The Rise of Secularism IV

Part IV: A Secular Worldview

As man has fallen to the deception of defining our existence as a random evolutionary occurrence in time, he has failed to equip himself with the capability of answering the question, “Why am I here?”

If mankind is here by chance, how does he justify the purpose of his existence beyond his own selfish, worldly desires? Why sacrifice any immediate impulse in the name of noble pursuit?

‘Because it’s the right thing to do.’ Says who? What source of morality is tethering man to a lifestyle that is considerate of anyone other than himself? Why would man care for his neighbor? His community? From a secular worldview, there is no answer to those questions. From a secular worldview, man is no more than an intersectional representation of the societal groups to which he belongs. From a religious worldview, scripture would tell man that he has been created in the image of God, by God. This knowledge inspires man to live by a divine moral code guided by truth and goodness.

What happens when mankind is populated by mere representatives of select intersectional groups? Instead of judging movements according to the effect they have on mankind, society judges each movement according to which intersectional groups they cater to. Instead of gradual unity, man sees radical division. All this division is promulgated in accordance with the secular ideologies that make up the modern world in the current day and age. As stated in Part I, these ideologies are propped up to be a replacement god—a man-made god that is mangled and corrupted by the inevitable disparities that take place in the world but are categorized as oppression.

Without belief in a meaningful creation, the quest for a meaningful life is impossible. Had our existence come from the progression of random evolution, mankind would be incorrect to assume that what it’s deemed as “moral” would be “good.” And if, by chance, it was—so what? What is the punishment for acting immorally? Dostoevsky knew that “right” and “wrong” were not determined by the law of man; that instead, man was bound by the law handed down by an existential power—the power that created him.