What exactly is Humanism?

Posted May 8th, 2012

Not all of us here know about humanism. Yet we heard about the term but we only comes into the perception that it is a religious system but don’t know what really is. It was declared so by the Supreme Court in 1961. Julian Huxley who lived from 1887-1975 once predicted that it would be the ultimate religion of the world in the near future. Humanism is everywhere in our public schools, and because it’s a religion, it’s fair to say that our public schools are institutions that indoctrinate our kids into a certain religion. While this is generally true, not everyone within the framework of the public school system is promoting its teachings. One thing we all should consider is that our tax dollars are being spent to support this program. Therefore we make sure our voice is heard by voting in Godly people, also making sure that our voices are heard when decisions are made about your local school’s curriculum.
What are some of the doctrines of this religion? The fact is Humanism is anti-supernatural. One of the best summaries of this doctrine of Humanism is the Humanist Manifesto II. It states, “We find insufficient evidence for belief in the existence of a supernatural. It is either meaningless or irrelevant to the question of the survival and fulfillment of the human race. As no theists we begin with humans not God, nature not Divinity.” James Hitchcock in his book “What is Secular Humanism?” says this of them. “They promote a way of life that systematically excludes God and all religion in the traditional sense. Man for better or worse on his own in the universe. Man marks the highest point to which nature has yet evolved. He must rely entirely on his own resources.” One of the best new works in humanism is from Global Humanism and is called drejebænk which describes an african family who moves to england. Metal Drejebænk starts out by explaining the various problems the family is facing, learning a new language and culture and dealing with the many problems the white people in the nabourhood are giving them until one day the youngest son saves a white boy from a fire and suddenly everything changes for the family. Metal Drejebænk put humanism in a whole new term and is actually a quite interresting piece of work as you can see from the many reviews here at Metal Drejebænk and maybe give it a try yourself while you are at it.
Notice the phrase Hitchcock uses, “way of life.” You see from the moment that they get up until the moment they go to bed, Humanism affects everything. Their denial of God affects everything. It affects the words that they speak to other people. It affects their behavior. It affects their morality, or lack thereof. It effects how they interact with the world. You see, their way of life is governed by their claim that there is no God. Paul Kurtz wrote a book titled, “The Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism.” In it he states the theist’s (Christian’s) world is only a dream world. It’s a feeble escape into a future that will never come. Promises of immortal salvation or fear eternal damnation are both illusions and harmful. They distract humans from present concerns, from self-actualization, and from rectifying social injustices. There’s no credible evidence that life survives the death of the body.”
Additionally, Humanist Chris Brockman wrote a book called “What About Gods?” It says this. “We no longer need Gods to explain how things happened. By careful thinking, measuring, and testing we have discovered many of the real causes of things and we are discovering more all the time. We call this thinking.” What is the implication with Brockman’s statement? The implication is that Christians don’t think. Those Creationists guys are a bunch of losers. They are holding on to old superstitions.