What Attitude Should Followers of Christ Have Toward Secular Humanists?

How can we know anything about anything

To try to explain truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation. George Macdonald

Do we have to make a choice between science and the Bible?

NO!

That is NOT where the problem is, but that is what everyone seems to want to talk about.

Take science as an example. How can we know anything about the created material world around us?

How can we know anything from what we can see using natural sciences?

We all see the same things in the material world, but we don't come to the same answers.

Why is that?

How can we know anything about the Bible and what it teaches? Every person believes different things about the Bible and how it should be read.

Why is that?

Same scientific facts. Different answers.

Same Bible. Different answers.

Why is that?

The true question is this: How do we come to our answers that we get from what we can see through science or what we can read in the Bible?

How do we think about what we see using science or what we read in the Bible?

How do we analyze what we have seen and read?

How do we interpret what we have seen and read?

We use logic, but logic always has a foundation. Jesus talked about building on the Rock. That Rock is Jesus Christ. He is the true foundation. There are also the false foundations of the ungodly.

An example might help.

Question: Why do you believe in evolution?

Answer: Because my science teacher told me that evolution is scientific fact.

Question: Why do you believe your science teacher?

Answer: because he agrees with the textbook he assigned us to read.

Now, we have asked, "Why?" twice.

If we continued to ask, "Why?" we would come down to the foundation of this person's thoughts.

When we get down to the foundations, there are no more questions that can be answered. So where to the foundations come from?

There are three possibilities.

things that we make up, pulled from the air
demonic lies
divine revelation

Question: Why do you believe in creation?

Answer: Because God revealed this to me. He spoke to me through the Bible and gave me His faith so that I could believe Him.

See how quickly we got to the foundation. This is a belief that has a foundation that is solid and that cannot be moved.

In reality, the things that we make up, that are pulled from the air, are actually from demons and all the lies of demons spring from the prince of demons, Satan. So these are one and the same.

Divine revelation comes from the Almighty, Creator, God, Jesus Christ. So there are only two choices, but how do we know there are only two choices? Because God has revealed this truth to us.

The question then is how do we tell the difference between the revelation that comes from God and the lies of Satan?

The answer is that everyone who sincerely wants to do the will of God will know.

Jesus said, "If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me"

The rejection of the revelation that comes from God is not an intellectual problem. It is a moral problem.

Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened." *

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? Matthew 7:7-11 *

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can set the truth before someone, but you can't make anyone believe those things that they don't want to submit to. They have to want to obey God.

How frequently it is brought to our attention that nothing good can be done if the will is wrong! Reason alone fails to justify itself. Richard M. Weaver

Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32)

"If we are not prepared to buy the truth at the cost of our own humbling we shall not receive it"

Lies appear to have no price upon them. They seem cheap and they abound everywhere. But for the truth there is always an obvious price to pay.

"[God] has set a day when He will judge all the world's people with fairness. And He has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for Him. God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death" (Acts 17:31).

"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me [Jesus] and does not accept My words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day" (John 12:48)

That also stands for every person who speaks the utterances of Jesus. When we hear them, we hear Jesus Christ, and we either accept or reject. Every person who follows Jesus Christ is commanded to only speak His utterances and not their own.

"When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God" (1 John 3:19)

Ravi Zacharias did two open forums in a university. On the second night, one man told him that he had brought two Atheists in the night before who said that the arguments presented were so strong that they could not contend with them, but they were going to remain Atheists because that is what they prefer to be true.

In another case of just listening to an unbeliever and drawing out his reasoning, the unbeliever finally came to his foundations.

They turned out to be assumptions that were pulled from the air. When asked why he believed his basic assumption, the unbeliever looked startled and blurted out, "I guess I'm making the whole thing up." It was quite a revelation to him since he hadn't even known that he had any assumptions. However, he decided to remain an Atheist because he didn't want God to rule over him.

What Attitude Should Followers of Christ Have Toward Secular Humanists?

The attitude of the follower of Christ toward Secular/Religious Humanists, Atheists, Agnostics, or members of any other false religion should be an attitude of love, concern, and compassion. We know that Evolution isn't science. God offers His gifts to us, but does not force any of His gifts on anyone. Many will choose spiritual death and we need to pray for them, not disrespect them. They will be likely to disrespect us and be angry with us because of the spirit they follow. We have the option of following that same spirit, but we are led by the Holy Spirit instead. They have a history of violence. They have a history of using many clever tricks to deceive and they have no One to tell them not to lie or even to define what a lie is. Be aware that almost all of the media is either totally controlled or heavily influenced by Secular Humanism, as is the educational system on all levels. Do not be deceived. Do not sit in the counsel of the ungodly. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Detailed Answer

How should a Christian (follower of Christ) treat an evolutionist? With the love and respect that flows from Christ. Be aware that the worldly would love to try to squeeze you into their mold. Romans 12:2 Proverbs 13:20 Don't demand respect in return, because you probably won't get it. You will have to learn to turn the other cheek.

You will have keep in mind that you are dealing with someone who does not share your values. An unbeliever has a totally different idea of what truth is and has no solid reason to tell the truth. They do not even have the Bible to tell them the difference between a lie and the truth. They will probably believe in relativism, which means that they don't even believe that absolute truth exists. They do not have the Spirit of God. Be careful.

