“Atheists are standing up for religion.” is the title of a recent article by Mark Mercer who teaches philosophy at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. In the article, Mercer mentions fellow atheists Alain de Botton and Ronald Dworkin .He quotes atheists saying such things as “…religion poisons everything” and ”we non- religious folk think the religious in their ecstasy are hallucinating.” Mercer concludes that some atheists are in favor of religion and others, including himself, aren’t. Though he identifies himself as a “non-religious atheist” I agree with his dismissal of religion, since in reality religion is man’s vain effort to pull himself up to God, by practicing certain acts hoping to please God. Biblical Christianity, affirms it is “not by works of righteousness which we have done”, but “by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works lest anyone should boast.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell