Atheist Regimes Offer Evidence That We Need God

The fact that many of us do not have a great memory for history means we may assume God can be abandoned by a culture and it won’t really matter. Atheistic regimes, however, have been, by far, the most murderous in human history. 

We can walk away from God and convince ourselves there will be no significant consequences.  But that will be a serious mistake. Abandoning God matters. I’m urging us to remember history and think carefully.  If you know me, you know I am not a doom and gloom kind of guy.  Really.  I’m not.  I prefer happy messages, pretty rainbows, splashing in the waves and joking around.  But, I promise you, we will find that a godless culture won’t bode well for us.

Atheist Governments In The 20^th Century:

Mao Ze-Dong (China, Tibet)     49-78,000,000 murdered

Jozef Stalin (USSR)       15,000,000 murdered

Pol Pot (Cambodia)      1,700,000 murdered

Kim II Sung (North Korea)   1,600,000 murdered

Tito (Yugoslavia)          570,000

[NOTE: These sad numbers represent atheist leaders killing their own citizens.  And there are more, but you get the point… ]

“The total body count for the ninety years between 1917 and 2007 is approximately 148 million dead at the bloody hands of fifty-two atheists, three times more than all the human beings killed by war, civil war, and individual crime in the entire twentieth century combined.” Vox Day

I don’t write this with a self-righteous attitude.  I’m not wagging a finger at anyone.  In fact, I was hesitant to post this message.  But I’m writing it because I think it’s important to know these things.  My intention is to say this humbly and lovingly:  We need God.

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Ready For God

Sometimes people are simply not ready to embrace God and walk with God.  This is often the case because they are still operating under the assumption that they can handle things quite well on their own and don’t need God.  Fortunately, the realities of life usually force us to see the folly of our supposed self-sufficiency.  At that point, hopefully, we are ready.

We Need God

One of the obstacles to salvation for some people is the position they hold that says, “I’m okay. I don’t need God. Everything is pretty good for me, just the way it is.” When we admit the truth—that we do need God—we’re actually liberated! We’re liberated from trying to be our own Savior, which we can’t do anyhow. And then the conditions are right for us to look to the real true Savior.

Being Liberated By Admitting The Truth

It can be hard to admit the truth about ourselves, but in a way it’s liberating. Before we admit that we need God, we are basically on a program of trying to make everything right and earn our way to heaven on our own. That’s a heavy burden to bear. When we admit the truth, we’re liberated from trying to be our own Savior. Now the conditions are right for us to look to the real Savior.

Our Most Important Need Hasn't Changed

If we read very old writings, we discover that the basic nature of human beings hasn’t really changed. In fact, it’s amusing how little things have changed. So, even though we live in a sophisticated, hi-tech world, it shouldn’t surprise us that our most fundamental need hasn’t changed either. We need to know the God who made us. Everything else in life is secondary to that.