Written By Samuel Lawrence

America was founded as a Christian Nation and has been blessed by God since its founding in 1776.  However, just in my lifetime, America has slid headlong into moral decay.  God’s blessings are beginning to decline.  The church’s influence on society has all but dried up.  No longer do Christians hold the respectable role as stalwarts of Christian virtue.  We are a nation adrift on a raging river of secularism and paganism.  Sexual mores have slid off the scale toward sexual perversions of all flavors.  Fidelity to faith and purity are rare and getting more rare with each passing day.

We have, as a nation, been creeping ever closer to financial ruin.  Bankruptcies are coming in waves, sparking Government bail-outs by the score.   Socialism is consuming vast segments of our society and with it, our freedoms and liberty.  Illegal aliens are invading our nation by the millions.  Substance abuse has become a chronic affliction affecting every segment of our society.  Divorce, alternate lifestyles, abortion, adulterous relationships… these are but a few of the symptoms of a society that is sin-sick and wretched.

Whatever happened to our “ONE NATION, UNDER GOD.” Whatever happened to the Christian worldview in America?  I added another leaflet to our Resources Page that was originally published in the 1980′s by the Texas Pro-Family Forum, that was headed by Miss Lottie Beth Hobbs.  Thanks to Miss Hobbs’ heirs, I have been given permission to re-publish her leaflets on this website.  The following is our newest leaflet in its entirety.  Please take time to study this treatise.  I believe that the only way our nation will survive these dire times will be for Christians to throw off their secularism and develop a Christian worldview.  When followers of Christ repent and turn back to God, pray for our nation and its leaders, and engage the culture with God’s Word, then the blessings of God will return, otherwise there is no Hope for any meaningful Change left.

Adapted from a leaflet by Lottie Beth Hobbs (Used with permission)

In this article the following topics will be discussed:

• What Is Humanism?
• How Is It Indoctrinated?
• How Is It Disguised?
• How Can It Affect Your Child?
• How Can You Help Your Child?

What Is Humanism?

Humanism:

• Denies the deity of God, the inspiration of the Bible, and the divinity of Jesus Christ.
• Denies the existence of the soul, life after death, salvation and heaven, damnation and hell.
• Denies the biblical account of creation.
• Believes that there are no absolutes, no right, and no wrong – that moral values are self-determined and situational. Do your own thing, “as long as it does not harm anyone else.”
• Believes in removal of distinctive roles of male and female.
• Believes in sexual freedom between consenting individuals, regardless of age, including premarital sex, homosexuality, lesbianism, and incest.
• Believes in the right to abortion, euthanasia (mercy killing), and suicide.
• Believes in equal distribution of America’s wealth to reduce poverty and bring about equality.
• Believes in control of the environment, control of energy and its limitation.
• Believes in removal of American patriotism and the free enterprise system, dis­armament and the creation of a one-world socialistic government. ¹

Humanism is referred to by Humanists as a “faith” and a “religion.”

It was declared by the U. S. Supreme Court to be a religion. Does this religion have effective Sunday Schools? Not exactly Sunday Schools. It does have effective Monday through Friday schools. That’s right! Our public schools indoctrinate this godless religion. Doesn’t the Constitution require separation of church and state? Yes, indeed! However, schools are rapidly changing from traditional education to “change agents” for Humanism. Who pays for it? YOU DO!

Read The Religious Face of Humanism (By: Robert L. Waggoner) and decide for yourself. If modern humanism claims to be a religion, has characteristics of a religion, acts like a religion, and also has been declared, legally, to be a religion, then it must be a religion.

How Is It Indoctrinated?

How could such complex issues of Humanism possibly be indoctrinated into your child in elementary or high school? It is NOT BY ACCIDENT. Under Lenin and Stalin, Pavlov de­veloped the technique of conditioning dogs to bring about the desired results: and from this beginning, Humanist psychologists and behavioral scientists successfully developed techniques which can GRADUALLY CHANGE YOUR CHILD’S CONSCIENCE, PERSONALITY, VALUES. AND BEHAVIOR

An extensively used technique is Values Clarification, which can be used to con­vince the child that he or she, has the right to develop HIS or HER OWN personal values, free from parental influence and authority, and also free from religious in­fluences. It can further convince the child that there are NO ABSOLUTES. NO RIGHT. NO WRONG. The child is told that whatever value he chooses is right for him, as long as he uses their seven-step method. To arrive at his value, he or she is to:

1. Choose the value freely. (Free from parental guidance and religious morals of right and wrong).
2. Choose from alternatives. (Choose from alter­natives, including those DIFFERENT from parental values, such as to have premarital sex or not to have premarital sex).
3. Choose after considering the consequences. (What child can see far enough ahead to fully realize the adverse consequences of such a blind course of action?).
4. Prize and cherish the value. (Cherish the value because his or her own personal feelings have guided him to choose what is most important to him).
5. Publicly confess or affirm the value. (Be cour­ageous enough to bravely take a stand and to influence peers).
6. Act on the value. (If he chooses premarital sex as his value, he is to take action and carry it out).
7. Act upon the value regularly. (Live by the value consistently to establish it as his or her chosen be­havior. He or she does his or her own thing). (parenthetical comments added).

Other Humanistic strategies for be­havioral change are role playing, whereby the child acts out emotional situations such as conflicts with parents, also magic circles, value appraisal scales, questionnaires, diaries, journals, public in­terviews, etc. Survival games and open-ended situa­tions of “What would you do if … ?” develop situation ethics, to say the least.

Whatever the strategy, the objective is basically the same - to get your child to reveal his very heart, soul, mind, and even his subcon­scious thoughts before his peers and teacher. In turn the peer group openly discusses his personal feelings and values and challenges him to defend his values and how he arrived at them. (Peers who challenge seldom accept values resulting from parental and religious influence). A child’s only defense for some values may be that the parents that he loves hold the same values. Thus, both the child’s values and the parents’ values are subjected to open criticism from peers when his values differ from theirs. Skilled “change agents” (teachers) can mani­pulate discussions to create peer pressure for con­formity to non-Christian standards. They have been known to intimidate slow conformers.

Values education frequently incor­porates the above techniques and strat­egies with these issues:

Are these issues on which you want your child to choose his values, free from your influence, and free from any standard of RIGHT AND WRONG?

Isn’t it time for parents to demand that Humanism be removed from our schools? Isn’t it time for parents to demand that schools educate our children in academic skills instead of Humanistic values?

How Is It Disguised?

Determining the extent of Humanism in the school requires some detective work. Terms of designation are constantly chang­ing. It may be called values education, valuing skills, values clarification, self-awareness, decision-making, self-acceptance, Interpersonal relation skills, etc. Films, textbooks and library books fre­quently contain Humanism and provide excellent opportunities for open “honest” discussion that includes teacher pressure and peer pressure. Curri­culums often contain courses on human (Humanis­tic?) sexuality and family living. Or, sex education may be sandwiched in with reading, history, health, biology, etc.

Note that textbooks and teacher’s manuals are not essential for implement­ing Humanism. More and more teachers are being trained with our tax dollars to be effective “change agents” and to sneak Humanism into the classroom. They are encouraged to be “models” for desired behavioral changes. Fortunately, some schools and teachers are resisting the thrust of Humanism. However, some are rushing forward to create a new social order.

How Can It Affect Your Child?

His conscience can be slowly remolded until ultimately he recognizes no need for God and parental values. Parents are por­trayed as unloving, uncaring, and inadequate. Slowly, children are conditioned to view their parents with distrust and disrespect. Alienation often results. Serious emotional problems, serious moral prob­lems, and serious spiritual problems often occur.

LET’S PROTECT OUR FAMILIES FROM CHILD MOLESTERS!

How Can You Help Your Child?

1. The very best way to protect your child from Humanistic indoctrination is to teach them at home.
2. The next best way is to seek out a private Christian School that teaches academics from a Christian Worldview and not a Secular Humanistic Wolrldview.
3. If neither of the two option above are viable choices, then become actively involved and engaged in your child’s School:

• Examine your child’s library and text­books for immoral, anti-family, and anti-American content. Arrange to view films shown in class­rooms. Objectionable material should be taken to the principal. If he is unresponsive, go to the super­intendent, and then to school board members one at a time. If necessary, get the support of other parents and go to the entire school board. Voice your views to the state school board, state legis­lators, governor, and U.S. congressmen.
• Teach your child to recognize Human­ism and its techniques and strategies. Humanism in the school is unconstitutional; and your child, as well as the teacher, should be aware of his or her constitutional rights of separation of church and state. President Carter signed into law the Hatch Amendment to the ESEA Act. This amend­ment gives you and your child protection from in­vasion of privacy. You may instruct your child to refuse to discuss, orally or in writing, his personal feelings about his private life, social issues, or con­troversial political issues. Discussing personal feelings of a third person, such as Jane or John, is another deceptive invasion of privacy.
• You may assure your child that refusal to discuss his personal feelings is not a symptom of mental illness. Role-playing was developed for mental patients and criminals. Your child should be aware that role playing, games in­volving “What would you do if …. ?” and games involving suicide and mercy killings can cause emotional trauma. He should inform you when ex­posed to any Humanistic technique or strategy.
• Help alert other parents. Share this article, “Is Humanism Molesting Your Child?” to twenty­-five or more parents. Ask them to share it with twenty-five of their friends, and these in turn to give copies to their friends.

Editorial commentary added by Samuel Lawrence

Secular Humanism became a major force in our moral decline in the 20th century and has spread like a cancer throughout our society. It pervades the public classroom from K-4 through College. It has infested our institutions of higher learning and the vast majority of seminaries in most denominations. A few schools, Like North Greenville University, have developed Christian Worldview Centers, where Secular Humanism is exposed and the Christian Worldview is taught.

Churches and denominations have been inundated by the influences of Secular Humanistic teachings. Children are indoctrinated from Kindergarten on in public schools and this has been done for many generations and now even many of the followers of Jesus Christ in America hold to a humanistic worldview rather than espousing a Christian worldview. This has also led to denominations adopting Humanistic views on a wide range of moral issues like gay marriage, homosexuality, abortion, divorce, the authority and inerrancy of Scripture, etc. These beliefs run contrary to Biblical virtues of morality and therefore conflict has arisen among Christians who believe the Bible and those who adopt Humanistic worldview.

Secular Humanists proclaim that freeing yourself of the repressive restraints of religion will somehow lead to a better and “moral society.” They decry any law that hints of following Biblical guidelines on morality, especially in regard to sexuality. Humanists loudly proclaim that “you cannot legislate morality.” The truth is that every law legislates someone’s morality and worldview. Up until the 1960, most laws on morality were based upon Judeo-Christian beliefs as found in Scripture. There were laws against abortion, adultery, homosexuality and other sinful behaviors. Today, most of these sinful behaviors are not only not punishable by law, today those who preach against such sinful behaviors are criticized, demonized and under the new hate crimes laws, can face civil and criminal penalties.

Secular Humanists espouse the idea of social evolution where mankind’s morality evolves in much the same manner as the way they profess creation evolved. “Truth” also is evolving and is relative to the whims of the day. Internet users do not have to surf the web very long to find the most ungodly sexual perversions imaginable. Graphic pornography has proliferated on the Internet and Christians and unbelievers alike are exposing themselves to the most debased forms of sexual perversion that can be imagined. Our society abounds in abortion, illicit sex, pregnancies out of wedlock, divorce, adultery, addictions, theft, murders, gang violence, rape, pedophilia and all sorts of debauchery imaginable. So, eliminating Christian morality and teachings from classrooms and indoctrinating our society in Secular Humanism the past 75+ years has not produced morality in any real sense of the word. If anything, we have been speeding backwards to complete hedonistic paganism.

In the 2nd law of thermodynamics: Physicist Lord Kelvin stated it technically as follows:

“There is no natural process the only result of which is to cool a heat reservoir and do external work.” In more understandable terms, this law observes the fact that the useable energy in the universe is becoming less and less. Ultimately there would be no available energy left. Stemming from this fact we find that the most probable state for any natural system is one of disorder. All natural systems degenerate when left to themselves.²

Christians who believe the Genesis account of Creation, those who support the Intelligent Design theory of Creation, and all those who find problems with the Darwinian Theory of Evolution (and the Big Bang Theory) often refer to this Law of Physics, in that nature tends more to devolve rather than evolve. This is certainly the case in the “social evolution” of Secular Humanism.  Under Humanism, our culture has devolved into moral chaos. Man, in his state of original sin and total depravity, cannot possibly evolve socially and morally apart from following God’s commandments.

