Secular Risks
Believes science is the only path to all knowledge.
What is Scientism?
Process of constant history struggle toward a goal.
What is Dialectical Materialism?
Conflict between personal truth and inescapable cosmic law.
What is the Karmic Dilemma?
Small narratives that replace the big "Grand Narrative"
What are little narratives?
Ethics grounded in God’s essential and knowable nature.
What is Character-based ethics?
Using Christian values while rejecting the divine foundation.
What is the Borrower's Dilemma?
The "property-owning class" target of Marxist revolution.
Who are the Bourgeoisie?
Believes all is one and evil is an illusion.
What is Monism?
Philosopher who argued words are tools, not mirrors
Who is Richard Rorty?
Moral status based solely on what God decrees.
What is Divine Command/Decree theory?
Van Til's metaphor for secularists using God's order.
What is sitting in God’s lap to slap Him?
Emotion viewed as essential fuel for the revolution.
What is hatred? (or envy)
Inescapable cosmic law of cause and effect.
What is Karma?
Reasoning that starts with a desired social end goal.
What is backward reasoning?
Midwives used this to uphold a higher law of life.
What is righteous deception?
He advocated using "love" as a flexible moral standard.
Who is Joseph Fletcher?
Power "untrameled by the law and based on violence".
What is the dictatorship of the proletariat?
Actress who says free will is realizing you are God.
Who is Shirley MacLaine?
The goal of morality in the community narrative.
What is consensus/negotiation?
Model who reveals eternal goodness rather than defining it.
Who is Jesus?
Humanist who admitted no ultimate basis for "ought".
Who is Paul Kurtz?
Estimated death toll attributed to international communism.
What (or how much) is 100 million?
New Age view of Hitler’s actions as non-evil.
What are mistakes?
The non-existent "umpire" Rorty says we cannot use.
What is absolute truth?
Exemplar whose actions constitute and define morality.
Who is Muhammad?