Mr. Prager, Part Three

Mr. Prager writes Part Three in a series of columns defending Judeo-Christian values. It was written almost a week ago and I unfortunately missed it.

Did those non-Jews in Europe who risked their lives to save a Jew during the Holocaust act on the dictates of reason? In a lifetime of studying those rescuers' motives, I have never come across a single instance of an individual who saved Jews because of reason. In fact, it was irrational for any non-Jews to risk their lives to save Jews.

...the belief in reason alone is itself based on an irrational belief -- that people are basically good. You have to believe that people are basically good in order to believe that human reason will necessarily lead to moral conclusions.

History is littered with the ruins of nations because of the evil few. I certainly would not want to live in a Godless world.

...if you want a quick evaluation of where godless reason leads, look at the irrationality and moral confusion that permeate the embodiment of reason without God -- your local university.

Sadly, that's true at my university as well.