By Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine - The wisdom that opposes and conquers the world, turns to God and says, "take all my liberty, memory, understanding, and entire will...leaving only Thy love and grace."... What is freedom for? And why is it so important that we be allowed to exercise it? Do the choices we make really matter? Ask an atheist and he’ll tell you it’s for actualizing the self in a world without God. Of course, in a godless world why would freedom matter at all? What difference are the choices we make in a world where, as Marx predicted, “everything solid melts into thin air”?