StoP and Smell the PropogandA

"We now know enough about human origins and human social evolution so that we can begin to develop a new perspective on this question of where ethics come from. Once we accept the fact that morality, like language and religion, is culture-specific rather than universal, the scales fall from our eyes and we see the world around us in a different and humbler light. We see that there is no morality in nature as such, there are only forces and processes that have operated over millions, even billions of years to bring about our present condition. God, at least the God we used to worship, can now be recognized as a device of the human imagination. Morality, it follows, is equally a human invention. Common sense must replace the scriptures and the priesthood as the validator of our moral code. And why not? Part of the modern humanist ethic is the core belief that humanity, not some imagined deity, is ultimately responsible for our common fate and future. We are our own saviors and redeemers.." so says the voice of Secular Humanism

Hold on to yourselves..it gets better:

"It is a common fallacy among those who still cling to the old-fashioned faiths that giving up that faith necessarily involves a descent into amorality, a social jungle where dog eats dog and the devil take the hindmost. Quite the contrary. In our time, as a new humanist spirit slowly infiltrates and supplants old-fashioned theism, modern ethical structures are gradually altering the moral precepts that were codified by the old religions and sanctioned by the common sense of bygone generations."

"It is up to the humanists, the people who recognize that our future is ours to shape, and are relatively unencumbered by loyalty to ancient ethical baggage, who must take the lead."


O.K. Reality check.
Whether secular humanists admit it or not their foundation for whatever "ethics of the day" they preach are based in Religion. Religious ethics are the moral principles which have historically set the standard for what is and isn't acceptable behavior.

There are fundamental principles which flow from certain core beliefs and ancient wisdom which is shared by most religions.

Virtues are standards for ethical, moral conduct — Bascially this is what allows us to look at ourselves in the mirror every morning without cringing.

Secular humanists tout "The Golden Rule" as their ahem...Bible.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
Get beyond your own selfishness and self-absorbed isolation eh?.. The golden rule serves as a reminder that what hurts us hurts others, and yet where do they suppose this RULE came from?
Their own convoluted, ever-changing value system?

Here's a teensy hint:..Psssssssst..it's called The Old Testament.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (Leviticus 19:18).

With respect to their assertions and mocking the descent into amorality and the social jungle religionists predicted.......
All I can say to them is:
Take off your denial-colored glasses and LOOK around you.


Morality?..that's laughable.
The generation is lost. The crassest elements of sexual deviancy flood the airwaves, marketplace and malls.
Pornography has been legitimized by revisionist historians who would have you think our very Founding Fathers gave them this 'right'.
Women have been conditioned to present themselves as 'sex objects' and to believe this is actually ..ahem.."empowering".
Sacred ideals of purity, virginity and matrimony are ridiculed incessantly, not to mention being 'redefined' to include 2 men, 2 women, and eventually the house pet no doubt.

Crime:..Hmmm..Let us see what Social Liberals and Humanists have wrought:
There are more than 2 million people in prisons across the country.
The recidivism rate is 70%!..and due to liberal thinking,tough sentences and mandatory jail time have become nearly extinct.
Blame "poverty", but whatever you do, don't blame the "perpetrator' eh?
Alas-another aspect of Humanism's cultural decay.


Live and Let Live huh?
Drug epidemics.
AIDS
Divorce.
Child Abuse.
Rise of Violence.

Yea, wer'e very impressed so far.

Education:
Forget about dismal performance records,declining test scores ,or violence in the schools..
Secularists have been allowed to barrage children with their propoganda posing as Truth.
Children are indoctrinated into their mindless form of "political correctness" and penalized if they don't ascribe to those ..(for lack of a better word)-values.



We are our own saviors and redeemers.." they claim. How ..umm..Optimistic of them!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, however.
Religious hopefulness, you see is not quite the same thing as false optimism. Religious hopefulness is actually built upon the idea that things, as they are- are not great, but that we, as humble human beings,- don't see the whole picture. Only God does. The incompleteness of human knowledge, however, is met by the hope that the world holds more promise than we can actually see from our limited perspective.

The secular humanist, who won't humble himself is sadly becoming a caricature of himself.
In his own words:
It is "...difficult to feel anything other than pain at the apparent aimlessness of the times. It is easy to feel like the dog in Aesop's fable, the one that dropped his bone when he became confused by the sight of his reflection, and ended up with nothing.



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