Secularism
This worldview is blamed by Secularism for all the worst aspects of the Western world.
What is Christianity
True or false, secularism believes religion should have a major influence on education and government?
False, religion should not have...
An atheistic and materialistic worldview that advocates for a public society free from the influence of religion.
What is the Secularist Worldview?
Secularism sees these 2 fields of study as opposed to each other.
What is science and religion?
These 2 aspects of life are Secularism's primary concern.
What is the current age and human beings?
This is the primary document that details the beliefs and agenda of Secular Humanism.
What is the Humanist Manifesto?
Secularism sees the world without appealing to this...
Who is God or What is Religion?
This is the idea that only the physical world exists.
What is materialism?
Secularists blame Christianity for these to major historical events.
What is the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages?
True or False, secularism encourages teaching evolution as a theory in the education system.
False, ...teaching evolution as a fact.
Secularists believe that this concept is the only measurement we can use to know anything.
What is the scientific method?
This term refers to to bias, misleading, and/or manipulating information disseminated with the goal of persuading an specific opinion or action.
What is propaganda?
This American institution is most dominated by Secularism.
What is Education?
These 3 men are some of the most prominent Secular Humanists.
Who are John Dewey, Francis Crick, and B.F. Skinner?
Though secularism is now a comprehensive worldview it started as this...
What is a political theory?
The theory of evolution has significant implication on these 4 areas of life
What is Ethics, sociology, law and politics?
According to Secularism this is the only way to gain knowledge
What is science?
Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin share this type of religious view.
What is deism, deists?
This belief says that all phenomena can be explained by natural causes.
What is naturalism?
This idea, embraced by Secularists, claims that human beings are composed of only one substance - matter.
What is mind/body monism?
According to Secularism, this is the biggest problem facing humanity?
What is humanities enchantment with spiritual things?
Secularism's view of history as the story of development is best summarizes in these 4 progressions.
What is non-life to life, unintelligent to intelligent, animal to human, and amoral to moral?
This book can be summarized in this quote, "No deity will save us, we must save ourselves."
What is the Humanist Manifesto?
The adherence to evolution theory and limiting one's view of reality to only the physical world is described as this type of ideology.
What is Materialism?
These 4 men are known as "New Atheists".
Who is Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens