Consider:
The missing element in every human 'solution' is an accurate definition of the creature.
The way we define 'human' determines our view of self,others, relationships, institutions, life, and future. Many problems in human experience are the result of false and inaccurate definitions of humankind premised in man-made religions and humanistic philosophies.
Human knowledge is a fraction of the whole universe. The balance is a vast void of human ignorance. Human reason cannot fully function in such a void; thus, the intellect can rise no higher than the criteria by which it perceives and measures values.
Humanism makes man his own standard of measure. However, as with all measuring systems, a standard must be greater than the value measured. Based on preponderant ignorance and an egocentric carnal nature, humanism demotes reason to the simpleton task of excuse-making in behalf of the rule of appetites, desires, feelings, emotions, and glands.
Because man, hobbled in an ego-centric predicament, cannot invent criteria greater than himself, the humanist
lacks a predictive capability. Without instinct or transcendent criteria, humanism cannot evaluate options with
foresight and vision for progression and survival. Lacking foresight, man is blind to potential consequence and
is unwittingly committed to mediocrity, collectivism, averages, and regression - and worse. Humanism is an unworthy worship.
The void of human ignorance can easily be filled with a functional faith while not-so-patiently awaiting the
foot-dragging growth of human knowledge and behavior. Faith, initiated by the Creator and revealed and validated in His Word, the Bible, brings a transcendent standard to man the choice-maker. Other philosophies and religions are man-made, humanism, and thereby lack what only the Bible has:
1.Transcendent Criteria and 2.Fulfilled Prophetic Validation.
The vision of faith in God and His Word is survival equipment for today and the future. Only the Creator, who made us in His own image, is qualified to define us accurately.
Human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of Criteria. Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic is, and of Right ought to be, the natural
foundation of his environments, institutions, and respectful relations to his fellow-man. Thus, he is orien-
ted to a Freedom whose roots are in the Order of the universe.
That human institution which is structured on the principle, "...all men are endowed by their Creator with
...Liberty...," is a system with its roots in the natural Order of the universe. The opponents of such a system are necessarily engaged in a losing contest with nature and nature's God. Biblical principles are still today the foundation under Western Civilization and the American
way of life. To the advent of a new season we commend the present generation and the "multitudes in the valley of decision."
Let us proclaim it. Behold! The Season of Generation-Choicemaker Joel 3:14 KJV
- from The HUMAN PARADIGM
vincit veritas
semper fidelis
CONTEMPORARY COMMENTS
"I should think that if there is one thing that man has learned about himself it is that he is a creature of
choice." Richard M. Weaver
"Man is a being capable of subduing his emotions and impulses; he can rationalize his behavior. He arranges
his wishes into a scale, he chooses; in short, he acts. What distinguishes man from beasts is precisely that he
adjusts his behavior deliberately." Ludwig von Mises
"To make any sense of the idea of morality, it must be presumed that the human being is responsible for his
actions and responsibility cannot be understood apart from the presumption of freedom of choice."John Chamberlain
"The advocate of liberty believes that it is complementary of the orderly laws of cause and effect, of probability and of chance, of which man is not completely informed. It is complementary of them because it rests in part upon the faith that each individual is endowed by his Creator
with the power of individual choice."
Wendell J. Brown
"These examples demonstrate a basic truth - that human dignity is embodied in the free choice of individuals."
Condoleeza Rice
"Our Founding Fathers believed that we live in an ordered universe. They believed themselves to be a part of the universal order of things. Stated another way, they believed in God. They believed that every man must find
his own place in a world where a place has been made for him. They sought independence for their nation but, more importantly, they sought freedom for individuals to think and act for themselves. They established a republic dedicated to one purpose above all others - the preservation of individual liberty..." Ralph W. Husted
"We have the gift of an inner liberty so far-reaching that we can choose either to accept or reject the God who gave it to us, and it would seem to follow that the Author of a liberty so radical wills that we should be
equally free in our relationships with other men. Spiritual liberty logically demands conditions of outer and social freedom for its completion." Edmund A. Opitz
"Above all I see an ability to choose the better from the worse that has made possible life's progress."
Charles Lindbergh
"Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing."
Thomas Jefferson
THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER
Q: "What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?" Psalm 8:4 A: "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live." Deuteronomy 30:19
Q: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that you are mindful of him?" Psalm
144:3 A: "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other
side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15
Q: "What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?" Job 15:14
A: "Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way he chooses." Psalm 25:12
Q: "What is man, that You should magnify him, that You should set Your heart on him?" Job 7:17 A: "Do not envy the oppressor and choose none of his ways." Proverbs 3:31
Q: "What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him?" Hebrews 2:6 A: "I have chosen the way of truth; your judgments I have laid before me." Psalm 119:30 "Let Your hand become my
help, for I have chosen Your precepts." Psalm 119:173
- from The HUMAN PARADIGM
vincit veritas
semper fidelis
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