Albert Mohler: Are Children Threatening the Earth? The Great Liberal Death Wish Strikes Again

April 21, 2008

Malcolm Muggeridge, a keen observer of the twentieth century and its horrors, used to speak of the "The Great Liberal Death Wish." Over the years, Muggeridge applied this explanation to a number of perplexing issues, especially the liberal embrace of abortion. If alive today, he would surely see the death wish at play in the April 21, 2008 edition of USA Today.

In his periodic column for the paper, Oliver "Buzz" Thomas asks: "Might Our Religion Be Killing Us?" His primary concern is environmental, and his tone is apocalyptic. "We all remember the Aztecs," Thomas warns. "Some say their religion, with its penchant for violence and human sacrifice, played a critical role in the destruction of their civilization. We moderns are far more sophisticated, of course, but if we persist with some of our religious practices, we could be heading down the same disastrous dog trot." the rest