“Existentialism is that ideology by which its adherents attempt to justify their denial of God for the purpose of pursuing their own lusts.”
Characterizing Existentialism as an ideology notwithstanding, the core principle of Existentialism remains: Man, as created in the image of God, has free agency.
Every individual can choose to accept or reject salvation.
As Christians see it, some choose poorly.
Frank Tureck succinctly noted, “God loves you too much to force you to spend eternity with Him.”
In my own congregation are people of great faith; some I consider “geniuses” and some less so. Yet each one exercised their free agency in making a choice to accept Christ.
Be well, FRiend.
My dear Ignatz, existentialism is in great conflict with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This conflict can be explained logically.
Existentialism’s primary emphasis is on the absence of meaning in life, and its only solution to the problem is in its feeble suggestion that meaning is limited to experience. This is really a non-solution, because it leaves intact all our maladies, discomforts and uncertainties to do to us what they’ve done from the start (and then you die).
What the Gospel of Christ offers is unimaginable joy in everlasting life with our Creator, with no mourning, no crying, no sorrow. It gives us truth which is the rightful product of intelligence; the Biblical account is vastly more plausible than any other cosmology or moral philosophy.
As you surely know, we have Christ when we turn away from our sin and trust in him. The only reason people choose to deny our Creator and follow philosophies such as existentialism is they don’t want to live by his rules.