WORLDVIEW: WHAT IS IT? Dr. Jobe Martin

WORLDVIEW: WHAT IS IT?WORLDVIEW: WHAT IS IT?

Dr. Jobe Martin

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PROVERBS 14:12PROVERBS 14:12

There is a way which There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof but the end thereof areare the the

ways of death.ways of death.

(DECEPTION)(DECEPTION)

The worldviews of The worldviews of Satan’s World System Satan’s World System

are all based on are all based on deceptiondeception!!

1 CHRONICLES 12:321 CHRONICLES 12:32

““... the children of Issachar, which ... the children of Issachar, which were men that had were men that had understanding understanding of the times, to know what Israel of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;ought to do; the heads of them the heads of them were 200; and all their brethren were 200; and all their brethren were at their commandment.”were at their commandment.”

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COLOSSIANS 2:8COLOSSIANS 2:8

““BEWAREBEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT, DECEIT, AFTER THE TRADITION OF AFTER THE TRADITION OF

MEN, AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE MEN, AFTER THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD,WORLD, AND NOT AFTER CHRIST.” AND NOT AFTER CHRIST.”

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There is Biblical Christianity and then There is Biblical Christianity and then there are various worldviews.there are various worldviews.

The study of worldviews ends up a The study of worldviews ends up a comparison and contrast of true, comparison and contrast of true,

Biblical Christianity against all of the Biblical Christianity against all of the deceptive choices of worldviews that deceptive choices of worldviews that

Satan’s world system has to offer.Satan’s world system has to offer.

What do I believe about life and all of its What do I believe about life and all of its basic building blocks?basic building blocks?

Where can I find the Truth?Where can I find the Truth?

Who determines what is true:Who determines what is true:

ManManOrOr

God?God?

JOHN 8: 32JOHN 8: 32

““And ye shall know the And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall truth, and the truth shall

make you free.”make you free.”

JOHN 17:17-19JOHN 17:17-19

Jesus said:Jesus said:

17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy 17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.”might be sanctified through the truth.”

PSALM 119:11PSALM 119:11

““Thy Word have I hid in Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.”not sin against Thee.”

EPHESIANS 6:13-18EPHESIANS 6:13-18

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of GodSpirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;…supplication for all saints;…

SWORD OF SPIRIT = WORD OF GODSWORD OF SPIRIT = WORD OF GOD

• The word “sword” of Ephesians 6:17b is the word for the offensive and defensive weapon of the powerful Roman soldier.

• The word for “word” (of God) is not “logos” it is “Rhema” which literally means the “sayings.”

• God’s spoken Word is our offensive and defensive weapon in the midst of the supernatural battle surrounding us. We are to speak God’s Word into the fabric of life—that means we must hide it in our hearts first.

CREATION EVOLUTIONDATA:DATA:

FOSSILS,FOSSILS,LIVING THINGS=LIVING THINGS=SAME FOR BOTHSAME FOR BOTH

THEISMTHEISMGod of the Bible:God of the Bible:Creator, Inventor,Creator, Inventor,

Designer, Sustainer,Designer, Sustainer,RedeemerRedeemer

ATHEISMATHEISMNo God:No God:

Accidental, Non-directed,Accidental, Non-directed,Random, Chance, Random, Chance,

Mindless processesMindless processes

WORLDVIEW GLASSES DETERMINE CONCLUSIONSWORLDVIEW GLASSES DETERMINE CONCLUSIONS

““Even if all the data point to an Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such an intelligent designer, such an

hypothesis is excluded from science hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic.”because it is not naturalistic.”

• Scott C. Todd, (Kansas State University Immunologist): Nature, September 30, 2000, Letters to the editor.

THE BATTLE OF CREATION VS THE BATTLE OF CREATION VS EVOLUTION IS REALLY THE BATTLE EVOLUTION IS REALLY THE BATTLE

FOR THE GOSPEL.FOR THE GOSPEL.• G. Richard Bozarth writes (“The Meaning of Evolution”,

American Atheist, Sept. 20, 1979, p. 30):

• “Christianity has fought, still fights, and will fight science to the desperate end over evolution because evolution destroys utterly and finally the very reason Jesus’ earthly life was supposedly made necessary. Destroy Adam and Eve and the original sin, and in the rubble you will find the sorry remains of the [S]on of [G]od. …

If Jesus was not the [R]edeemer that died for our sins, and this is what evolution means, then Christianity is nothing.”

G. Richard Bozarth

Atheist Bozarth understands this Atheist Bozarth understands this issue much better than the average issue much better than the average

Christian!Christian!

See: The Defender’s Bible, Dr. Henry Morris

Everyone believes byEveryone believes by FAITHFAITH in something eternal!!!!!in something eternal!!!!!

~ ETERNAL~ ETERNAL

GOD GOD ~ ETERNAL~ ETERNAL

MATTER MATTER

(energy)(energy)

BY FAITH BECAUSE NO ONE WAS THERE!BY FAITH BECAUSE NO ONE WAS THERE!

The way of evolution seems so right to so The way of evolution seems so right to so many people, but it begins and ends by, many people, but it begins and ends by,

with and in death.with and in death.We Christians must submit so-called science to We Christians must submit so-called science to

the Bible and not submit the Bible to so-called the Bible and not submit the Bible to so-called science.science.

Our ideas do have consequences.Our ideas do have consequences.Our assumptions really do determine our Our assumptions really do determine our

conclusions.conclusions.Both Creation and Evolution are faith-based Both Creation and Evolution are faith-based

religious systems.religious systems.

ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION ASSERTS BY FAITH THAT:ASSERTS BY FAITH THAT:

• There is no Creator/Designer God,There is no Creator/Designer God,

• And, therefore, that And, therefore, that purposelesspurposeless,,

• Non-directedNon-directed,,

• AccidentalAccidental,,

• MindlessMindless, , ChanceChance, , RandomRandom processesprocesses overover millions of years millions of years produced the universe and produced the universe and everything animate and inanimate in it.everything animate and inanimate in it.

• The “Big Bang” created space and time?The “Big Bang” created space and time?

What shall we name this one?What shall we name this one?

What is the most accurate way to believe What is the most accurate way to believe within the realm within the realm

of the visible and the invisible, the of the visible and the invisible, the temporal and the eternal, the seen and temporal and the eternal, the seen and

the unseen?the unseen?

Which worldview deals with reality with Which worldview deals with reality with the most accuracy? the most accuracy?

WHAT IS A WORLDVIEW?

Your worldview is your basic belief system.

Your worldview is the position you take regarding the answers to the major questions in life such

as:

Does God exist and is He Good?

What can be known for sure?

Who am I; why am I here; where am I going?

What do I value; what is important to me?

Is there purpose and direction to life?