Endnotes:

1. Humanist Manifestos 1 & 2, Promethius Books, Buffalo, NY

The Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Freemen Digest, Provo Utah

2. Lord Kelvin as quoted in A.W. Smith and J.N. Cooper, Elements of Physics, 8th edition (New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1972), p. 241.

Secular Humanists and Social Progressives like to hail how far we have “evolved socially.”  Humanists proclaim that all we need for a social utopia is to abandon the old outdated forms of religion that restrain our “inner goodness.”  Using groups like the ACLU and other legal groups to remove all vestiges of Christianity from our public schools, government, our military and just about every public forum, we are now seeing the fruits of Humanism being harvested in our society.   However, I am old enough to have personally witnessed, in my lifetime, how far our nation has declined socially, morally and spiritually as we abandon our Christian heritage and Christian values.  I recently received an email of comparisons between the 1950′s and today. It adequately frames the discussion with very real and plausable scenarios and so I share it with you here. Let’s compare then and now to see how much better off we are today with secular humanistic values…

Scenario 1:

Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack.

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2010 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario 2:

Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins.. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2010 – Police called and SWAT team arrives — they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:

Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.

1957 – Jeffrey sent to the Principal’s office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2010 – Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4:

Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt..

1957 – Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.

2010 – Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario 5:

Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 – Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.

2010 – The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario 6:

Pedro fails high school English.

1957 – Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.

2010 – Pedro’s cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario 7:

Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.

1957 – Ants die.

2010 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents — and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny’s dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario 8:

Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1957 – In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2010 – Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison… Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

President Harry S. Truman, addressing  the Attorney General’s Conference on Law Enforcement, 1950 said this:

“The fundamental basis of this nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teaching we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don’t think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don’t have the proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in the right for anybody except the state.”

In the Humanist Manifesto II there is a premise put forth that Traditional Biblical Christianity is no longer valid.  It, in essence, calls for Christianity to either be reshaped (in secular humanistic values) or be rejected outright.  Here are some quotes from that document:  “Some humanists believe we should reinterpret traditional religions and reinvest them with meanings appropriate to the current situation. Such redefinitions, however, often perpetuate old dependencies and escapisms; they easily become obscurantist, impeding the free use of the intellect. We need, instead, radically new human purposes and goals.” That stated goal of Humanists was implemented through the majority of Christian colleges and seminaries in the 20th century.  Humanism and Liberalism crept in and undermined the Bible’s Authority as the Word of God.  The result has been the collapse of biblical morals and values in our culture.  It lead to the demise of churches and the splitting of nearly every major Protestant denomination.

Today we are seeing the next wave of Humanism, called the “emergent church.”  This new religious zeal focuses on peace, love, acceptance, environmental awareness and the brotherhood of man.  These are not bad things, in and of themselves, but they are NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  I believe the root of this so called “emerging church” is not Jesus Christ and the saving work He did on Calvary, but rather it is rooted in Humanistic teaching.  Again, in the Humanist Manifesto II, we read: “We appreciate the need to preserve the best ethical teachings in the religious traditions of humankind, many of which we share in common. But we reject those features of traditional religious morality that deny humans a full appreciation of their own potentialities and responsibilities.” That is to say they refuse to accept the deity of Christ, and instead focus on the presumed “goodness” of man.  While they may recognize the desire man has built into him for worship (instilled by the Creator) and a sense of right and wrong (a conscience), they openly reject the Bible as the Authority for morality and Jesus Christ as the only means to salvation.

Humanist Manifesto II says “Traditional religions often offer solace to humans, but, as often, they inhibit humans from helping themselves or experiencing their full potentialities. Such institutions, creeds, and rituals often impede the will to serve others. Too often traditional faiths encourage dependence rather than independence, obedience rather than affirmation, fear rather than courage.”

Today’s  so called “emerging church” rejects most creeds, ordinances and traditions of Christianity, and places a high value on good works and social activism. While Evangelical Christians emphasize eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, many in the emerging church emphasize the “here and now.”  That is exactly from the Secular Humanist II model: “More recently they have generated concerned social action, with many signs of relevance appearing in the wake of the ‘God Is Dead’ theologies. But we can discover no divine purpose or providence for the human species. While there is much that we do not know, humans are responsible for what we are or will become. No deity will save us; we must save ourselves.”

