On January 6th, it was reported that a new bus campaign started in Britain, posted on some 800 buses that read:  “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”

Organized by a a young comedienne named Ariane Sherine and sponsored in part by the Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, a leading British atheist and author of “The God Delusion“; it was amusing that there was no finality in the statement.

The link to the story can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090116/ts_csm/oatheist

There has been a lot of attention being given to the new enlightenment of secular mankind or what I call the new religion, called “humanism”.

Humanism  simply defined: is a broad category of ethical philosophies that 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.  Humanism can be considered as a process by which truth and morality is sought through human investigation. In focusing on the capacity for self-determination, humanism rejects transcendental justifications, such as a dependence on belief without reason, the supernatural, or texts of allegedly divine origin. Humanists endorse universal morality based on the commonality of the human condition, suggesting that solutions to human social and cultural problems cannot be parochial.

That’s a pretty cool religious statement to be a part of – of course I’m being facetious, but in reality it is nothing “new”, in fact this religion of humanism is as old as man himself.

The scriptures state in Judges 21:25  “In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did what was right in his own eyes.”

And every man, apart from the Creator of Heaven and Earth, has been doing what is right in their own eyes throughout history.

I understand the humanists point of view, because they believe that the world’s religions have lead to nothing but chaos, death and disease – that without religion, the world would live in peace and everyone would free to express themselves and embrace “whatever felt right in the own eyes”  they, not God or a particular set of doctrines would be their standard of morality.

Now on the surface, that almost seems like it could work – but as we see in the secularized, howbeit “modern” societies of today, such as in Western Europe, Oceania and the Americas, we see that secularism has lead to an “increase” in murders, rapes, teen-age pregnancies, abortions, STDs, cancers and other health disease, robberies, family breakups and divorce, increased homosexual activities and other degenerative modes of behavior.

This in turn has lead to greed, an increased welfare state, bigger government and less, not more freedom – and is a direct cause of the global economic and political turmoils we see in these nations today.

On the other hand, those who practice and live by their faith, whatever brand it may be, for the most part, live more happier, healthier lives.

Unfortunately, the warring religious factions throughout the world and especially between the Islamic nations and Israel, have turned many people away from religious and into the embraces of humanism.

Instead of embracing the one true God, they have made themselves into god’s through self-indulgence and self-gratification.

For the unseen things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being realized by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, for them to be without excuse. Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools…Romans 1:20-22

What mankind has not yet learned, is that we live in a spiritual world and just as their exists good and evil in our physical world, there exists good and evil in the spiritual world – and it is evil’s intent, lead by Satan the devil, to divide, conquer, cause confusion, death and mayhem until we get to the point where we will bow and worship him.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world’s rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

Satan is the god of humanism!

How you are fallen from the heavens, O shining star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart, I will go up to the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will go up above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the Pit. Those who see you shall stare and closely watch you, saying, Is this the man who made the earth to tremble; who shook kingdoms;  who made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house for his prisoners?  Isaiah 14:12-17

In time, mankind will understand that they have been coerced and deceived by this great spiritual being, but until then – he will grope about in the darkness, professing to be wise and understanding, not knowing that his actions and decisions are leading him to destruction.

This is why many in the world, especially the U.N. nations, hate Israel – a small, tiny little country the size of 1/2 the state of Florida, surrounded by millions of square miles of Islamic based, Arab countries – yet they are blamed for all the problems in the world.

Think about it, it doesn’t make any sense – yet it is true.

Why?

Because the world is deceived and influenced by Lucifer, Satan the devil – who deceives all of mankind.

In time, he will be put away, no longer able to deceive the world any longer.

And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And he cast him into the abyss and shut him up and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little time.  Revelation 20:1-3

U.S. President-elect Obama preaches about “hope”, but there is only one true hope of mankind – when the Messiah, the King of Kings reigns supreme on this earth, Satan is put away and all death, disease and problem in the world we see today – are no more.

And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more pain; for the first things passed away. And He sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful. Revelation 21:3-5

This is the true “hope” of mankind.