ValuesValuesRespect for life Wealth

Truth “Fruit of the Spirit”Happiness Health Loyalty

WorldviewWorldviewA set of beliefs or ideas / a system of thought

Ethics Biology Psychology

PhilosophyTheology

Politics Economics History

Law

Sociology

““For as he thinketh in his heart, For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”so is he.” Proverbs 23:7Proverbs 23:7

BehaviBehavioror

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Summit.orgSecular Secular

HumanismHumanismMarxism/ Marxism/ LeninismLeninism

Cosmic Cosmic HumanismHumanism

Biblical Biblical ChristianityChristianity

Sources: Humanist Manifestos I, II

Writings of Marx and Lenin

New Age writers: Ferguson, Bailey

Bible

Theology Atheism Atheism Pantheism Theism

Philosophy Naturalism Dialectical Materialism

Non-Naturalism Supernaturalism

Ethics Relativism Proletariat Morality Relativism Absolutes

Biology EvolutionEvolution EvolutionEvolution EvolutionEvolution CREATIONCREATION

Psychology

Self-actualization Behaviorism Collective Consciousness

Mind-Body Dualism

Sociology Non-Traditional Family

Abolition of Home Church and State

Non-Tradition Home Church and State

Traditional Home Church State

Law Positive Law Positive Law Self-Law Biblical Law

Politics World Gov. (Globalism)

New World Order (Globalism)

New Age Order (Globalism)

Justice, Freedom Order

Economics Socialism Socialism Enlightened Production

Stewardship Private Prop.

History Historical Evolution

Historical Materialism

Evolutionary Godhood

Historical Resurrection

PostmodIslam

EVERYBODY HAS A WORLDVIEWEVERYBODY HAS A WORLDVIEW

• Your worldview is your basic set of beliefs.Your worldview is your basic set of beliefs.

• Your worldview is the position you hold in Your worldview is the position you hold in the foundational issues of life.the foundational issues of life.

• What are the issues that construct the basic What are the issues that construct the basic building blocks of life (and your worldview)?building blocks of life (and your worldview)?

TheologyTheologyPhilosophyPhilosophy

EthicsEthicsBiologyBiology

PsychologyPsychology

SociologySociologyLawLaw

PoliticsPoliticsEconomicsEconomics

HistoryHistory

• TheologyTheology• PhilosophyPhilosophy• EthicsEthics• BiologyBiology• PsychologyPsychology• SociologySociology• LawLaw• PoliticsPolitics• EconomicsEconomics• HistoryHistory

All of these 10 All of these 10 areas are sacred!areas are sacred!All are Biblical!All are Biblical!


All 10 areas are All 10 areas are perverted and perverted and

twisted to sometwisted to someextent in Satan’sextent in Satan’s

world system.world system.

ART, MUSIC, CULTUREART, MUSIC, CULTURE• TheologyTheology• PhilosophyPhilosophy• EthicsEthics• BiologyBiology• PsychologyPsychology• SociologySociology• LawLaw• PoliticsPolitics• EconomicsEconomics• HistoryHistory

ART, MUSIC, CULTURE ART, MUSIC, CULTURE EMERGE OUT OF THEEMERGE OUT OF THE

BASIC BUILDINGBASIC BUILDINGBLOCKS OF THE BLOCKS OF THE

WORLDVIEWWORLDVIEW..

MATHEMATICSMATHEMATICS• TheologyTheology• PhilosophyPhilosophy• EthicsEthics• BiologyBiology• PsychologyPsychology• SociologySociology• LawLaw• PoliticsPolitics• EconomicsEconomics• HistoryHistory

ALL OF THE BUILDINGALL OF THE BUILDINGBLOCKS ON THE LEFTBLOCKS ON THE LEFT

HAVE THEIR OWN HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF SYSTEM OF

MATHEMATICS.MATHEMATICS.


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MATHEMATICSMATHEMATICSPUT ALL OF THISPUT ALL OF THIS

TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE:TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE:

CULTURE of a CULTURE of a WORLDVIEW.WORLDVIEW.

Culture is the corporate display of Culture is the corporate display of the predominant worldview of a the predominant worldview of a

group of people. This can be group of people. This can be shown at the national or state or shown at the national or state or

city or village or school or church city or village or school or church or family level of society.or family level of society.

THE CULTURE OF A THE CULTURE OF A WORLDVIEW INCLUDES:WORLDVIEW INCLUDES:

• ArtArt

• MusicMusic

• FoodsFoods

• ClothesClothes

• ReligionReligion

• EntertainmentEntertainment

• Etc., etc,. etc., etc.Etc., etc,. etc., etc.

CATBIRDCATBIRD

2 CORINTHIANS 10:52 CORINTHIANS 10:5

““CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS (arguments, speculations), AND EVERY (arguments, speculations), AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT HIGH THING THAT EXALTETH ITSELF EXALTETH ITSELF

AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GODAGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND , AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF OBEDIENCE OF

CHRISTCHRIST.”.”

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1 PETER 3:13-151 PETER 3:13-15

13 And who 13 And who isis he that will harm you, if ye be he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 14 But and followers of that which is good? 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy

are yeare ye: and be not afraid of their terror, : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and God in your hearts: and bebe ready always to ready always to

givegive an answer to every man that asketh an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with you a reason of the hope that is in you with

meekness and fear.meekness and fear.

ACCORDING TO JOSH McDOWELL, BARNA ACCORDING TO JOSH McDOWELL, BARNA RESEARCH GROUP, PEW RESEARCH CTR. :RESEARCH GROUP, PEW RESEARCH CTR. :

• We are witnessing “The Last Christian We are witnessing “The Last Christian Generation.” (Josh McDowell)Generation.” (Josh McDowell)

• Only 1/3 of “church-going” teenagers say the Only 1/3 of “church-going” teenagers say the church will play a role in their future lives.church will play a role in their future lives.

• According to pollster George Barna: 63% of According to pollster George Barna: 63% of teens do not believe Jesus is God’s Son.teens do not believe Jesus is God’s Son.

• 60% believe all faiths teach equally valid truths.60% believe all faiths teach equally valid truths.• 51% do not believe Jesus rose from the dead.51% do not believe Jesus rose from the dead.

• 66% do not believe Satan or the Holy Spirit 66% do not believe Satan or the Holy Spirit exist.exist.

• 93% of all youth have lied to a parent.

• 75% of Christian and non-Christian youth have cheated on a test.

• 66% of all youth have physically hurt someone.

• 70% of churched teens believe there is no absolute moral truth.

• [This is called “Moral Relativism.”][This is called “Moral Relativism.”]

• Barna research reports: 98% of professed born-again youth “…do believe in Christ, but they do

not reflect Christ-like attitudes or actions.”

• Does Satan believe in Christ?

THE VALUES OF 18-25 YEAR OLDS:THE VALUES OF 18-25 YEAR OLDS:

• 81% say getting rich most important goal in life81% say getting rich most important goal in life

• 51% say becoming famous most important goal51% say becoming famous most important goal

• 30% say helping people in need is a goal30% say helping people in need is a goal

• 22% say goal of becoming a community leader22% say goal of becoming a community leader

• Only 10% say goal is to become more spiritualOnly 10% say goal is to become more spiritual

So what is the goal of most of today’s So what is the goal of most of today’s younger generation in USA? They want younger generation in USA? They want

to become rich and famous!to become rich and famous!

