Is It Secularism?

A local columnist recently argued in the local paper that “a public school must be a secular school.”  The Cambridge Dictionary defines secular as “not having any connection with religion.”

And yet, it is impossible to be separate from “religion” in any sphere of life, public schools or otherwise.  As human beings, we are incurably religious.  We religiously think and act according to our private beliefs and worldviews.

Interestingly, the first so-called “secularist” was the first human man, Adam.  He was created in God’s image and was designed to believe in, willingly serve and love his Creator.  At the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, his love for, and obedience to God was put to the test.  He was commanded not to eat of the fruit.  But Adam chose poorly, not believing, or obeying God, reasoning that he would be better off without living under God’s terms and conditions.  He believed he could be his own god, that he could be autonomous, that he could live “religiously” under his own terms and conditions.

In reality, “secularism” is not just the so-called separation of church and state (Jefferson’s phrase, not the Constitution), it’s the religion of willful and sinful separation of the creature from his Maker with respect to belief and obedience.  The secularist defines his own morality and is pridefully offended by any claims of his Creator.  And so, God’s designs for marriage, gender and the dignity and sanctity of life (born and pre-born) are jettisoned.  It’s the religion of “self,” expressing itself with “My body,” “my rights,” etc.  It’s “all about me” with no moral anchor, because it’s an invented self-serving construct.  It’s a religion that ultimately offers nothing in the end.
The writer dismissed those who believe that “a nation must have a particular moral code in order to survive and thrive,” a statement in complete contradiction with founding father John Adams’ assertion that, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”  Those characteristics are profoundly necessary for a self-governing nation.

Secular man in his arrogance thinks he can create his own utopia, but 1000’s of years of human history have overwhelmingly proven him wrong.