Originally Posted by Bryant Platt:
Lets try this from a different direction. Why would secular humanism be more welcoming to someone who violated another's right to life than your "true Christians?"
They wouldnt because of the smear campaign on against Christianity and family values.
Secular humanists generally dont believe in the concept of God or sin in a person's life. It specifically rejects religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience or superstition as the basis of morality and decision-making. Secular Humanism does not prescribe a specific theory of morality or code of ethics. As stated by the Council for Secular Humanism,
It should be noted that Secular Humanism is not so much a specific morality as it is a method for the explanation and discovery of rational moral principles.
Christian ethics developed while Early Christians were subjects of the Roman Empire. From the time Nero blamed Christians for setting Rome ablaze (64 AD) until Galerius (311 AD) and the Peace of the Church (313 AD), persecutions against Christians erupted periodically. Consequently, Early Christian ethics included discussions of how believers should relate to Roman authority and to the empire.
Christian ethics in general has tended to stress the need for grace, mercy, and forgiveness because of human weakness. With divine assistance, the Christian is called to become increasingly virtuous in both thought and deed.
Paul taught (Romans 2:14) that God has written his moral law in the hearts of all men, even of those outside the influence of Christian revelation; this law manifests itself in the conscience of every man and is the norm according to which the whole human race will be judged on the day of reckoning. Paul writes that in consequence of people's perverse inclinations, this law has become, to a great extent, obscured and distorted.
Secular Humanists, who generally do not accept that God even exists, reject this view. But Matt 4:17 tells us that by their 'fruits' ye shall know them. Thats good sense imo. So we must now look at religious family oriented programming on tv and in film and compare that to secular programming. I'm not talking about sermons or evangelists. I'm talking about programs like: Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, Gunsmoke, and other family valued programming.
Compare that to Family Guy, "True Blood", Glee, and others.
By Jennifer Crossley,
Staff Writer
A family sits down to watch TV on a weekday evening. On NBC, a couple that just met goes to bed. Click. A 1970s neighborhood hosts a swingers party on CBS. Neighbors smile as they drop their keys into a bowl. Viewers will see who goes home with who at the end of the episode. Click.
Such scenes create awkward situations for some families, prompting premature discussions with children about the birds and the bees. Some parents are furious at networks for airing explicit programming during the family hour and demand government regulation.
On Aug. 5, (2008)the nonpartisan Parents Television Council (PTC) released a study on the absence of marital sex on prime-time network TV that found references to adultery outnumbered marital sex two to one. Numerous instances of talk about sexual behavior also were recorded by the council. The study's summary claims that networks are trying to paint marriage in a negative light by glorifying sex outside of marriage.
"Our goal is not to censor what's on TV, it's just to move it to when our children are not watching," said George Goff, director of the PTC's North Alabama chapter.
Past studies have indicated that kids exposed to sex on TV will become sexually active earlier than kids who were not exposed and will have a higher risk of catching an STD. TV's influence on children is evident in school, said Dr. Kenny Barfield, principal of Mars Hill Bible School.
"I think you can see the media's reflected in culture the way children behave and the remarks they make in class," he said.
GLAAD released a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. Primetime programming on the five broadcast networks was evaluated as well as original primetime programming on 10 of the highest-rated cable networks. MTV was rated highest in their view.
By their fruits you shall know them...
I just saw something that shocks me
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