• In other words, for the Christian youth In other words, for the Christian youth there is a “disconnect” between there is a “disconnect” between “knowing Truth” and “practicing “knowing Truth” and “practicing

Truth.”Truth.”

• John 3:21:John 3:21:

• ““But he that doeth truth cometh to the But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in manifest, that they are wrought in

God.”God.”

WE ARE LOSING 57%-88% OF “CHRISTIAN” WE ARE LOSING 57%-88% OF “CHRISTIAN” YOUTH AFTER FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE!YOUTH AFTER FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE!

(published figures)(published figures)

Friends with Campus Crusade for Christ tell Friends with Campus Crusade for Christ tell me, me, “If we don’t get the Christian kids within “If we don’t get the Christian kids within the first six weeks of their freshman year [of the first six weeks of their freshman year [of college], we’ve lost them to the competing college], we’ve lost them to the competing

worldviews.”worldviews.”

How do we lose them?How do we lose them?

WE CANNOT DEFEND THE FAITH!WE CANNOT DEFEND THE FAITH!

• Where did Cain get his wife?Where did Cain get his wife?

• How did Noah get all the animals on the ark?How did Noah get all the animals on the ark?

• Aren’t Christians really polytheists?Aren’t Christians really polytheists?

• Wasn’t the Flood of Noah a local flood?Wasn’t the Flood of Noah a local flood?

• Aren’t the days of Genesis long periods of timeAren’t the days of Genesis long periods of time

• Hasn’t science proven the universe is billions of Hasn’t science proven the universe is billions of years old?years old?

• Isn’t starlight millions of years old?Isn’t starlight millions of years old?

• Didn’t dinosaurs go extinct 60 M. years ago?Didn’t dinosaurs go extinct 60 M. years ago?

WE CANNOT DEFEND THE FAITH!WE CANNOT DEFEND THE FAITH!

• The Council of Nicaea altered the Bible.The Council of Nicaea altered the Bible.• Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.

• Jesus and Mary had children.Jesus and Mary had children.• King Constantine removed the references to King Constantine removed the references to

goddess worship from the Bible.goddess worship from the Bible.• The Bible has been translated so many The Bible has been translated so many times there is no way it could be the Word times there is no way it could be the Word

of God.of God.• Who made your God, Where did your God Who made your God, Where did your God

come from?come from?

THE EVOLUTION OF MAN

WORLDVIEW THINKING IN THE WORLDVIEW THINKING IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S.A.HISTORY OF THE U.S.A.

• Christian Theism: Personal God

Young Universe CreationYoung Universe Creation

• Traditional Deism: Reduced God

Old Universe Theistic EvolutionOld Universe Theistic Evolution

• Secular Humanism: Dead God

Darwinian Atheistic EvolutionDarwinian Atheistic Evolution

• Pagan Mysticism/Metaphysical Naturalism I am God/All is God/There is no GodI am God/All is God/There is no God

• Evolution is ‘god’, Harry Potter is GodEvolution is ‘god’, Harry Potter is God

ARE WE SUBMITTING TO THE ARE WE SUBMITTING TO THE AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD?AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD?

• For example: Harry Potter is a wizard.

• Leviticus 19:31Leviticus 19:31: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizardswizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

DEUTERONOMY 18:10-14DEUTERONOMY 18:10-14There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times,

or an enchanter, or a witchwitch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizardwizard, or a

necromancer. For all that do these things For all that do these things areare an an abomination unto the LORDabomination unto the LORD: and because of

these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of

times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

• Are we submitting to the Are we submitting to the authority authority of the Bibleof the Bible in every area of our in every area of our

lives?lives?

• OrOr are we submitting to, and are we submitting to, and incorporating into our lives, more incorporating into our lives, more

and more of the folkways and and more of the folkways and mores of the false, anti-God and mores of the false, anti-God and popular worldviews of Satan’s popular worldviews of Satan’s

deceptive world system? deceptive world system?

ROMANS 12:1, 2ROMANS 12:1, 2

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mindrenewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

HOW DID WE GET TO NOW?HOW DID WE GET TO NOW?

• Acts 17 to 1636: read Faith and Freedom by Ben Hart and Understanding the Times by Dr. David Noebel

• 1636: John Harvard and Thomas Sheppherd founded Harvard University as an Evangelical Christian College

• 1691: John Locke, Essay on Human Understanding (Root of French Revolution)

• 18051805: : HarvardHarvard goes goes UnitarianUnitarian (Jesus is (Jesus is . . not God = denial of the Trinity) not God = denial of the Trinity)

• 18391839: Horace Mann (a Unitarian) : Horace Mann (a Unitarian) establishes government-sponsored establishes government-sponsored education (education (Public EducationPublic Education) in Mass.) in Mass.

• 18481848: Karl Marx publishes the : Karl Marx publishes the Political Political Economy. Economy. Main idea is Main idea is SocialismSocialism and and Private Property is EvilPrivate Property is Evil. .

• 18591859: Charles Darwin, : Charles Darwin, Origin of Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Racesor the Preservation of Favored Races

in the Struggle for Life =in the Struggle for Life = ((EVOLUTION = 1859!)EVOLUTION = 1859!)

• 18591859: Marx and Engels,: Marx and Engels, Das Capitol = Das Capitol = ((Socialism and abolition of private propertySocialism and abolition of private property))

• 18591859: Richard Wagner,: Richard Wagner, Tristan and Tristan and Isolde =Isolde = ((Immorality and MaterialismImmorality and Materialism))

• 1860-19001860-1900: Nietzche,: Nietzche, ((God is Dead, God is Dead, Nihilism: no meaning to lifeNihilism: no meaning to life))

IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

1925—SCOPES TRIAL1925—SCOPES TRIAL• Atheist Clarence Darrow gets William Jennings

Bryan to admit that he did not know where Cain got his wife and that he did not know how long the Genesis 1 days were, but they could be millions of years.

• Darrow’s question: “You think those were not literal days?”

• Bryan’s answer: “I do not think they were 24 hour days.” [Bryan departed from Biblical authority and students now reap the penalty.]

1925—SCOPES TRIAL1925—SCOPES TRIAL• 1925 opened the floodgates of “popular

opinion” (evolution and millions of years) versus BIBLICAL AUTHORITYBIBLICAL AUTHORITY and the Humanists

came out of the closet.

• By 1929 the first Humanist church was established and America was into the Great

Depression!

• Could the God of the Bible have been judging America’s departure into evolutionism from

BIBLICAL AUTHORITY?BIBLICAL AUTHORITY?

• 1929: First Humanist Church of N. Y. City established by Charles Francis Potter

• 1930: John Dewey = Atheist, Humanist, Pres. of The League for Industrial Demo., Public Education = Secular Humanism

• 1933: Humanist Manifesto I

• 1934: A Common Faith, John Dewey, Pub. by Yale U. Press =

Humanism is a RELIGIOUS FAITH!

THE 1960’STHE 1960’S• Mad Magazine and Johnny Carson:

There is nothing sacred!!!!

