Aldous Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was a widely read English writer and famous atheist of the early to mid 20th century. He once freely confessed that his rejection of Christianity was motivated by his desire to sin.
He wrote: I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had not; and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning for this world is not concerned exclusively with the problem of pure metaphysics; he is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to....For myself...the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation, sexual and political (Ends and Means, pp. 270, 273).
It's a shame but at least he was willing acknowledged what most self claimed atheists won't.
ReplyDelete[21] For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. [22] Claiming to be wise, they became fools, [23] and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
[24] Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, [25] because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
(Romans 1:21-25 ESV)
This is such a crucial passage for Christians to understand as we go out into the world and preach Christ crucified.