Suppressing the Truth
The knowledge of God is inescapable knowledge. Men hold the truth, or men hold it down, they suppress it, in unrighteousness. In other words, there is not an atheist of any honest character, anyone who holds that opinion honestly, from day one of creation to the end of time. And that is the Biblical position. It is a product of a corrupt imagination which is trying to suppress the truth in unrighteousness or injustice.
- R. J. Rushdoony
The knowledge of God is inescapable knowledge. Men hold the truth, or men hold it down, they suppress it, in unrighteousness. In other words, there is not an atheist of any honest character, anyone who holds that opinion honestly, from day one of creation to the end of time. And that is the Biblical position. It is a product of a corrupt imagination which is trying to suppress the truth in unrighteousness or injustice.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony (1916–2001), was a leading theologian, church/state expert, and author of numerous works on the application of Biblical law to society. He started the Chalcedon Foundation in 1965. His Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) began the contemporary theonomy movement which posits the validity of Biblical law as God’s standard of obedience for all. He therefore saw God’s law as the basis of the modern Christian response to the cultural decline, one he attributed to the church’s false view of God’s law being opposed to His grace. This broad Christian response he described as “Christian Reconstruction.” He is credited with igniting the modern Christian school and homeschooling movements in the mid to late 20th century. He also traveled extensively lecturing and serving as an expert witness in numerous court cases regarding religious liberty. Many ministry and educational efforts that continue today, took their philosophical and Biblical roots from his lectures and books.