• Frank Sinatra: “I did it my way.”

• Debbie Boone: “How can it be wrong “How can it be wrong when it feels so right?”when it feels so right?”

• Invictus: “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

• 1961: (Torcaso vs Watkins) Humanism a

…. . religion protected by 1st amendment (AHA is a 501c 3 religious tax exempt non-profit)

• 1962: (Engel vs Vitale) Prayer banned

• 1963: (Abington vs Schempp) Bible reading forbidden in schools

• 1968: (Epperson vs Arkansas) Laws against teaching Evolution now unconstitutional

• 1973: Humanist Manifesto 2 + Roe v Wade = (ABORTION IS IN!)(ABORTION IS IN!)

• 1980: (Stone vs Graham) Ten Commandments out of schools

• 1982: (McLean vs Arkansas) Law mandating creation and evolution banned

• 1987: (Aguillard vs Edwards)

God Himself is out of the U.S.A.!

• 2003: Supreme court throws out Texas sodomy law and homosexuality is in.

• 2005: Court mandated murder (euthanasia) is in (Terri Schaivo).


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CULTURECULTURE

SATAN’S WORLD SYSTEM SATAN’S WORLD SYSTEM SAYS:SAYS:

• There is no right or wrong!There is no right or wrong!

• There are no absolutes!There are no absolutes!

• Everything is relative!Everything is relative!

• Who’s to say!Who’s to say!

• Whatever!Whatever!

FOUR FORBIDDEN SENTENCES!FOUR FORBIDDEN SENTENCES!

• THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG!THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG!• The major assumption behind this The major assumption behind this sentence is that the person saying it sentence is that the person saying it

is claiming he or she is right in is claiming he or she is right in saying that there is no right or saying that there is no right or

wrong! We have a statement that wrong! We have a statement that negates itself.negates itself.


• THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES!THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES!

• This sentence is intended to be This sentence is intended to be an absolute statement. If there an absolute statement. If there

are are nono absolutes, then this absolutes, then this sentence is not absolute and it sentence is not absolute and it

negates itself and means negates itself and means nothing!nothing!


• WHO’S TO SAY?WHO’S TO SAY?• This sentence intends to silence This sentence intends to silence someone who is taking a position. In someone who is taking a position. In

other words, other words, “You have no right to say “You have no right to say that!”that!” This negates itself, if no one has This negates itself, if no one has a right to take a position, then no one a right to take a position, then no one

has a right to say “Who’s to say?” has a right to say “Who’s to say?” because that because that isis taking a position!taking a position!


• EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE!EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE!• The authorial intent of this The authorial intent of this

sentence is that it is an absolute sentence is that it is an absolute statement. If everything is relative, statement. If everything is relative,

then this sentence is part of then this sentence is part of everything and is itself relative. everything and is itself relative.

Then it negates itself.Then it negates itself.

WORLDVIEWS CLASHWORLDVIEWS CLASH

• The ethics of Christianity teach moral The ethics of Christianity teach moral absolutes. Some things are always absolutes. Some things are always right and some things are always right and some things are always wrong.wrong.

• The ethics of the Humanist worldview The ethics of the Humanist worldview is called Moral Relativism. Nothing is is called Moral Relativism. Nothing is always right and nothing is always always right and nothing is always wrong. It all depends on the situation.wrong. It all depends on the situation.

EXAMPLE: ETHICS OF HUMANISTS IS MORAL RELATIVISM

• “Moral Relativism” is the idea of the Humanists that there are NO ABSOLUTES

• If a professor teaches that there are no absolutes, a pertinent question is: “Are you sure there are no absolutes, Professor?”

• Professor: “Yes, there is no such thing as an absolute, everything is relative.”

Student: “Are you absolutely sure, Professor?” Prof.: “Well aren’t you a clever student! I will

admit that there is one absolute and that is that there are no absolutes.”

Student: “Could there be two absolutes?”

Prof.: “NO!” Student: “Are you sure?”

Prof.: “Yes, of this I am sure!”

Student: “Are you absolutely sure?”

MORAL RELATIVISMSome things to as the Professor:

• “Is it a moral absolute that it is wrong for a student to murder their professor?”

• “Is it a moral absolute that the mass killings of Hitler were wrong?” [911]

• “Is it a moral absolute that we should not torture babies for fun?”

• “Is it a moral absolute that the murder of young at T. Sq., in China was wrong?”

MORAL RELATIVISMMORAL RELATIVISM: HOMOSEXUALITY IS : HOMOSEXUALITY IS AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLEAN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE

WHAT DOES THE GOD OF THE BIBLE SAY? Fellow Christians have you become

confused on this issue? There should be no confusion here!

• Genesis 13:13Genesis 13:13, Homosexuality is sin and wickedness!

• Genesis 18:20Genesis 18:20, Homosexuality is grievous sin!

• Genesis 19:7Genesis 19:7, Homosexuality is wicked!

• Leviticus 18:22Leviticus 18:22, Homosexuality is an abomination.

• Deuteronomy 23:17-18Deuteronomy 23:17-18, Homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord of Hosts.

• 1 Kings 14:241 Kings 14:24, Homosexuality(sodomy) is an abomination.

• Romans 1:24Romans 1:24, Homosexuality dishonors your own body.

• Romans1:26, Lesbianism is a “vile affection.

• Romans 1:26bRomans 1:26b Lesbianism “...is against nature.”

• Romans 1:27Romans 1:27, Homosexuality is unseemly

• Romans 1:28Romans 1:28, Homosexuality is the fruit of a “reprobate mind.”

• 1 Corinthians 6:91 Corinthians 6:9, Effeminate (“male prostitutes” NIV) and abusers of themselves with mankind (homosexuals NAS) “shall not inherit the kingdom of God”

WORLDVIEW WORLDVIEW IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCESIDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND ITS AND ITS ASSUMPTIONS DETERMINE ASSUMPTIONS DETERMINE

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

• You interpret what you see based on what you already

believe (assume).

ASSUMPTIONS DETERMINE CONCLUSIONS

• When talking with an atheist, don’t tell him/her how stupid they are for not

acknowledging the existence of God, but ask him/her “Why do you believe in

Atheism?”

• What evidence did you find that convinced you that God does not exist?

• Is there any kind of evidence about the reality of God that I might share with you

that you might consider?

• You do not claim to know everything about everything, so could God possibly exist in the sphere of things that you do not know?

• This same Atheist may tell you that language has no inherent meaning.

• This is called POSTMODERN DECONSTRUCTIONISM.

DECONSTRUCTIONISMDECONSTRUCTIONISM• Simple Def. = Simple Def. = Language means what it Language means what it

means to you=no absolute meaningmeans to you=no absolute meaning..

• Ask a Deconstructionist: “Well, if Ask a Deconstructionist: “Well, if language has no inherent meaning then language has no inherent meaning then do your statements mean anything?”do your statements mean anything?”

