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The reason secularists try to mix artificial ingredients such as hope into their distasteful recipe is because, as creatures made in the image of God, they know, deep down, that this world is not all that there is. In fact, they know the God they continue to shun (Rom. 1:18–21).
- The Religion of Secularism by Burk Parsons - Ligonier Ministries
Secularism is the belief that man does not need God or God's...
- Secularism in the Church by George Grant - Ligonier Ministries
Secularism in the Church. Secularism has always been hard to...
- The Religion of Secularism by Burk Parsons - Ligonier Ministries
- Who Should Define Themselves as “Secular”?
- Can One Be Both Secular and Religious?
- What, and in What, Do Secular Jews Believe?
- Secular Jews and Jewish Civilization
- Jewish Secular Humanism
Secular can be defined most simply as “nonreligious.” If you believe that the idea of a God is irrelevant to your life, either because you do not believe in a God, or because you think that even if a God exists, he (or she) is not the kind of being that controls the universe and your own life, then you are a secularist. Many Jews who belong to reli...
There are secular Jews who call themselves religious because they define religion differently from the popular notion. They may say, for instance, that a religious attitude is a spiritual one: not just going beyond crass materialism, but relating to nature and to society in a way appreciative of beauty, external and internal; for example, experienc...
However, there are issues underlying this play with semantics that are of considerable importance. Do secularists “possess” spirituality? Do secularists “believe”? Are there things that are “holy” for them? Indeed, secularists believe. They believe in individual and social morality and do the best they can to build a slightly better society than we...
We secular Jews know that the Jews are a people whose civilization is the result of a very long and very impressive history. We have no problem in principle (though there are many practical problems of great complexity) in peeling off the religious component from the Jewish heritage. We have no need to impute to our ancestors’ attitudes that belong...
In Jewish religious tradition, the emphasis was on humans. Our old texts — not only the Bible, but the Mishnah Pronounced: MISH-nuh, Origin: Hebrew, code of Jewish law compiled in the first centuries of the Common Era. Together with the Gemara, it makes up the Talmud. and the rest of the Talmud Pronounced: TALL-mud, Origin: Hebrew, the set of teach...
- Yehuda Bauer
Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently good or evil, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature. Rather, the humanist life stance emphasizes the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ...
Secularists, on the other hand, claim that the separation of church and state provides the best framework for upholding the rights and freedoms of all citizens regardless of their religion or belief. This article explores the key themes and debates around the concept of secularism.
Oct 1, 2014 · Karen Armstrong appears to have confused religion with politics: to believe in a god is primitive, to ablate female genitalia is an abhorrence and, at the risk of confusing religion with culture ...
