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A Humanism that is not based on belief in absolute truth and respect for all forms of human life will eventually turn murderous towards those who hold to that belief. Such Humanism will eventually become as inhuman as any totalitarian system in human history because it has no supremely transcendent foundation on which to value a person’s worth. If contemporary apostles of militant secularism finally gain the reigns of power they seek their philosophy will finally transmute into one that cannot tolerate the presence of those who hold to a transcendent morality. All of their "new order’s" supposedly progressive celebration of toleration and "diversity" will ultimately devolve into a genocidal spirit of hatred towards those who criticize the system from the standpoint of monotheistic faith.

True human rights are a function of the value that all persons derive from being made in the image of the God of the Bible. This is why the only true Humanism has developed most effectively and completely in Judeo-Christian societies. All of the great campaigns to better the rights of the individual, from the abolition of slavery to the institution of political guarantees of freedom of expression and conscience, have been marshaled by those who have been inspired by the worth assigned to human beings by God. This historical fact has been either forgotten or ignored by those who like to condemn as purveyors of intolerance and hatred those who worship Him.

The level of hatred that exists among secular elites towards religious belief, particularly theistic religious belief, is profoundly disturbing. It is not an exaggeration to say that many secularists would like to see such religious conviction disappear from the face of the earth. Of course the only way that will happen is for those who stubbornly hold to this conviction to disappear as well.

It has become fashionable for conservatives to say that the only absolute truth left in Western society is the belief that there is no absolute truth. We may smile at what a clever observation this is and how effective it can be in getting one-up in debates with the other side, but we would do well to consider what our championing of this proposition will finally provoke. Those who do not want to acknowledge truth will not acknowledge truth no matter how clever we are in presenting it. We will only enrage those who have decidedly closed their minds and hearts to the possibility that they may be fatally wrong in their assumptions. When people who value self-sovereignty above all else are confronted with the fact that they are in rebellion against God, and are in danger of judgment by that God, they can respond in only two ways. One way is to repent, the other is to demonize those who witness to this reality and seek to silence them, by whatever means necessary.

If this sounds extreme remember that prohibitions against the taking of human life are sustained by religious underpinnings and always have been. Take away these underpinnings and the entire structure of human rights will utterly collapse. Once this happens all that will remain is the primacy of personal power and our natural tendency to abuse that power. Combine this with our other tendency towards bloodlust and the scenario for those who stand against an ascendant radical secularism becomes clear.

We who contend for the human race’s accountability to its Creator should not harbor any illusions. As Western society continues to travel down the path it has in recent history a time will eventually come when it becomes corporately captive to the preservation of the "imperial self" at all costs. When this happens those who champion absolute truth, and the God who embodies that truth, will be treated as a threat that must be ruthlessly eliminated.

If and when this happens Humanism will turn lethal.