There's a new humanist ad campaign hitting town:  "Why believe in a god?  Just be good for goodness' sake."  AP reports:  "God humbug:  Humanist holiday ads say just be good"  The ads will be running on DC busses next week. 

If you're not familiar with humanism, you should be.  It's the dominant philosophy of America these days.  Don't confuse it for humanitarianism, which is someone who helps another human out.  Humanists, well-stated by Wikipedia, "affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality."  It's essentially Christian values divorced from God. 

In America, it grew from the nihilistic philosophies of Nietche.  According to nihilists, without God, there is no purpose, no reason for doing anything, no good, no bad.  We came from nothing, and will return to nothing.  The universe began in an explosion and will die a slow and cold death.  Whatever you do, it doesn't matter.  It's a naturally depressive view. 

Humanists put a positive spin on this:  help other humans out.  But if you came from nothing and will return to nothing, the glaring question is:  why?  Who defines "good" and "bad?"  Without an objective Lawgiver, one man's "good" is another man's "evil."  The ad should say "Why believe in a god?  Just do whatever you want."  A critic in the article said it rightly:  "How do we define 'good' if we don't believe in God?  God in his word, the Bible, tells us what's good and bad and right and wrong.  If we are each ourselves defining what's good, it's going to be a crazy world."  Divorcing God from these "good" morals has led some philosophers to say humanists have "both feet firmly planted in mid-air."  It's a bit startling, then, to read this:

"Edwords said the purpose isn't to argue that God doesn't exist or change minds about a deity, although "we are are trying to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people's minds." "

Last month, the British Humanist Association announced a similar campaign on London buses with the message:  "There's probably no God.  Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."  But the same question remains:  why?

Christians:  Be on alert.  Don't forget your Duty.  Meet irrationality with the rational message of the Gospel.  For those seeking to resolve the paradox above, here's the answer: