The Theologian's Table

Examining the Morality of Secular Humanism and Defending the Christian Worldview Introduction The narrative of the Old Testament tells the story of relationship between God and Israel. Through the Torah we see how humankind was formed, how, Israel was formed, captivated, and then liberated. That is not all, however, that reader learns about. In the Torah, as well as the prophets, the reader finds many stories of how God’s people try to skirt around serving him, or even trying to outwit him, such as in the case of Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22). Yet the reader also sees in these stories of how the truth of God always wins the day. In contemporary times, the creatures of God, humanity, continue the same behavior of human cleverness of the Israelites so that they can avoid the truth. One of the most prevalent movements of this behavior is what is known as Secular Humanism. The philosophy of secular humanism has devised a complex and even sometimes compelling system that completel...

     When my son was around 3 years old one of his favorite movies was Lady and the Tramp 2. In this movie, the son of the the title dogs was a rambunctious little guy and he would get into all sorts of trouble. At one point in the film the puppy exclaimed, "Are there are is rules, rules, rules" and then he ran away from home. Funnily enough my son parroted the line at me when he got in trouble one day, needless to say I didn't let him watch the movie as much after that. The Situation in Leviticus Imagine yourself among a massive expanse of people, so massive that the ruler of the foreign land you just left feared your people's number so much that he had all of the youngest offspring killed. Now your nation is traveling the desert towards a land that was promised to you by God. The logistics of this whole exodus are mind-numbingly incomprehensible to you and people are getting sick, people are getting tired, people are getting lawless. To top it off, you...