LIFE ACCORDING TO THE WORLD

When man attempts to organize his life, his politics, and his civilization "according to man," he is engaging in the same prideful insurrection that defined the Fall. He is attempting to become the measure of all things, effectively installing himself as his own god. Liberalism insists on a public square emptied of God, falsely claiming that this "neutrality" allows for human freedom. In reality, it creates a vacuum where the devil assumes authority. Human nature is not a self-contained, autonomous entity, but is designed for participation in the Divine life. Therefore, any political or social order that seeks to exclude the Kingship of Christ is an anti-Christian one. When a nation lives "according to man," it creates a culture that is inherently fragmented and dehumanizing. Without the hierarchy of values rooted in Truth, the strong prey upon the weak, the family is dissolved, and the natural order is inverted. You see this today in the frantic, nihilistic drive toward the destruction of the family and the elevation of degenerate ideologies. This is the fruit of living according to the standards of the self rather than the standards of the Creator.  When we build our cities and our laws on the foundation of human autonomy, we are building them on sand. The only path to true human fulfillment is the re-subordination of the human will and the political order to the sovereignty of Christ the King.