What Is Humanism
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ.” (Colossians 2:8)
Humanism is spreading today like an infectious disease, invading
every area of America. It has rooted itself into our educational
system and is attacking our nation’s most precious resource
- our children.
The concepts of secular humanism are subtly dulling our national
consciousness and are seen in radical feminism, the homosexual
rights movement and the clamor for the individual right to
abortion and suicide, the total exclusion of the right to prayer
in public life and public schools.
Many intellectuals in some of our most prestigious institutions
champion its philosophy. Humanism has infiltrated our nation news
media and is assaulting our homes and families. Even in our
religious ranks, some pastors denounce its concepts from the
pulpit, while others embrace it.
Humanism contradicts and undermines our most sacred Christian
beliefs. It is a well-planned false
“religion” which denies the very existence of God.
It’s roots may be traced back as far as the middle ages.
The following humanistic beliefs are taken from the
“Humanist Manifesto I,” written in 1933 by a group of
34 humanist liberals, and “Humanist Manifesto II,”
written in 1973. These two published papers clearly define and
set forth the basic concepts of humanism.
What do humanists believe about creation?
“Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing
and not created.” Manifesto I.
How do humanists account for creation and man?
“Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he
emerged as the result of a continuous
process.” Manifesto I.
“Humanism asserts that the nature of the universe depicted
by modern science makes unacceptable any supernatural or cosmic
guarantees of human values...Religion must formulate its hopes
and plans in the light of the scientific spirit and method.”
Manifesto I.
What does Humanism say about Christianity?
“We believe...that traditional dogmatic or authoritarian
religions that place revelation, God, ritual, or
creed above human needs and experience do a disservice to the
human species...We find insufficient evidence of a supernatural;
it is either meaningless or irrelevant to the question of the
survival and fulfillment of the human...While there is much we do
not know, humans are responsible for what we are and what we
become. “No deity will save us; we must save
ourselves.” ManifestoII.
Where do humanists look for their moral values?
“We affirm that moral values derive their source human
experience. Ethics is autonomous and
situational, needing no theological or ideological sanction...We
strive for the good life, here and now.” Manifesto II.
What does the humanist consider to be “the good life?”
“In the area of sexuality, we believe that intolerant
attitudes often cultivated by orthodox religions and puritanical
cultures, unduly repress sexual conduct. The right to birth
control, abortion, and divorce should be recognized...the many
varieties of sexual explorations should not in themselves be
considered ‘evil.’” Manifesto II.
What other individual rights does humanism support that
contradict Christianity?
“...It also includes a recognition of an individual’s
right to die with dignity, euthanasia, and the right to
suicide.” Manifesto II.
To what does humanism give its first allegiance?
“At the present juncture of history, commitment to all
mankind is the highest commitment to which we are capable; it
transcends the narrow allegiances of church, state, party, class,
or race in moving toward a wider vision of human
potential...” Manifesto II.
Humanism believes that man is the saviour of the world.
Christianity believes that Jesus Christ is our only salvation.
Paul, in Romans 1:25, could well have been speaking about
religious humanism,
“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and
served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for
ever. Amen.”
Humanism has become the enemy’s stronghold. The Bible
teaches that we are to FIGHT the enemy; to CAPTURE his
strongholds; to OCCUPY his strongholds. Because humanism has
entrenched its concepts in so many areas of our lives, we must
fight on all fronts. The most strategic area of humanistic
influence is in our educational system. It is the front line -
the bottom line.
HUMANISM is spreading like a cancer across our nation. It is
ruining our most precious resource, our children. Public schools
are turning out millions who can’t read or figure above
elementary school level.
Armed forces had to change instruction manuals so a 6th grade
child could understand them. Most high school graduates
can’t hold well paying jobs. Well, if they don’t teach
what we always expected them to, what DO they teach? Children are
made very much aware that modern educational concepts permit the
pupil to feel that there are no rules, no right or wrong about
anything. The individual makes his own rules.
No old fashioned restraints. Just do what comes naturally.