Today the new atheism is very keen on denouncing faith, and Christianity in particular, as being foolish compared to the supposed sophistication of their thinking. The truth is quite different. It is actually foolish to deny the existence of God, and this leads to futility of thinking (see Romans 1:18-31). It also leads to corruption and vile behaviour.
In the OT idolaters are often criticised, people who worship idols of stone or metal, or who worship the sun or moon. We think we are much more advanced than they are, but this is not true. The atheist is saying that it is the universe that gives us life. They say it is the stars and the earth that give us life. This is no different than saying the sun give us life. So atheists are not really so sophisticated after all. The truth is that it is God who gives us life.
However, David's critique is applied to the whole human race. The Bible does not say that Christians are good and everyone else are hopeless sinners. Rather, it says that all people have fallen short of the glory of God. God looked on the earth and there was no one who did good, including among the Israelites.
The godless attacked Israel, as they have done so throughout history, and will do so again. But in the end they will pay for their attacks on Israel.
God is the only source of salvation, not human wisdom or power.
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