See! No Evil!

Secular intellectuals

The main difference between the Judeo-Christian worldview and the secular humanist worldview is how both groups see human nature. Those who possess a Judeo-Christian worldview see human nature as being contaminated by sin (evil), while those who possess a secular worldview see human nature as intrinsically good.

Here's what the Bible says about human nature: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." (Romans 3:23-24) And it says this: "The heart is more deceitful than all else, and is desperately wicked; Who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)

Secular humanists, who consist primarily of atheists and leftists, view human nature very differently. They believe that all human beings are born basically good and do bad things when they're corrupted by the world. If that's true then that presents a serious problem. Where did evil come from if all human beings are born good? That doesn't make any sense. 

But it makes perfect sense to humanists who refuse to recognize the inherent sinful nature in human beings. Whenever someone commits a heinous act, that person is often labeled as mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. And the emotional malady is usually attributed to something that person experienced in the world. Again: If human beings are born basically good, then the world should be a paradise. But it isn't. 

The latest example of the secular worldview being used to cover up evil is the recent attack by Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, the Islamist mujahid who shot up two military recruiting centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four marines and a navy petty officer. Though Abdulazeez's religion is the reason why he attacked the two centers, America's secular media are now trying to blame his actions on "mental illness." 

From Brian Ross at ABC News: He was a man with serious mental illness, depressed and conflicted, a devout Muslim who regularly violated his faith by smoking marijuana and drinking heavily, but not anti-American or connected to ISIS. 

That is the portrait the family of 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez has painted for FBI agents trying to learn why he went on a spree of violence last week that resulted in the deaths of five uniformed members of the military in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Law enforcement officials told ABC New the family has been fully cooperating in the investigation. The FBI said it has yet to see any evidence Abdulazeez was connected to ISIS or any other terror group.

Then there was the recent massacre in Charleston, South Carolina where a white supremacist named Dylann Roof gunned down nine people in a black church. Here's what Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow wrote about Roof: Dylann Roof, who allegedly shot and killed nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., showed all the signs of severe and worsening mental illness. We know, of course, that Roof expressed hateful white supremacist opinion. But we also know that psychiatrically ill people can channel their paranoia or depression or extreme self-loathing into bizarre beliefs that sometimes lead to the destruction of others. Those beliefs can look just like intense hatred — of a particular person or a whole race of people.

And of course, much of the secular media remain convinced that James Holmes, the man who killed 12 people in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in 2012, is insane, despite Holmes' court-appointed psychiatrist who declared him completely sane and rational. 

Another component of the secular worldview is Charles Darwin's theory of Natural Selection, the belief that human beings are evolving toward perfection. That's difficult to believe considering the current events going on in the world. Human beings are becoming more violent and depraved, and only a fool would believe otherwise.

And why are people becoming so depraved? Because they've become ignorant of God and have rejected His laws and wisdom in the Bible. The apostle Paul revealed what happens to people who reject God: "Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." (Romans 1:28-32)

That's the real worldview. When we acknowledge that, we fear God and respect His laws and authority. And we have law and order.

But when we ignore that for mythical worldviews that absolve human beings of their sinful nature, then evil ensues. Every time. As Solomon wrote: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." (Proverbs 1:7)