BEWARE
THE JABBERWOCKY Part II
OR
Where
Lies the Humanistic Lie
By
George
J. Jefferson
One of the
old episodes of the TV series “Twilight Zone” was written with a futuristic
view of how twisted a government can get without a belief in God. In the episode “The Obsolete Man,” a man is
put on trial for being “obsolete.” His
crime? He is a librarian who believes in
literacy and God. His world view
believes in the dignity of man and a personal belief that adheres to an old
fashioned idea: There is a higher authority
than the State, namely God.
As the story
begins, there is a judicial scene of a high state Chancellor condemning him for
his crimes. In the name of the state,
the Chancellor sentences the man to death and the man is given his choice of
how he is to be executed. The condemned
man requests for a personal assassin to be sent to his room before midnight and
the event is to be televised for all the masses. Sensing a chance to demonstrate how useless
this man is and what he stands for and how superior the State and human reason
is, the Chancellor himself shows up at the condemned man’s room at 11:16 PM to
do the deed.
Once the
Chancellor comes in the room, the condemned man locks the door and tells him
they both will die because he has planted a bomb which will go off promptly at
midnight. For the next 44 minutes, the
calmness of the condemned man is apparent as he invokes Scripture and visibly
shows the stark contrast of a man facing death with hope versus that of the
panicky and desperate Chancellor. Finally with seconds left to go before the
bomb blows up the Chancellor cries in desperation “For the love of God, please
let me go!” to which the “Obsolete Man” opens the door and lets the disgraced
Chancellor out. As the bomb goes off,
the Chancellor barely survives the blast.
The next
scene shows the Chancellor himself in the same courtroom being condemned
himself. He is accused of being a coward
and an enemy of the state. After he is
forced out by his compatriots, the scene fades out and then the author of the
episode appears with a comment. He
ominously says “Any state, any entity, and any ideology that fails to recognize
the worth, the dignity and rights of man, that state is obsolete!”
That piece
was written over 50 years ago and has a clarion ring for us today. Throughout history many despots thinking
their rationalism trumps anything that has to do with spiritual and moral truth
has gone on crusades to eliminate free thought and personal choice for those
who have faith. Friends! Such is the
thinking of atheists in the guise of rational thought who attempt to take over
our governmental institutions. Don’t
believe me? This is happening right now
in many branches of our military in leadership positions. While claiming supreme knowledge (of course
it’s only found between their own personal ears), their destruction and hatred
will destroy anything with virtue, merit and value. Rom 1:22 clearly states “Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools.”
We are in a spiritual battle! Time to put on the whole armor of God (Eph 6:10-20).
Time is of the essence and we must be vigilant against such tyranny! 
