Humanism and Religion: A Defence of Christianity Against Agnostic Atheism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v2i6.666Keywords:
spiritual-morality, election, honor, politeness, roots, repetitionAbstract
This exercise sets out to explore the philosophy of Humanism in its various manifestations and to subject the secular humanist theses of agnosticism and atheism through the anvil of philosophical disquisition to test their consistency and logical viability especially in the light of the belief system of Christianity. The major methods of analysis and criticism were utilized to achieve the core objective of the essay as spelled out above.
Some of the concluding inferences distilled include the illogicality of the theses of agnosticism and atheism and the position that the very supernaturalism which secular humanism attempts to negate appears to be an inescapable and inevitable albatross which if negated will render humanism devoid of its sun and thus susceptible to a possible extinction.
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