Diderot: The Gardener and the Worm

In Diderot: The Gardener and the Worm, Rushdoony exposes how humanism, by abolishing God and absolute law, inevitably replaces divine sovereignty with rule by an elite who exercise power over men reduced to expendable “worms.” Drawing on Diderot, Nietzsche, and the French Revolution, he shows that declaring all men equal apart from God does not elevate humanity but strips life of meaning, leaving power as the only remaining value. In such a world, law is no longer God-given but imposed by self-appointed “gardeners” who decide who may live or die in the name of liberty and equality. Against this nihilistic vision, Rushdoony affirms the biblical truth that God alone is the head gardener, that man is made in His image rather than a worm, and that true freedom, dignity, and dominion exist only under God’s sovereign law. #Diderot #Rushdoony #ChristianWorldview #Humanism #Statism #BiblicalLaw #ChristVsCaesar #FaithAndCulture