Humanism: Devotion to Man
Overview
The 1985 Florida College lectures is a book that all Christians should read. The essence of humanism is nowhere better expressed than by Karl Marx, “Man is the supreme being for man.” Generally speaking, there is no room for the God of the Bible in the humanist’s worldview. Although many humanists claim to be religions, neither their religious views nor their ethical teachings are based upon biblical absolutes. In fact, most of them, as outright atheists, are thorough-going ethical relativists. Yet their ideas have permeated most of the religious, political, and educational institutions of the world. Indeed, their voices control the thinking of the masses by means of books, magazines, newspapers, radios, and TV Networks. This book is designed to be a positive response to humanism. You will find on its pages not only scholarly arguments against humanism but also practical alternatives for everyday living. From James Needham’s opening speech on “Sound the Alarm” to Homer Hailey’s closing exhortation to “Constancy in Times of Conflict,” you will find material that is fresh, exciting, and challenging. The hope for this volume is to provoke readers to do something to revoke the present monopoly and rising influence of humanism.
Top Highlights
“Warren T. Brooks quoted James Curry, past president of the AHA (1939), as saying, ‘Humanism is a polite term for atheism.’4 Truer words were never spoken! I might also add that it is also a disguising word for atheism.” (Pages 2–3)
“Charles Darwin’s Origin Of The Species in 1859 is one of the most significant events in the history of modern Humanisn because it gave Humanism a rationale for its explanation of the origin of the universe without God and helped to catapult the humanist movement into its present prominence by means of the public education system.” (Page 4)
“Humanism has much in common with, and is therefore allied with, Marxist Communism, and many Russian and American Communists are signatories of the humanist manifestoes.” (Page 6)
“Individuals should be permitted to express their sexual proclivities and pursue their life-styles as they desire.’19” (Page 8)
“struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” (Page 136)
- Title: Humanism: Devotion to Man
- Author: Melvin D. Curry
- Series: Florida College Annual Lectures
- Publisher: Florida College Bookstore
- Print Publication Date: 1985
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christianity › Controversial literature; Humanism › Controversial literature
- Resource ID: LLS:FCL1985HUMNSM
- Resource Type: text.monograph.lecture
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:12:58Z