Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. JEREMIAH 17v5-10

Humanist Manifesto 2000 “A Call for a New Planetary Humanism” Drafted by Professor Paul Kurtz, International Academy of Humanism, USA 1. Preamble Humanism is an ethical, scientific, and philosophical outlook that has changed the world. Its heritage traces back to the philosophers and poets of ancient Greece and Rome, Confucian China, and the Charvaka movement in classical India. Indeed, humanism and modernism have often seemed synonymous for humanist ideas and values express a renewed confidence in the power of human beings to solve their own problems and conquer uncharted frontiers.

DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY ON ALL LEVELS HUMANISM IN THEORY IS: FAITH IN MAN IN PRACTICE IS: DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY ON ALL LEVELS

“Hath God Said ?” “Did God Say That ?” ADAM/EVE - Autonomy & Situational Ethics CAIN - Self-Serving Worship NIMROD - Equality With God SOLOMON - Moral And Cultural Relativism

The Deception of Eve Genesis 3:4-5 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5

The Serpent’s Lie Today

CAIN - Genesis 4:1-7 V3 - all about the offering V5 - Cain used “liberty” for “acceptability” Heb 11:4 Abel: “a more excellent sacrifice” V5,8 - Effect: anger and murder Cain kept the flesh alive instead of sacrificing it Point: Self-serving worship led to the first murder.

The Voice of Humanism Genesis 11:3,4,6 “And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly, And they had brick for stone, and slime they had for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language: and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.” Genesis 11:3,4,6

WHERE IS THE AUTHORITY ? HEAVEN OR MEN ? And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? Matthew 21:23-25