Now when we contrast that to God’s Word, what we find is quite a great divide between Humanist Manifesto II and the Bible.  The fallen sinful nature of man as a result of original sin is called “the doctrine of “total depravity.”  You do not need to look far to see how perverse and sinful mankind is and the atrocities he is capable of.  Yet, in the emerging church, repentance often takes a back seat to good works and “man’s potential” for good.

“The doctrine of total depravity asserts that people are by nature not inclined to love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength, but rather all are inclined by nature to serve their own will and desires and to reject the rule of God. Even religion and philanthropy are wicked to God to the extent that these originate from a human imagination, passion, and will and are not done to the glory of God. Therefore, in Reformed theology, if God is to save anyone He must predestine, call, elect individuals to salvation since fallen man does not want to, indeed is incapable of choosing God.

Total depravity does not mean, however, that people are as evil as possible. Rather, it means that even the good which a person may intend is faulty in its premise, false in its motive, and weak in its implementation; and there is no mere refinement of natural capacities that can correct this condition. Thus, even acts of generosity and altruism are in fact egoist acts in disguise.

This idea can be illustrated by a glass of wine with a few drops of deadly poison in it: Although not all the liquid is poison, all the liquid is poisoned. In the same way, while not all of human nature is depraved, all human nature is totally affected by depravity.”1

There are many passages in the Bible to support the doctrine. From these verses it is clear that the Humanist teachings are totally anti-christian. The are a contradiction to God’s Holy, inerrant Word.

Read each of these verses below and you will see the folly and the flawed vision of man in Secular Humanism.
Genesis 6:5
Job 15:14-15
Job 25:4-6
Psalms 51:5
Psalms 58:3
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Ecclesiastes 9:3
Jeremiah 17:9
Jeremiah 13:23
Isaiah 64:6
Isaiah 64:7
Isaiah 64:8
Mark 7:21-23
John 3:19
John 6:44
John 6:64-65
John 8:34
Romans 3:10-11
Romans 8:7-8
1 Corinthians 2:14
Ephesians 2:1-3
Titus 3:3

(1. Source: Wikipedia)

In 1988 Robert L. Waggoner wrote a treatise called “The Religious Face of Humanism” and revised and updated it again in 2000. His conclusion was that “the selfish man-centered nature of humanism with its anti-Christian and anti-family consequences is only a small part of the religion of humanism. Its religious nature is also manifested in other humanistic beliefs better recognized in allied philosophies of naturalism, materialism, statism, feminism, hedonism, and romanticism.”

In his treatise he makes the convincing case that Secular Humanism “claims to be a religion, has characteristics of a religion, acts like a religion, and also has been declared, legally, to be a religion, then it must be a religion, notwithstanding denials now coming from some humanists who previously said that humanism is a religion.” You can read the treatise for yourself and make up your own mind.  Waggoner’s treatise has been reposted, with permission, on our website .

When answering the question “how did America go from being a decidedly Christian nation, founded and built upon Judeo-Christian ethics and morals, to being the hedonistic, secular state were are today?” look no further than decades of indoctrination in humanistic philosophy via public education.  Public education is the “Sunday School” of this godless religion.  Even many religious schools have become mouthpieces for this godless religion.

Because of decades of indoctrination in secular humanism through the public education system, it is not surprising that many, if not most, Christians in the USA have a humanistic world view rather than a Christian world view.  For example, many Christians doubt the Creation account in Genesis and cling to the humanistic belief in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.  For this reason we have added a daily live feed from Ken Ham’s “Answers in Genesis” to provide believers with a resource to counter the false claims of Darwin.

If we are ever going to reclaim America for Christ, it must be through a spiritual revival of God’s people. We will never restore America to her greatness and her moral virtue by raw politics. It begins with each believer renewing their mind and adopting a Christian world view.  I applaud my Alma mater, North Greenville University for implementing a “Christian World View Center” to train students how to think and believe as Christians, rather than following the tenets of religious secular humanism on blind faith.

Which religion are you following?  Do a web search on “secular humanism” and read their beliefs in their own words.  If you agree with global warming, evolution, globalism, feminism, loose sexual morals (antithetical to bibical teaching), and others, then chances are you are a follower of this godless religion rather than a follower of Christ.  In Matthew 6:24, Jesus told his followers they could not serve two masters.  I believe that applies to following the teachings of humanism over the teachings of the Bible, as well.