Humanism: A Revolutionary Danger.
In today's society, in which each person's unique opinion is their ultimate truth, there has emerged areas of study like psychology to add to the already confusing study of philosophy, which clutters the mind with conflicting ideas about life and how to live it. A comparison of the theories of psychology reveals the conflicting ideas of human nature and the inability to come to a concensus about what could heal man's mental and emotional problems.
Over the years, we have heard from many theorists, who have attempted to explain the various things which plague us in life. Freud tried to tell us about psychoanalysis, being preoccupied with sex at the stage of infancy, which to me is entirely ridiculous; Adler was concerned with the first 6 years, and his was a feel-good theory which eliminated the work ethic, by saying that man can overcome his own sense of inferiority by mastery and achievement, with goals of trying to outdo others, but not anything about supporting the family or anything practical; Jung was an analyzer of dreams, advocated the unity of the unconscious with the conscious, exploring spectral nature of human beings in depth being preoccupied with the occult, which conflicts with Scripture in Deuteronomy 18, where God says you must not do these things; Rodgers leaned toward the undisciplined, do anything you want with no consequences , implying that there is no God to direct us; Glasser's whole idea was being responsible for one's self, meeting one's own needs, saying that one needs to be free and happy and then making changes to his environment if those needs are not met, and having the therapist offer suggestions to him for these changes, as if man can do it all, but to leave God out of the picture completely; Bandura had ideas of making behavior changes, completely de-emphasizing God; existentialists Frankl and May advocated creating meaning in a world without intrinsic meaning, as if the world had no meaning, but does the Bible say that God created the world without meaning ? The Bible says that God told Adam and Eve to take care of the earth, which gave everything meaning, so this is wrong thinking as well. All this has resulted in a confused worldview—so confused, in fact, that students in Christian schools are no longer grounded in their faith.
What is happening in schools today to make our children and grandchildren have such a confused worldview? In 1961, in a court case called Torcaso versus Watkins, Atheistic Humanism was established in the US as a state church. Humanism is related to cultism, occultism, atheism, and liberal theology. In 1969, actress Jane Fonda spoke to Massachusetts University and said if they would study Communism, that they would hope and pray that they would soon become Communists. Another Humanist, Karl Marx, was a professed Christian who turned atheist and formed Communism.
A key technique used in the field of Special Education is the person-centered therapy, which says that the core of the human being is good and if provided with appropriate conditions, will automatically grow in a positive way. The emphasis is upon creating a non-judgmental, non-threatening, non-directive growth producing climate. The problem with this idea is that it teaches the student that there is no sin and that the highest expectation from the whole educational experience is to see who the student really is and accept whatever he sees. This only serves to teach the student that there are no consequences to wrongdoing; therefore the student is free to do anything he/she wants to do without repercussion.
Statistically, it looks bad when our schools will teach Hinduism and Islam, but forbid the mention of Jesus Christ. When a large percentage of Christian students don't know how to defend their faith, something is drastically wrong. According to the Humanist Manifesto I, the original one, which was written and signed in 1933, and later revised to make it more “palatable” to the masses, it is a product of many minds. It was designed to represent a “Developing point of view”, and “not a new creed”, although it has become a creed to politics, the schools and some churches.
Humanism denies creation and that man is in the image of God. It refers to man’s development according to a process, which probably means that they advocate the theory of evolution. They hold an organic view of life and reject that the mind has a spiritual side to it at all. Humanism leans toward anthropology, which considers religion as a means of explaining the origin of things and nothing more. Thus, they render unacceptable anything cosmic or supernatural. Humanism therefore insists that the way to determine the existence and value of realities is by means of “intelligent inquiry” and by their assessment of their relation to human minds.
Do we wonder why people in education and other realms are so confused? Parents are bringing up their kids, and teachers have to teach, according to this stuff. Humanists deny theism, deism, modernism, and all the varieties of new thought. They justify the removal of prayer and even the mention of God or Christ in the schools by eliminating the emotional aspects of reverence to the supernatural.
The ultimate, most destructive aspect of Humanism is the idea that the religious forms and ideas of our forefathers are “no longer adequate,” as if God has suddenly left the picture completely. I experienced some of this in a cult that God brought me out of; also I attended a public university, which made it worse, and this is why I want the rest of the world to know about this, so that they don't get trapped in it. Thirteen years as a student in public colleges and twelve years of affiliation in public education, both in community colleges and Grades K through Twelve school districts has made me painfully aware of both the dangers of the false things that are taught and the need for truth tellers.
