American is not very different from an ancient Egyptian. We still worship
the same gods — only the names have changed. What we count on, what
we work for, what we play at, what we dream about — these are the gods that
we worship. And what matters most to most of us is personal prosperity.
We depend on our economy every bit as much as the Egyptians depended
on theirs. They worshiped the Nile; we follow the NASDAQ — they are
just two different names for the same god. Rather than trusting in God
alone, we depend on economic growth, rapid transportation, and prepackaged
foods. We even have our own creation myth. Believing in Darwinism
is really just another way to worship Hapi. In much the same way that the
Egyptians praised the river as their creator, many Americans believe that
we have come from a random stream of genetic material.
Phil Ryken
