Nowhere Island - No way!

I have just been reading about an interesting project that is taking place on the south coast of the UK. It's called 'Nowhereisland'. Alex Hartley, an artist, and his team of 18 people have excavated 6 tonnes of material exposed by a retreating glacier on an archipelago north of Norway. The manufactured island will be tugged across the south west coast of the UK over the next few months. People have been encouraged to sign up as 'residents' of the island, and also to draw up, and vote on its constitution. I was interested in this picture of the constitution:

There are some good rules here, some weird ("Mocha will be in charge?!"). The one which struck in me particular is obviously the one which says:

Local communities self determining - no gods, no masters

This rule has been well received - judging by the number of ticks. However it illustrates the rejection of the notion of god, and more so the notion of a god who rules. People want to be their own masters, their own bosses. This is a direct parallel to the very first act of rebellion that Adam and Eve took part in in Genesis 3. They wanted to be self determining. They wanted to be in charge - in charge of setting their own set of standards - right and wrong (which is what this constitution is). However noble it may appear, it always ends in failure. The entire human 'project', over the course of history, in its rejection of god (all religion's included), is nothing short of a disaster. We see this in all countries, and increasingly so in the west. After a period of relative stability and decorum (note relative - there have, and always will be sinful people and problems that result), we are seeing the moral breakdown of society as it tries to set moral standards without reference to god. 


As a side note - the statement: "Local communities self determining - no gods, no masters" is self refuting. For what if a community of christians decided to live on the island? In their self determining status, they would want to refer to God as their authority/master, and live by his rules and standards. But according to this rule, they would not be allowed to. So infact, they would not be allowed to be self determining at all, but determined by an arbitrary constitution. The same would apply if a community of people wanted to appoint their own local government, and run their own sub-community as a democracy, voting in and out leaders. They would not be allowed to, and thus, they would not be allowed to be self-determining in a true sense.  


This is a sad consequence of the new tolerance. In its attempt to validate all views and accept everyone, it ends up rejecting and excluding anyone who does not agree with its definition, and in the end, becomes totalitarian and extremely intolerant to anyone who does not agree with its atheistic and secular presuppositions.