Title: Secular Science
Headings: Secular Science
Secular Science
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Rendered with permission from the book, Understanding the Times: The Collision of Todays Competing Worldviews (Rev. 2 nd ed), David Noebel, Summit Press, 2006. Compliments of John Stonestreet, David Noebel, and the Christian Worldview Ministry at Summit Ministries. All rights reserved in the original.
1 George Gaylord Simpson, The Meaning of Evolution (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1971), 345.
2 Humanist Manifesto I (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, [1933] 1980), 8.
3 Humanist Manifesto II (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, [1973] 1980), 17.
4 Paul Kurtz, Humanist Manifesto 2000 (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2000), 43.
5 Julian Huxley, Evolution: The Modern Synthesis (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1942), 457.
6 However, Humanists accept both the Big Bang, a one-time event, and spontaneous generation as science.
7 Ashley Montagu, ed., Science and Creationism (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1984), 183. For an in-depth study on the politicization of science and how Humanists use science to stifle dissent see Tom Bethel’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2005).
8 Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York, NY: Random House, 1980), 27.
9 Julian Huxley, “At Random,” a television preview on Nov. 21, 1959. Also, Sol Tax, Evolution of Life (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1960), 1.
10 Paul Kurtz, ed., The Humanist Alternative (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1973), 110. Two interesting developments since Flew made these remarks: (a) Dr. Flew has left his atheistic position for some form of Deism, (b) the Roman Catholic Church since the death of Pope John Paul II has staked out a more creationist position.
11 Julian Huxley, “At Random,” a television preview on Nov. 21, 1959.
12 Stephen C. Meyer, “Intelligent Design: The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories,” Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington vol. 117, no. 2 (November 30, 2005): 213–239. Available online at http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2177.
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For the Humanist, atheistic evolution is not one option among many, but rather the only option compatible with their worldview. Creationism, or Intelligent Design, is considered an enemy of science. Secular Science – The Role of Science
Humanists rely on secular science as the basic source of knowledge. They claim that a true definition of science excludes any supernatural explanation for any event occurring in nature, including the origin of life. For Humanists, the scientist must only study what takes place in nature and arrive at naturalistic explanations for all events. In this way, the supernatural is ruled out of bounds. Obviously, when one assumes that science is the best method of obtaining knowledge and that science must exclude the supernatural, one cannot accept supernatural explanations for the origin of life. Julian Huxley sums it up: “ Modern science must rule out special creation or divine guidance.” 5
Why must “modern” science rule out creation?