Injustice is the inevitable consequence of our free will as human beings” (Horowitz). Injustice comes solely from “human selfishness, deceitfulness, malice, envy, greed, and lust. His encounter with the appalling murder of a friend at the hands of the Black Panther Party forced him to realize something about society that I found profound and that I read several times over: “Society” is not the source of injustice, and neither is the oppressor group the source. Horowitz goes on to share his thoughts on the injustices in our world caused by choosing “bad” over good. Nobody is perfect, and the gift of free will emphasizes this. Horowitz argues in “Dark Agenda” that the danger in religion and in all things lies in this inherently bad “human nature and the fact that human beings can poison religion and pervert its purposes” (Horowitz). Inherently, we are sinful beings, which means we need God to bridge the gap between our nature and His goodness. Horowitz addresses God’s gift of free will to every human, explaining that it is what allows us to choose good or bad. What do they have against having hope and something greater to look to?Īmerica was founded on Christian values-the belief that all of us are created equal with God-given rights (you can read more about this in my last book review). And, “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction” (Richard Dawkins). These anti-religious people say things like, “If prayers did anything, they’d still be alive” (Wil Wheaton). As a Christian and someone who believes strongly in the power of God’s grace and peace, I find it hard to believe there are people in this world who hate others simply because of their choice to pray during a traumatic situation like the Sutherland Springs shooting. I had no prior knowledge of New Atheism, and this first chapter shocked me a bit. Horowitz begins the book with a chapter called “Religion Must Die,” which addresses the New Atheism movement and its extremist members, who hold that all people who believe in any sort of higher power are simply stupid. In “Dark Agenda,” Horowitz examines the means by which the left has managed to severely alter and take away the Christian values our country was founded on.įrom the start, this book made me exasperated. The radical left and New Atheists have taken steps in the direction of an anti-freedom, anti-religion, and specifically anti-Christian society. “ Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America” by David Horowitz is a startling contemplation on the un-Christian state of America today and how our nation and government has come to be this way. Instead, it has become a battlefield” (“Dark Agenda” by David Horowitz). “Today, the free exercise of religion has ceased to be a guaranteed right in America.
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