school-integration-crisis (Eisenhower and the Issue of Segregation and Rule of Law in Little Rock)

2. https://www.ng.ms.gov/history/1962-oxford-incident (Kennedy sent 31,000 troops to a school of 6,000 (5 troops per student)

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