The Secularization Of America

Humanism is defined as: a doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values; especially: a philosophy that usually rejects supernaturalism and stresses an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason.

That last part sounds good, doesn't it? The biggest problem, however, with this way of thinking, is that it assumes human nature is altogether altruistic. History, of course, is replete with examples of humanists gaining power (see Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Che, Castro, Pol Pot, etc.), and we all know what the results have been.

I know what you're thinking: “But Hunter – weren't all those evil leaders socialists/communists? You can be a humanist without being a socialist/communist.” That may indeed be true, but it's not as great a leap from humanist to socialist/communist as you might believe. Think about it – isn't the very nature of collectivism based on the goodness of human nature, that we don't need a higher power, or a moral code with consequences?

I truly believe that humanist beliefs are the underlying factor to the abortion issue – witness pro-murder “people” shouting “Hail Satan!” at protests in Texas at last year's vote for tougher restrictions, and the “separation of church and state” fallacy, among others. The reminder that there is a higher authority to whom they will have to answer someday frightens them.

There is a movement afoot, one that is well-organized and growing bolder every day, to secularize American society; to divorce America from its Judeo-Christian roots. From claims that the Founders and Framers were “Deists,” at best, to irreligious and/or atheists, at worst (all of which is patently untrue); the ridiculous idea that the United States is not a Christian nation; to the removal of any mention of God anywhere in public, this movement is making it increasingly difficult to exercise our basic 1^st Amendment rights of free speech and free exercise of religion.

The text of the 1^st amendment reads:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Please take note of the phrase “prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This phrase alone makes all court rulings about “separation of church and state” unconstitutional. I grow weary of activist judges who legislate from the bench. Their job is supposed to be deciding what is, or is not, constitutional, based upon – and here's the really important part – the actual Constitution. The saddest part about that is we actually have the words of the Founders and Framers to draw upon as to what they actually meant.

None of this means that I, or anyone else, has the right to force another to believe what I believe. That would be absolutely unconscionable as far as I'm concerned, not to mention diametrically opposed to the beliefs of the great minds that shaped this nation in its infancy.

Why, then, is it perfectly acceptable to others for non-believers to force their non-belief upon those of us who believe in God? When will we consider enough to be enough?

“Those who believe in nothing higher than themselves will believe anything, and fall for everything.”

That phrase pretty much describes the democrat party in general, and liberals in particular, does it not? ~ Hunter