SECULAR HUMANISM C
hristian humanism believes in the supernatural and teaches that even though man is sinful he has great worth and dignity because he is made in the image of God his creator. Secular humanists believe God, angels, demons, Satan, and souls don’t exist. They reject the Bible and its teaching that God has revealed Himself, intervened miraculously in history, and is redeeming humanity. Because they believe there is no God to save us, humanity must save itself. In the religion of secular humanism, man is his own god and the supreme authority. “If there is no God, then I am God” is the dictum. They believe man is the measure of all things. Because they don't believe God exists, they say the moral absolutes given by Him also don’t exist. Secular humanists say values, law, justice, good, beauty, right and wrong, are all based on man-made creeds. This fundamental assumption impacts every aspect of life.
Without an objective moral code, secular humanist morality is relative and simply a set of social constructs situationally applied as society sees fit. One example of this is in the sexual revolution. All sexual inclinations and orientations are seen as legitimate and to be accepted, promoted, and indulged without guilt. Rejecting supernaturalism, secular humanists hold to naturalism. Nature is everything. The universe was not created, it came into being by accident and is all that exists. Matter is eternal and spontaneously generated life and human beings through an evolutionary process. Whatever exists can be explained by natural causes. Only what is observable and measurable is real. There is no divine purpose for the universe or life after death. Coupled with the belief that man is god is their assumption that man is basically good. Evil comes from outside people and societies rather than from within. That is
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by steve johnson