• ““Prof., if words have no inherent mean- Prof., if words have no inherent meaning, then why should I buy your ing, then why should I buy your

textbook or listen to your lectures? textbook or listen to your lectures? DDoes a red stop sign have any meaning oes a red stop sign have any meaning

for you, Professor?”for you, Professor?”

DECONSTRUCTIONISM IS A PART OF POSTMODERNISM

• Postmodernism is a worldview.

• Postmodernists believe that truth is created by the life story of the individual.

• A Postmodernist might say, “I have my truth and you have your truth.”

• In other words in a certain sense you create your own reality. No absolute truth.

• Quite similar to New Age in this respect.

“Dogle”

• Humanists, Marxists, etc., say: “God is dead,” or “Man is God.”

• Postmodernists agree with Humanists and Marxists that God is “dead,” but go one step farther and say of any piece of literature, art or music “The author is dead!”

• If the author is a product of his/her time, culture, language, etc., and he/she is dead—then it is impossible for the reader of their text to get into their head and understand their intentions.

• There is then no authoritative interpretation of any text. The meaning is determined by

the reader of the text!

Bill Honsberger, [email protected] says:

• “What then replaces the author’s intent, unknowable to us all? Well what is left is different versions of what is called “reader” response theory. What this means is that the reader of the text brings to the text their community’s values, language games, experiences, ethical concerns or lack thereof….

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Bill Honsberger, [email protected] says:

• The question then for example is not “What was the Apostle Paul trying to say when he speaks about propitiation in Romans 3?”, but rather “What do I/we think Paul was saying based on our community’s values and concerns. So one might answer (and they have) that as a lesbian, feminist community our understanding of the Bible is based on our values and understanding and we say that Paul is a homophobic, sexist, patriarchal evil white man, who was seeking power over us with his claims to ‘truth’.”


Bill Honsberger, [email protected] says:• I think there is a direct connection between

Nietzsche’s death of God and the Pomo writers death of the author. In both cases there is a denial of any authority (no truth giver) which or who sits above that of the autonomous human (the singular man in Existentialism and the community of humans in PostModern circles) and therefore all we are left with is the much tamer opinion or perspective. This is easily dis-missed since all have perspectives and no per-spective is any closer to an alleged “truth” than any other.


THE BIBLE IS OBJECTIVE, CERTAIN TRUE TRUTH!

• Postmodernists claim that there is no objective, certain, clear, authoritative truth.

• Notice that they must use words that are clearly understood and objective and authoritative to make their claim.

• Postmodernists disconnect from reality.

• The ultimate end of postmodern thought is that the Bible has no meaning of its own.

POSTMODERNISM PENETRATES POSTMODERNISM PENETRATES CHRISTIANITY VIA: THE CHRISTIANITY VIA: THE “EMERGING CHURCH.”“EMERGING CHURCH.”

• The “Emerging Church” movement (and The “Emerging Church” movement (and Emergent Church, USA) claims to be exiting Emergent Church, USA) claims to be exiting

“Modernism.”“Modernism.”

• Modernism is seen as a synonym for the Modernism is seen as a synonym for the Enlightenment thought of 17Enlightenment thought of 17thth -19 -19thth century century

Europe.Europe.

• Enlightenment, now called “Modernism” has Enlightenment, now called “Modernism” has been an “obstacle to church growth,” so says been an “obstacle to church growth,” so says the “evangelists” of the Emerging churchthe “evangelists” of the Emerging church

• The Emerging Church claims that Modernism (European Enlightenment Thought) was concerned with:– Truth– Certainty– Individualism– Colonialism– Objectivity– Ethical absolutes– And a host of other “evils.”

Postmodernism rejects all of the above!

• The Emerging Church is rapidly moving toward the “Mother Catholic Church.”

• Communion is now called the Eucharist.• Incense is burned to enhance worship.• Stained glass is projected for mood.• Lights are dimmed.• Candles are lit.• The Bible is de-emphasized.• Techniques of Pagan mysticism are

promoted.

HEBREWS 13:8-9

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about

with divers and strange doctrines.

GALATIANS 6:7-8

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he

also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he

that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

• The cure for the problems in The Church (of historical Christianity), according to prominent “Emerging Church” writers, is to adapt to and accept the worldview and values of the predominant postmodern culture.

• In other words, to minister to the postmodern culture we Christians must, to a great extent, live out the postmodern value system ourselves. We must become “…all things to all people.”

HANG ON A MINUTE….

1 Corinthians 9:22

“To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

Is the Apostle Paul saying in this verse that he would live out the Postmodern lifestyle to win

postmodernists to the Gospel?

I am made all things to all men,

• Is Paul saying, “I will become an alcoholic to minister to alcoholics?”

• “I will become a drug addict to minister to drug addicts.”

• “I will become a fornicator to minister to fornicators.”

• “I will become a heretic to minister to heretics.”

• “I will deny the absolute Truth of the Bible to minister to Postmodernists.”

• It is unfortunate that the phrase “all things to all men” (1 Cor. 9:22) has been used and abused by the world and made to mean what Paul did not intend for it to mean. Paul was not a chameleon who changed his message and methods with each new situation. Nor was Paul a compromiser who adjusted his message to please his audience. He was an ambassador, not a politician! Wiersbe, W. W. 1996, c1989. The Bible Exposition Commentary. "An exposition of the New Testament comprising the entire 'BE' series"--Jkt. Victor Books: Wheaton, Ill.

1 Corinthians 8:8-13• But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we

eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

• The primary purpose of Paul’s not taking full advantage of his Christian liberty was that [he] might win the more. He deeply believed that “he who is wise wins souls” (Prov. 11:30) and was willing to do anything and to sacrifice anything to win people to Jesus Christ. As far as his rights were concerned he was free from all men, but because of his love for all men he would gladly limit those rights for their sakes. He had, figuratively, become a slave to all. He would modify his habits, his preferences, his entire life–style if any of those things caused someone to stumble, to be offended, or to be hindered from faith in the Lord. MacArthur, J. 1996, c1984. 1 Corinthians. Includes indexes. Moody Press: Chicago

“I am made all things to all men,”

• What Paul means by this statement is that he will voluntarily restrain himself from certain freedoms he has in Christ so as to not offend a weaker brother!

• He is not saying that he would become a Postmodernist in order to witness to a Postmodernist!

• Paul would not support the Emerging Church.

POSTMODERNISTS CLAIM:• There are no “truths” which apply to all of us.

• There are no absolute moral standards.• There are no absolute ethical concerns.

• There is no God.• There are personal opinions.

• There are personal perspectives.• See the writings of Nietzsche, Derrida, Lyotard,

Ricouer, Foucault, Rorty, Baudrillard, etc.• Most Postmodernist thinkers are/were

disillusioned Marxists.

POSTMODERNIST POSTMODERNIST RICHARD RORTY:RICHARD RORTY:

““I might have written an I might have written an account of how even account of how even

atheists like myself are atheists like myself are impressed, improved and impressed, improved and

morally instructed by morally instructed by reading reading Pilgrim’s Progress.”Pilgrim’s Progress.”

