I love the themes that Obama’s administration has brought to the public discourse.  Most especially I like the idea of unity amidst diversity (which is a Biblical concept).  We are a diverse nation with different histories, cultures, beliefs, and stories.  And yet through that we can gain a common thread of unity as a nation and people.

I find it odd how many agree with these sentiments and yet uphold a clear desire for DISunity and division.  We see this in how accusatory our culture is.  We no longer stand FOR something, we stand AGAINST something.  We accuse the other – the one different from ourselves – for all the evils of this world.

We see Christians blaming the Muslims and upholding a treatment of fear and hatred.  It’s pretty ridiculous to blame an entire people group for the atrocious acts of members of that group.  These Christian have lost Jesus’ command to love your neighbor and to not repay evil for evil.

Talk about forcing your beliefs on someone else and directly seeking division.

We see secular humanists blaming all the world’s evils on religion.  Bill Mahar does this a lot.  The British Humanist Association is running an anti-God campaign (read about that here).  Honestly now!  That’s simply absurd.  Most wars, genocides, and mass atrocities (such as the numerous ones last century) are rarely because of religion and almost always out of lust for power, disputes over resources (such as land), or ethnic/cultural hatred.  I wrote about the benefits of religion a few months ago.   Humanism has lost its upholding of human values to instead uphold dividing man.

Scripture tells us that Satan is the great accuser.  Our culture has embraced this Satanic value and is drawing lines that divide us.

Why is that?  Well, our culture has adopted the view that mankind is essentially “good”.  This means that evil must come from something external, and hence we blame things on people’s genetics or on ideas or on religion.  This naturally turns to blame and to pride.

In contrast, the Bible teaches us that God created us in His image, that we are created with the desire to be good and resemble the goodness of God.  However, we all choose to sin, to reject God and to lift up something else – usually ourselves – in God’s rightful place.  We are ALL sinners and we are the blame for the evil of this world.  This is OBVIOUS from looking at anyone, especially at ourselves!  No one in exempt, no man can boast.  Our only answer for that evil is Jesus, who conquered sin and death.  When you realize that, it naturally leads to humility and a value of forgiveness.