AIG 2/27/04

AIG on or about 2/27/04 wrote again to its faithful and gullible
supporters. My comments in CAPS:

Q: What is a ‘Christian humanist’?

PERHAPS IT IS A CHRISTIAN WHO ACCEPTS AND SUPPORTS THE GREAT HUMANIST
IDEALS, ONES ESPOUSED PARTICULARLY BY CHRIST. AMONG THESE ARE THE
ADMONITION OF MICAH 6:8:

WHAT DOES THE LORD DESIRE OF YOU?

1. DO JUSTICE
2. LOVE MERCY
3. WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.

A HUMANIST, BY DEFINITION, DESIRES THE BEST FOR HUMAN BEINGS. FREEDOM,
RESPECT, DIGNITY, SUPPORT FROM OTHERS, ETC.

BUT TO AIG, A HUMANIST IS SIMPLY ONE WHO HAS IDEAS ABOUT HUMAN
REPRODUCTION AND SEXUAL PRACTICES THAT ARE NOT IN LINE WITH
FUNDAMENTALIST DOGMA.

A: Have you noticed that when it comes to moral issues, so many of our
leaders in government and education seem to side with humanists?

ACTUALLY, NOT AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE, ALTHOUGH THEIR WORDS ARE OFTEN
"CORRECT."

BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO GOOD THINGS:

I AM REMINDED OF THE LATE PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WHO DID THE "CHRISTIAN
HUMANIST" THING WHEN HE RAMMED THROUGH A CONTROVERSIAL CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
IN THE 60S.

I AM REMINDED OF THE ACTIONS OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHOSE "CHRISTIAN
HUMANISM" LED THE NATION INTO CARING FOR ITS ELDERLY WITH THE SOCIAL
SECURITY LEGISLATION OF THE 30S.

I AM REMINDED OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE "TRUST BUSTING" OF THE EARLY
20TH CENTURY.

I AM REMINDED OF THE "CHRISTIAN HUMANISM" OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, WHEN HE
WARNED US OF THE DANGERS OF TOO STRONG A MILITARY.

I AM REMINDED OF THE "CHRISTIAN HUMANISM" OF JIMMY CARTER, AS HE
NEGOTIATED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT IN THE 70S.

NIXON, BUSH MAY ALSO HAVE EXHIBITED "CHRISTIAN HUMANISM," BUT AT THE
MOMENT I CANNOT THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES.

Not only do they side with them, but you’ll find that many of our leaders
attend church and claim to be Christians. Why do leaders in the church
often side with the humanists on moral issues such as homosexual
behavior, abortion, and so on?

HOMOSEXUAL ACTIONS AND ABORTION SEEM TO BE WHAT AIG THINKS CHARACTERIZE A
"HUMANIST." AIG ALSO SEEMS TO CLAIM THAT A CHRISTIAN MUST HAVE ONE
SPECIFIC POSITION (THE SAME AS AIG'S) ON THESE ISSUES.

THEY ARE WRONG ON BOTH COUNTS. BUT THEY HAVE SET UP A STRAWMAN WHICH THEY
WILL NOW DEMOLISH.

The main reason is that the church, by and large, has accepted
evolutionary ideas. That may be surprising, but think about it: people
have been taught that God’s Word, and particularly the book of Genesis
must be reinterpreted on the basis of man’s evolutionary ideas. They’ve
been trained to think that their opinions are a higher authority than
God’s Word. As a result, they do not use God’s Word as the foundation for
their thinking.

AIG, OF COURSE, BLAMES THE FACT OF EVOLUTION FOR THE ILLS THEY HAVE SET
UP AS A STRAWMAN. SENTENCES 1 AND 2 (ABOVE) ARE CORRECT, OF COURSE.
SENTENCE 2 WOULD ALSO BE ACCURATE IF IT READ: "That may be surprising,
but think about it: people have been taught that God’s Word, and
particularly the book of Genesis must be reinterpreted on the basis of
man’s SCIENTIFIC ideas.

IF YOU DISCARD WHAT WE KNOW TODAY (SCIENTIFICALLY) ABOUT THE PHYSICAL
WORLD, THE BIBLE SIMPLY TURNS INTO A BOOK OF MAGIC. MAGIC, BY THE WAY,
THAT JUST DOES NOT WORK.

Also, most of these people have also been trained in a public education
system that’s anti-God. They think in terms of a secular worldview.

AIG CALLS PUBLIC EDUCATION, IN WHICH MOST OF OUR TEACHERS ARE CHRISTIANS,
AS "ANTI-GOD." THAT REALLY DENIGRATES A MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS, DOESN'T
IT?

In a real sense, we could say that the church is producing
humanistic-thinking Christians—thus my term ‘Christian humanists.’ The
church needs to find its answers in God’s Word, beginning with Genesis,
and abandon compromise.

AIG, AGAIN, INSISTS THAT GENESIS, NOT JESUS CHRIST, IS THE BEGINNING OF
"RIGHT THINKING" CHRISTIANITY. THEY ALSO, IN THE ABOVE, CLAIM THAT ANYONE
WHO DOES NOT FOLLOWING THEIR PARTY LINE IS "COMPROMISING." THIS LACK OF
RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERING VIEWS PERMEATES THEIR PROPAGANDA.

Quotable quote:
‘Scientists are accustomed to lack of knowledge. It is their aim to
steadily reduce that lack. To suppose that because we don't know we must
assume a “Creator” is to give up the game to settle for ignorance.’

-Isaac Asimov, Science Digest, p.82, October 1981.

NOT AT ALL A BAD QUOTE. IT SAYS NOTHING, OF COURSE, ABOUT GOD, PRO OR
CON. BUT AIG, WITH THEIR BLINDERS ON, CANNOT RECOGNIZE THIS ELEMENTARY
FACT.

AIG CONTINUES TO PACK AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORDS INTO THE SMALLEST
POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF RATIONAL THOUGHT.

Burgy

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Received on Mon Jun 7 14:02:59 2004