BABOOPENQUAT?

• Disillusioned Marxists became PostModernists and now gain strength through Multiculturalism and its stepchild, Political Correctness, which is rightly labeled, “Cultural Marxism”.

• Marx and Lenin taught that, given the chance, European workers would overthrow capitalist

governments and replace them with communism.

• But after the Russian revolution of 1917 the Western European workers did not support the

Communist revolution or ideas.

• Why not?

• Christianity and its moral and ethical absolutes was the roadblock to the expansion of Marxism.

• This roadblock was noticed by two Marxist theorists in 1919: Italian, Antonio Gramsci and Hungarian, Georg Lukacs.

• These two men decided that the spread of Communism could only be accomplished if Western Christian culture was destroyed.

• Rev. Jesse Jackson “Hay, hay, ho, ho Western Civ. has gotta to go!” Rev. Jesse Jackson “Hay, hay, ho, ho Western Civ. has gotta to go!”

• So Lukacs introduced sex education into the public schools of Hungary,1919, believing that if children knew more about [those things] their lust for it would overpower their Christian morals!

• So Gramsci and Lukacs laid the groundwork to change communism from economic terms (ownership of private property is evil) into cultural terms. (tolerance, sex ed, drug ed, etc.)

• Then in 1923 at Frankfurt University in Germany the Institute for Social Research was established=The Frankfurt School.

• The Frankfurt School moved to New York City in 1933 when Hitler came to power.

• Theorists like Wilhelm Reich, Eric Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, etc.

• The Frankfurt School invented “Critical Theory” which had the goal of demonizing all traditional institutions such as family, fatherhood, patriotism, Bible-believing churches, etc.

• The Frankfurt School published “Studies in Prejudice” which taught that anyone who believes in traditional Western Christian culture is prejudiced, a “racist” or “sexist” or “fascist” or is mentally unstable.

• Mixing Freud with Marx, they perfected the technique of psychological conditioning—thus, for example, TV shows Homosexuals=normal.

• TV=Christians are crazy, intolerant fools

For example see: For example see: The HumanistThe Humanist magazine, magazine, Nov/Dec 1987Nov/Dec 1987

• Featured cover article: “Christianity and Mental Featured cover article: “Christianity and Mental Health: A Psychotherapist looks at how Health: A Psychotherapist looks at how Christianity may harm mental health,” by Dr. Christianity may harm mental health,” by Dr. Wendell Watters.Wendell Watters.

• The picture on the cover is of a church with a The picture on the cover is of a church with a person on the psychiatrist’s couch and an all-person on the psychiatrist’s couch and an all-wise-looking psychiatrist doing the counselling. wise-looking psychiatrist doing the counselling.

• Herbert Marcuse, working with Hollywood friends, became a leading “evangelist” of Cultural Marxism (Political Correctness) especially on the university campuses of USA.

• “In his book Eros and Civilization, he argued that by freeing sex from any restraints, we could elevate the pleasure principle over the reality principle and create a society with no work, only play (Marcuse coined the phrase, “Make love, not war”). Marcuse also argued for what he called “liberating tolerance,” which he defined as tolerance for all ideas coming from the Left and intolerance for any ideas coming from the

• Right. In the late 1960’s Marcuse became the chief “guru” of the New Left, and he injected the cultural Marxism of the Frankfurt School into the baby boom generation, to the point where it is now America’s state ideology.

• The next conservatism should unmask multiculturalism and Political Correctness and tell the American people what they really are: cultural Marxism. Its goal remains that Lukacs and Gramsci set in 1919: destroying Western culture and the Christian religion. [see: Wm. Lind, “Cultural Marxism” The Schwarz Report, vol. 46, No. 4, p 4. www.schwarzreport.org]

PSALM 19:7-9PSALM 19:7-9

• The law of the Lord is perfect, converting The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.making wise the simple.

• The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes.pure enlightening the eyes.

• The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.and righteous altogether.





ACCORDING TO BARNA:ACCORDING TO BARNA:

• ““Teenagers are only mirroring adult Teenagers are only mirroring adult attitudes, 96% of whom do not reflect attitudes, 96% of whom do not reflect the attitudes or actions of Jesus. We the attitudes or actions of Jesus. We are not living the faith we profess.”are not living the faith we profess.”

• So what do we all need to do?So what do we all need to do?

2 CORINTHIANS 13:52 CORINTHIANS 13:5• KJVKJV

• 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your

own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?except ye be reprobates?

• NASNAS

• Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in

you—unless indeed you fail the test?you—unless indeed you fail the test?

So what do we all need to do?So what do we all need to do?We need to examine ourselves to see if we are

truly in the Faith (saved by faith in the shed blood and death of Lord Jesus and His bodily resurrection from the dead, Romans 10:9Romans 10:9).

Examine ourselves to decide what is the predominate influence in our lives. Is it the way

of the world or the way of the Word of God?

What worldview do we actually live out in our What worldview do we actually live out in our normal, daily lives and routines?normal, daily lives and routines?

WORLDVIEW GLASSES WORLDVIEW GLASSES DETERMINE CONCLUSIONSDETERMINE CONCLUSIONS

• The worldview The worldview ideasideas of Creation or of Creation or Evolution Evolution havehave certain inherent certain inherent

consequencesconsequences..

• The The assumptionsassumptions behind the Creation/ behind the Creation/ Evolution controversy Evolution controversy determinedetermine the the

conclusionsconclusions you come to regarding the you come to regarding the origin, purpose and destiny of life in origin, purpose and destiny of life in

general and your life in particular.general and your life in particular.

According to the Bible in the Beginning According to the Bible in the Beginning everything was very good.everything was very good.

Adam was given dominion over the earth.Adam was given dominion over the earth.

Then came sin and the curse.Then came sin and the curse.

Dominion over the earth was taken from Dominion over the earth was taken from Adam and given to Satan (Matt. 4:8-10)Adam and given to Satan (Matt. 4:8-10)

John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11

• 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the the prince of this worldprince of this world be cast out. be cast out.

• 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the the prince of this worldprince of this world cometh, and hath cometh, and hath nothing in me.nothing in me.

• 11 Of judgment, because the 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this prince of this worldworld is judged. is judged.

2 Corinthians 4:3, 42 Corinthians 4:3, 4

• 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this god of this worldworld hath blinded the minds of them hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.of God, should shine unto them.

1 John 5:191 John 5:19• KJVKJV

• 19 19 AndAnd we know that we are of God, and we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickednessthe whole world lieth in wickedness..

• NASNAS

• 19 We know that we are of God, and that 19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the whole world lies in the power of the power of the the evil oneevil one. .

Ephesians 2:1, 2Ephesians 2:1, 2

• 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the prince of the power of the airair, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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SCOPES “MONKEY” TRIALSCOPES “MONKEY” TRIAL• Darwin’s theory of evolution (On the Origin of

Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life) 1859

• Scopes Trial 1925: William Jennings Bryan: Could not defend Faith—literal days of Genesis 1. Backlash of his unwillingness to submit to the authority of Scripture = God and Creation ultimately out of the classrooms of the world!

