Tim LaHaye

In the following viewpoint, Tim LaHaye argues that secular humanism is a dangerous worldview that exalts man’s knowledge rather than God’s wisdom. This atheistic and amoral philosophy has infiltrated government, education, and popular culture, and is currently causing a moral decline in the United States and the Western world, contends LaHaye. He maintains that reversing the damage caused by secular humanism will require Bible-believing Christians to pray, become politically active, and educate themselves and others about current events. LaHaye, a conservative evangelical Christian minister and educator, is coauthor of the Left Behind fiction series.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In LaHaye’s opinion, what five major tenets is secular humanism based on?
2. What are some of humanism’s buzzwords, according to LaHaye?
3. In the author’s view...