Why Humanism Fails

Humanism is the philosophy that says, “Man is the measure of all things.” Today, R.C. Sproul explains that when we place man, not God, at the center of our thinking, humanity loses all value, dignity, and meaning.

Humanism could only emerge from a society that had previously been committed to a meaningful origin and a meaningful destiny to the human race. Humanism has rejected Christianity, not realizing that they have rejected the very foundation for the humanity that they seek to extol. And I say to the humanist with all cynicism, If I come from nothing, if I’m going to nothing, I am nothing. And why should I care who sits in the front of the bus or on the back of the bus? Why do I care whether it’s White germs or Black germs that have rights in this world?

I keep asking the humanist to give me a reason for his faith. I keep asking the humanist to give me one reason why I should treat any human being with dignity other than that he simply has the preference that I do it. You see that humanism is based on sentimentality. It has no metaphysical foundation, no epistemological foundation, and certainly no theological foundation. It is an anthropology with no support.