Dismantling a Secular Humanist Book for Younger Readers

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen 

Regular readers know that I encourage people to ask questions and use critical thinking skills. This time, I will demonstrate that in the first part of this post — regarding a creation science article. Yes, I am questioning one of our own.

The article linked below is about a book for younger readers and material taught to them in public schools. It almost got by me because it fit in with my existing information, but I wanted more. The introductory generalities do not rightly set well with me, but the rest has good information.

USSR school, Wikimedia Commons / Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0), creepy Darwin added

Dr. Jerry Bergman is the author of the article, and there can be no doubt that he is exceptionally well-educated and brilliant. He has written scores of books and articles on creation science and other topics. Answers in Genesis, like other creation science ministries, has editors that check submissions before publication. Those things make certain aspects of the article puzzling.

I could be wrong. Dr. Bergman says the book is a popular textbook, but I could find nothing to support that claim. It is indeed written for younger people. Also, what he discusses fits right well with indoctrination efforts by sidewinders in the American public school system. The author, Stephen Law, is a philosopher from England. From what I understand, secular humanist indoctrination is common in England, America, and other places around the world. At any rate, this seems to be a popular book, not a textbook. The article is still worth examining.

Since logical thinking is not taught so much in public school systems, students are more prone to indoctrination — whether within the system or from outside. Dr. Law appeals to what "scientists say" about the origin of the universe: The Big Bang. Despite the First Law of Thermodynamics, matter supposedly popped into existence out of nothing. He also ridicules the idea of an intelligent designer with false comparisons and incomplete information, which Dr. Bergman easily negates. While Law praises evolution, Bergman shows that creation is the better explanation for life and diversity.

What will your children be taught in public school this fall? The research is abundant and unequivocally clear. Instead of educating, many public schools now indoctrinate with the secular humanist worldview and against the Christian worldview. The indoctrination is often subtle and, therefore, usually more effective. Increasingly, due to the enormous growth of secularism in the past decade and the antagonism of powerful secular organizations such as the powerful ACLU and the teachers’ unions, school textbooks are becoming less subtle, openly pushing Darwinian atheism and condemning any alternative view.

One example is a popular textbook by Stephen Law, titled Really, Really Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything, which begins by asking the student, “Have you ever wondered: Where did everything come from? Did someone design the universe?” Then Law explained the question in more detail:

Despite the flaws mentioned earlier, the discussion about this book is worth reading. To do so, saddle up and ride over to "What Your Children Learn in Public Schools." Also recommended: “Help! My College Student Is Questioning His Faith!”