It’s no secret that one of my favorite writers, thinkers, and speakers is Doug Wilson. There are few writers that I feel compelled to read everything they put out. Doug is an exception. I don’t think I’ve ever read something he wrote and failed to be provoked, challenged, and pushed to think and feel about things in a new and different way. Plus, he is one of the most lively and engaging authors out there. I find myself laughing out loud often when I read his stuff. I’d recommend you bookmark or RSS his blog and read some of his books.
With that preface, I thought this post today fits very nicely on the subject of the religion of the State:
The State is not our Savior, and the fact that western man is now en masse demanding that the State step in to save us is not an argument for Christians to go along with it in the vain hope of being given an opportunity to say a few words about Jesus later. Look. This is manufactured peril, and it has been ginned up so that our Savior the State can manufacture a deliverance. This means that good Christians everywhere, when they hear the sounds of the “cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,” should refuse to bow down…
The State, the false god of our times, and a preeminent and notable liar, tells me that the ice caps are melting, and that the globe is slowly and inexorably warming, and that the only solution is for us to turn over vast discretionary and regulatory powers to the (suprise!) State. They tell me this when all the evidence that is available to my senses directly goes clean contrary to what they are saying, and what I know from around the world by reading both sides (Prov. 18:17) also leaves their case in shambles. The world may not be cooked, but their arguments certainly are. We have gotten to the sorry pass of the State demanding that I walk by faith, and not by sight.
Read the whole thing.
