The Role Of Secular Humanism In America
INTRODUCTION
There has been a critical decline in morality worldwide. Notably, in American society this diminished morality has been a matter of record since the early 1960s. Sexism, racism nor poverty can be fully held responsible since these things were considered to be a lot worst in the past. Due to the immense material prosperity that in comparison surpasses prior growth of nearly all recorded history. The worldview change experienced in America during the earliest parts of the twentieth century played a major role in the decline of American society. Secular humanism is worldview that has seen much more involvement in recent years. This worldview focuses on the human as a self-made deity. In comparison to the Christian belief structure Secular humanism is dependent on self versus any outside source for its power and sustainability. All fortune, prowess, revelation, direction and preservation are attributed in total to human competence.
ORIGIN …show more content…
Chance, time and matter constitute everything in existence. All things including all creation are a product of this. Man’s observation and empirical verification is what is important for man and anything outside of this is unsubstantiated. In contrast, Christians believe in the biblical explanation of origin. That man was created by a sovereign creator who holds all things within Himself. Biblical text shows that a holy omnipotent God created the heavens and the earth and all things above and below. This is also my belief. Objective materialistic scientist place man at the center of all things and the essence of the idea of origin is that Man not a sovereign God is the determining element which commands ethically behavior, reality and
There has been a critical decline in morality worldwide. Notably, in American society this diminished morality has been a matter of record since the early 1960s. Sexism, racism nor poverty can be fully held responsible since these things were considered to be a lot worst in the past. Due to the immense material prosperity that in comparison surpasses prior growth of nearly all recorded history. The worldview change experienced in America during the earliest parts of the twentieth century played a major role in the decline of American society. Secular humanism is worldview that has seen much more involvement in recent years. This worldview focuses on the human as a self-made deity. In comparison to the Christian belief structure Secular humanism is dependent on self versus any outside source for its power and sustainability. All fortune, prowess, revelation, direction and preservation are attributed in total to human competence.
ORIGIN …show more content…
Chance, time and matter constitute everything in existence. All things including all creation are a product of this. Man’s observation and empirical verification is what is important for man and anything outside of this is unsubstantiated. In contrast, Christians believe in the biblical explanation of origin. That man was created by a sovereign creator who holds all things within Himself. Biblical text shows that a holy omnipotent God created the heavens and the earth and all things above and below. This is also my belief. Objective materialistic scientist place man at the center of all things and the essence of the idea of origin is that Man not a sovereign God is the determining element which commands ethically behavior, reality and