I have just watched The Divide and it made me think about the new socially created reality the western world is preparing for humanity. It is a secular world without God where human beings are no more than animals fighting for resources, survival and pleasure. It is a world where the measure of success is survival and power over others no matter the cost as long as it is not "the successful" who has to pay it. It is a world ruled by fear where altruism, empathy, sense of justice, mercy and goodness of heart are nothing more than a sign of weakness and an object of ridicule. It is an ugly world with no room for ethics, no appreciation of aesthetics, a world deteriorating into a primordial goo of barbaric hedonism and savagery. Fallen creatures (or should I say beasts) inhabiting that world are no longer civilised... they have no manners, no style, no higher needs, no beauty in them. Do we really want to enter this brave new world? Do you want your children to live in a world depicted so thoroughly in The Divide? Do you want them to become such creatures themselves?
The microcosm of The Divide shows what it means for an average human being to attain complete freedom promised by Atheism where there is no God serving as a mirror reflecting our deeds back unto us and showing us what we are and what we can become. Sure, there may be exceptions - there may be some people who, in spite of being atheists and materialists, would not turn into ruthless savages even when subjected to the most extreme conditions. But an average member of the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens, when persuaded to believe that there is no God, no soul, no further existence after death, will be smart enough to understand that there is only one true value in life and that is his/her well-being. The only rational goal is to survive for as long as possible and to experience as much pleasure as possible and let others pay the cost. Watch the film and, irrespective of your current belief system (i.e. whether you are an atheist or a theist), ask yourself a very cynical question: "Is our race ready to live in a world without God, in a world where faith is no longer a safety net for the law and social pressures?". When viewed from such perspective, the divide between atheist and theist beliefs becomes something else. It is no longer a question of what is true but a question of what truth do we want everyone to believe in.
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As an aside, for a true atheist and materialist, the truth is what they believe in (metaphysical questions, like the one about the existence of God, are by definition unverifiable using the scientific method - the only verification would be possible post mortem and in their world view there is no post mortem) which means that if such a person chooses to believe in the existence of God then that belief becomes the truth for them.
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