QUOTES FROM THE SCOPES TRIALQUOTES FROM THE SCOPES TRIAL

• Darrow: Question—Mr. Bryan, do you believe that Eve was the first woman?

• A—Yes.

• Q—Do you believe she was literally made out of Adam’s rib?

• A—I Do.

• Q—Did you ever discover where Cain got his wife?

• A—No sir, I leave the agnostics to hunt for her.

• Q—You have never found out?

• A—I have never tried to find.

• Q—You have never tried to find?

• A—No.

• Q—The Bible says he got one, doesn’t it? Were there other people on the earth at that time?

• A—I cannot say.

• Q—You cannot say. Did that ever enter your consideration?

• A—Never bothered me.

• Q—There were no others recorded, but Cain got a wife?

• A—That is what the Bible says. [Gen. 5:4][Gen. 5:4]

QUOTES FROM THE SCOPES TRIALQUOTES FROM THE SCOPES TRIAL

• Darrow continues—Where she came from you do not know. All right. Does the statement, “The morning and the evening were the first day,” and “The morning and the evening were the second day,” mean anything to you?

• Bryan—I do not think it necessarily means a twenty-four-hour day.

• Q—You do not?• A—No. [Ultimately God and Creation out in USA

schools!]

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WORLDVIEWS CLASHWORLDVIEWS CLASH

• The ethics of Christianity teach moral The ethics of Christianity teach moral absolutes. Some things are always absolutes. Some things are always right and some things are always right and some things are always wrong.wrong.

• The ethics of the Humanist worldview The ethics of the Humanist worldview is called Moral Relativism. Nothing is is called Moral Relativism. Nothing is always right and nothing is always always right and nothing is always wrong. It all depends on the situation.wrong. It all depends on the situation.

““Even if all the data point to an Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such an intelligent designer, such an

hypothesis is excluded from science hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic.”because it is not naturalistic.”

• Scott C. Todd, (Kansas State University Immunologist): Nature, September 30, 2000, Letters to the editor.

THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS OUT!THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS OUT!

“It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but on the contrary, that we are forced by an a priori [up front] adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mys-

tifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that

materialism is absolute, for we

cannot allow a divine foot in the door.”

Dr. Richard Lewontin, “Billions and Billions of Demons,” The New York Review, Jan. 9, 1997, p. 31

Total intolerance for even the idea

of God the Creator.

The issue is GOD!

ROMANS 1:28-32ROMANS 1:28-32 And even as they did not like to retain God in they did not like to retain God in theirtheir

knowledgeknowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient [not proper]; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

When we as a nation, a people, depart from the authority of God’s Holy Word, the Bible, starting with the book of Genesis, and we accept evolutionary thought and theory (matter is all there is, we are evolving animals, the earth is billions of years old), all manner of mischief and evil creep into our country and into our culture!

IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCESIDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

GENESIS 1:1GENESIS 1:1

““In the beginning God In the beginning God created the heaven and created the heaven and

the earth.”the earth.”

REVELATION 4:11REVELATION 4:11

““Thou art worthy, O Lord, to Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and receive glory and honour and

power: for thou hast created all power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”they are and were created.”

SATAN’S DECEPTIONSATAN’S DECEPTION• Replace Biblical Creation with millions of years

and evolution, and, next, it is easy to get God out. (Evolution = we can be here via evolution with no need for God.)

• When evolution is in and God is out, the world, the flesh and the devil rule and Satan’s deception is complete, in all its rebellion.

• The rebellion begins in the home: Pride and The rebellion begins in the home: Pride and selfishness rule (example: husbands don’t selfishness rule (example: husbands don’t

lead, children know better than parents how lead, children know better than parents how to run their lives, etc.).to run their lives, etc.).

SATAN’S DECEPTIONSATAN’S DECEPTION

• If evolution is true then Jesus is not the Creator.• If Jesus is not the Creator then He does not

have the authority and right to be the Savior.• If Jesus is not the Savior, then the Bible is If Jesus is not the Savior, then the Bible is

not true.not true.• If the Bible is not true, then let us eat, drink and

be merry for tomorrow we die.• If tomorrow we die, then all we have is the “lust

of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life…which is of the world.” 1 John 2:16

WHEN GOD IS OUT, ATHEISTIC WHEN GOD IS OUT, ATHEISTIC HUMANISM IS IN!HUMANISM IS IN!

• “Education is the most powerful ally of Humanism, and every American school is a school of Humanism. What can the theistic Sunday Schools, meeting for an hour once a week, and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teaching?” Charles Francis Potter

Humanism: A New Religion, (New York: Simon and

Schuster), 1930

““A RELIGION FOR A NEW AGE”A RELIGION FOR A NEW AGE”

The battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroompublic school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith: a religion of humanity that recognizes and respects the spark of what theologians call divinity in every human being. These teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom

instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the educational level—preschool day care or large state university. The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new—the rotting corpse of Christianity, rotting corpse of Christianity, together with all its adjacent evils and miserytogether with all its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism, resplendent in its promise of a world in which the never real- ized Christian ideal of “love thy neighbor” will finally be achieved….humanism will emerge humanism will emerge triumphant. It must if the family of humankind is triumphant. It must if the family of humankind is to survive. to survive. John Dunphy, The Humanist, (Jan. 1983, pp. 23-26)

RELIGIOUS HUMANISTS TEACH RELIGIOUS HUMANISTS TEACH EVOLUTION IN OUR SCHOOLS!EVOLUTION IN OUR SCHOOLS!

• The American Humanist Association is a religious, tax-exempt organization.

• At last notice the AHA was REGISTERED WITH THE IRS as a 501(c)3 just like our churches!

• Evolution is the faith-based religious Evolution is the faith-based religious foundation of Humanism.foundation of Humanism.

• [For more see Clergy in the Classroom: The Religion of Secular Humanism, David Noebel]

• If we call ourselves If we call ourselves “Christians” we must submit “Christians” we must submit

to the authority of God’s to the authority of God’s Word, the Bible, and it is Word, the Bible, and it is

absolutely true when it says:absolutely true when it says:

• “My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:2Psalm 121:2

• “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 124:8Psalm 124:8

• “The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.” Psalm 134:3Psalm 134:3

• “Ah Lord God! Behold. Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee.” Jeremiah 32:17Jeremiah 32:17

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.” Psalm 19:1

• “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

Hebrews 11:3

• “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth….For he spake and it was done.” Psalm 33:6,9a

WHY WOULD A TRUE CHRISTIAN BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION?

• “How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?” John 5:44

• “ “For they loved the praise of men more than For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”the praise of God.” John 12:43John 12:43

•PRIDE?PRIDE?


• Pride Pride goethgoeth before before destruction, and an haughty destruction, and an haughty

spirit before a fall.spirit before a fall.

REMEMBER REMEMBER REVELATION 4:11REVELATION 4:11

• “ “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to Thou art worthy, O Lord, to

receive receive gloryglory and honour and and honour and power: for thou hast created all power: for thou hast created all

things, and for thy pleasure things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”they are and were created.”