A follower of Christ would benefit a great deal from educating himself or herself about the things that have been observed that show the hand of God in creation. Those who follow Christ should know that there is no proof of Evolution other than speculatively rationalized proof. Speculatively rationalized proof is not valid because rational-lie-zed speculation is simply making things up and claiming that those made-up fantasies are facts. This seems to be so obvious that it should not have to written here, but the human mind is so easily deceived that this warning must be given.

Those who follow Christ should realize why evolution has been proven to be a scientific impossibility. It is good to know the real facts and to know the tricks used by Evolutionists.

A proponent of New Age or of Humanism has much to fear in being open to a mutually respectful discussion of evolution and creation. If Evolution were not one of the highly protected dogmas of a religious viewpoint, the religious zeal of evolution’s loyal followers would seem weird. You would wonder why evolutionists become mean-spirited just because their ideas are challenged. If you didn’t know that the doctrines of Evolution are vital to the existence of the New Age and to the Humanist religion, then you would expect evolutionists to have an open mind. However, Evolution is an extremely vulnerable doctrine, especially since there isn't a single bit of conclusive evidence that even can show that evolution is a remote possibility. You would normally expect that people who claim to be part of the scientific community would be questioning the teaching of evolution. but it is a religious idea not a scientific idea.

In any case, Evolutionism is part of an anti-God religion that needs Evolutionism to survive. That’s what the big deal is. When you get the facts on this so-called theory, it's pretty hard to take it seriously. And evolution has never brought about a single advancement that has helped mankind, so why are they so religious and hateful about it? Because Humanism is a religion without the Holy Spirit that flows from Jesus Christ. When religion goes away from Jesus Christ, it either goes into spiritual deadness or it goes into religious violence and hate. This is what happened when the church went away from Christ during the time now known as the dark ages.

Proponents of Humanism get upset when Christians tell of what God is doing in their lives, and this is true even though the ungodly still controls all the media, the schools, the entertainment industry, the news agencies, virtually every mode of communications. Since these people use the word, tolerance, so often, you would think they would be more tolerant, but they say that serving Christ is intolerable. If you didn't understand the nature of the spiritual war that is going on, you would think that these proponents of Humanism would learn to show the same restraint that the vast majority of those who follow Jesus show as they watch the same proponents of Humanism use tax dollars to teach the major tenets of the Humanism religion in the schools. It's not as if the followers of Humanism had creation forced on them from every angle in the same way the Christians have the rational-lie-zed speculations Humanism forced on them.

And it's not as though there were a threat of violence from true followers of Christ. Christ forbids it. Christians must be careful not to follow the worldly example. There is not a single instance, in Scripture, of righteous anger on the part of a human. God is the only one who can be angry and righteous.

Some religions have been propagated by threat of violence. Over a thousand years ago, the speculatively rationalized so-called Christianity of some who got into power during the dark ages (under a church government that had mostly turned away from God’s Word and the leading of the Holy Spirit) was such a religion that often used violence. Keep in mind that there were always those who followed Jesus, but, worldliness did creep in and affect the faith of many. The leaders of what was called the Church became violent toward those who walked with God. Anger has always come from the spiritually dead against those who want to go on to a deeper experience with Jesus Christ. Hindu, Islam, and Buddhism have sects that use violence to propagate their religion. The Humanist religion has killed many to propagate itself and continues to do so. There are many who use religion as a cloak for political exploits, some of whom claim to act as Christians, but Christ is not leading them in their violent acts. There are many cults that have been guilty of propagating their religion through violence.

Never once, however, has the Spirit of God led a follower of Jesus to use violence to try to force anyone to believe in Jesus, as 1 Corinthians 14:38 states. God puts out the option. He offers salvation, but He doesn’t force Himself on anyone. Those who choose hell have made their own choice. And God lets them go that way when they choose to.

In theory, most Evolutionists and Humanists would surely claim to have an open mind. Why would anyone get so dogmatic about a theory when they personally have never seen any actual evidence for the theory. No one has seen actual evidence for evolution. No one! In practice, though, proponents of Humanism are only open-minded to their own preconceived ideas. Only God can open their minds.

A follower of Humanism has nothing to fear in being open to a mutually respectful discussion of evolution and creation. Arguments or debates don't accomplish anything, but a good, positive discussion of the facts is worthwhile. Those who don't want to know the Truth cannot be argued into accepting the Truth, because it takes the work of the Holy Spirit to turn a person's heart to the Truth; The Truth is a person, Jesus Christ. When an evolutionist realizes that evolution is a scientific impossibility, perhaps it would be a good thing for them to look for a new idea. God is real. Jesus is really the way that God gave for us to return to Him. Take hold of it. This Jesus is for you.

Summary

Zealots of Secular/Religious Humanism, Atheism, Agnosticism, and any other New Age religion need our concern, compassion, and prayers. They need to hear the truth, too, but not coercion, anger, or disrespect. They are likely to coerce, become angry, and disrespect as they have a history of violence and of using many clever tricks to deceive, but the person who follows Christ will not follow suit. Evolution isn't science.

Here are some audio and video resources that may help you with conversations you may have with unbelievers:

What Attitude Should Followers of Christ Have Toward Secular Humanists?

How can we know anything about anything