One of today’s (24/05/10) cover stories for The Mercury, a Hobart newspaper, is entitled “Bashed cop speaks out.” The off duty constable went to the aid of a lady who had been hit and kicked by a thug. Three men then proceeded to beat the police officer until they were informed whom they were beating. It is the third time in eighteen months that this officer has been attacked. It is a shameful act of cowardice on behalf of the assailants. Constable Blegg commented that; “so many excuses are made for people. Blame this or that but it's the individual who has got to be accountable.”[1] He is correct; we live in a society wherein individual responsibility is almost a thing of the past. This should force us to ask why that is. For what reason do people in our “peaceful” city/state believe that is ok to bash someone? As Christians we need to jump onto the unbelieving worldview for a moment. It is important to realise that ideas have consequences. Ideologies lead to a conclusion.

It has often been said that evolution is to atheism, what creation is to Christianity. I have said so myself on occasion. The doctrines of evolution and creation are foundational to the worldviews built upon them. Atheism requires a naturalistic explanation for how we came to be. Thus a commitment to evolution will most likely lead you to an atheistic position (at least in the first generation). For many this is true. But I have come to wonder about the logic of such reasoning. How committed is atheism to evolution, really?

It has been said before that “culture is religion externalised.”[1] What we believe, our basis for making moral decisions (religion) comes out our fingertips and impacts every area of life. I have been studying the history of the Australian Light Horse regiments in Palestine during World War 1, and their role in freeing Jerusalem from centuries of Islamic tyranny. I have been collecting uniforms and equipment these troops wore, using them in living history displays to help remind our culture of where we have come from. Uniforms in war serve two main purposes. They tell us who are our mates and who are our enemies. As Christians we are engaged in spiritual warfare. All people wear cultural uniforms in the way they dress and behave.