GOD WON’T SHARE HIS GLORY!

“[A]nd I will not give my glory unto another.”

Isaiah 48:11c

• Evolution robs God of His glory!

• Evolution steals God’s praise!

• Christian: Are you believing the words of men (evolution) or the Word of God?

• If you accept evolution, is it because of pride?

1 PETER 5:5-71 PETER 5:5-7

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be

subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the for God resisteth the

proud, and giveth grace to the humbleproud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may

exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• The God of all creation cares about us!

• The Creator-Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, loves us and wants a relationship with us.

• Christianity is not a religion, it is a Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship with our loving Lord.relationship with our loving Lord.

• “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:8-10Ephesians 2:8-10

ISAIAH 40:28ISAIAH 40:28

““Hast thou not known? hast thou Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, not heard, thatthat the everlasting the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? not, neither is weary? there isthere is

no searching of his no searching of his understanding.”understanding.”

Where is the evidence Where is the evidence that slime plus time that slime plus time produces music?produces music?

ASSUMPTION:ASSUMPTION: “Something taken for granted and supposed to be true” (Webster)

~ Evolutionist, Dr. G. A. Kerkut lists the assumptions (GUESSES) of macroevolution:

1st: Spontaneous Generation occurred. 2nd: It only occurred once: (non-life to life). 3rd: Viruses, plants and animals are all related.

[Because all come from that 1st speck of life in that primordial sea. QUESTION: What did the 1st speck of life eat?]

MacroevolutionMacroevolution is is notnot scientifically scientifically testable, verifiable, reproducible.testable, verifiable, reproducible.

– The 4th assumption: Protozoa [one cell] gave rise to Metazoa [multiple cells].

– The 5th assumption: All invertebrate [no backbone] phyla are interrelated.

– The 6th assumption: Invertebrates gave rise to the vertebrates [backbone].

– The 7th assumption: Fish to Amphibians to Reptiles to Birds and Mammals.

The 7The 7thth assumption in the words assumption in the words of evolutionist Kerkut: of evolutionist Kerkut:

– “The 7th assumption is that within the vertebrates the fish gave rise to amphibia, the amphibia to reptiles and the reptiles to birds and mammals.” [evolution in totality]

– The Creator says, “All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.”

1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 15:3915:39

ARE EVOLUTIONARY ASSUMPTIONS VALID?ARE EVOLUTIONARY ASSUMPTIONS VALID?

WHAT DO WE SEE?WHAT DO WE SEE?We see discrete entities = no duckie-chicks

or horsey-cows.

ARE EVOLUTIONARY ASSUMPTIONS ARE EVOLUTIONARY ASSUMPTIONS VALID?VALID?

• WHAT DO WE SEE?WHAT DO WE SEE?

• We see extinction of present life forms—not the emergence of new life forms.

• We see each life form producing after its own kind in the fossils and in living things. It is quite unmistakeably obvious that the missing links (code named “transitional forms”) are indeed nowhere to be found—the missing links are

truly missing! All life reproduces its own kind.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A PASSAGE OF PASSAGE OF

ROMANS 1:16, ffROMANS 1:16, ff

• 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God of Christ: for it is the power of God

unto salvation to every one that unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to believeth; to the Jew first, and also to

the Greek. 17 For therein is the the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just faith to faith: as it is written, the just

shall live by faith.shall live by faith.

• 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and heaven against all ungodliness and

unrighteousness of men, unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth who hold the truth in unrighteousness;in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed for God hath shewed itit unto them. 20 For unto them. 20 For

the invisible things of him from the creation the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, of the world are clearly seen, being being

understood by the things that are madeunderstood by the things that are made, , eveneven his eternal power and Godhead; so his eternal power and Godhead; so

that they are without excuse:that they are without excuse:

• 21 Because that, when they knew God, 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified they glorified himhim not as God, neither not as God, neither

were thankful; but became were thankful; but became vain in their vain in their imaginations,imaginations, and their foolish heart and their foolish heart

was darkened. 22 Professing was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became themselves to be wise, they became

fools, 23 And changed the glory of the fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping and fourfooted beasts, and creeping

things.things.

• 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their uncleanness through the lusts of their

own hearts, to dishonour their own own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who bodies between themselves: 25 Who

changed the truth of God into a lie, and changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature worshipped and served the creature

more than the Creator, who is blessed more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.for ever. Amen.

COULD A GIRAFFE COULD A GIRAFFE EVOLVE?EVOLVE?

The Evolution of a Creationist, p.131

IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITYIRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY

• A giraffe and a Chempedak tree are A giraffe and a Chempedak tree are irreducibly complex.irreducibly complex.

• In reducing fractions—you reduce them In reducing fractions—you reduce them down until they can be reduced no farther.down until they can be reduced no farther.

• Only the Creator could make a giraffe!Only the Creator could make a giraffe!

• Only the Lord Jesus could make a Only the Lord Jesus could make a Chempedak tree.Chempedak tree.

• Lord Jesus is the Creator: Lord Jesus is the Creator:

• John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1.John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1.

• Psalm 1 tells us there are two paths to walk on.• One of the most controversial issues today in the

schools and even in the church is that of origins. Was it God creating or was it the big bang, or was it a hybrid of both?

• Even Hollywood asks the questions:– Where did I come from?– Where am I going?– How much time do I have left?The Bible tells us the answer to those questions.Since no one was there when this universe came into being,

then it is a matter of faith: Faith in Eternal GodOr faith in eternal matter

In this series on the creation/evolution controversy certain facts will be addressed that will enable us to better understand the issues.

It’s a battle of worldviews: Our ideas DO have consequences~

Dr. Carl Sagan:Dr. Carl Sagan:

““The cosmos is all that The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever is or ever was or ever

will be.”will be.”• Cosmos, 1980. page 4





• In the Creation/Evolution controversy In the Creation/Evolution controversy the main issue is God! If there is a God the main issue is God! If there is a God then He is my Creator and Judge. The then He is my Creator and Judge. The

only way to intellectually get rid of God only way to intellectually get rid of God is to accept worldviews that are built on is to accept worldviews that are built on

evolution.evolution.

JEREMIAH 10:10-12JEREMIAH 10:10-12 “ “But the LORD But the LORD isis the true God, he the true God, he isis the living the living

God, and an everlasting kingGod, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.”stretched out the heavens by his discretion.”

ISAIAH 53:5-6ISAIAH 53:5-6Isaiah 53 speaks of Messiah Jesus: Isaiah 53 speaks of Messiah Jesus:

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all.”

ISAIAH 44:24ISAIAH 44:24

““Thus saith the LORD, thy Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I thee from the womb, I amam the the LORD that maketh all LORD that maketh all thingsthings; ;

that stretcheth forth the that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself.”abroad the earth by myself.”

The Creator, the Lord The Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ, is the Jesus Christ, is the

Redeemer!Redeemer!

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WORLDVIEW: WHAT IS IT? Dr. Jobe Martin