Ethics and Answers in Genesis
Oh, man, this is too creepy. Answers in Genesis argues that it was unethical to lie to protect Jews from persecution in Nazi Germany.
The most common example sent to me was envisioning the Holocaust and being placed in the position of lying to potentially protect someone’s life. Like most, if placed in such a difficult situation, it would be very difficult. In fact, I could never be sure what I would do, especially if it were a loved one.
But consider for a moment that we are all already sentenced to die because we are sinners (Romans 5:12). It is going to happen regardless. If a lie helps keep someone alive for a matter of moments compared to eternity, was the lie, which is high treason against the Creator, worth it?
If the doctrine of Original Sin is false, if it is not an objective fact of reality that we are all born deservedly onto death row for reason of our innate, intractable depravity, then Christianity has nothing on offer but the slave morality delineated by Nietzsche in On the Genealogy of Morals.
Who can read this bilge from AIG and deny that Nietzsche was on to something?
