The rejection of the word of God is always the primary cause for degeneration, apostasy, and deterioration. This rejection is followed immediately by CULTURE and then to APOSTASY. What appears as the genius of man is often just adultery and murder varnished and veneered with the right amount of paint so it will please the taste buds of refined adulterers and murderers.

Humanism is deceptive (Matt. 10:17). It is the smile on the face of a tiger. It is man’s substituting the second commandment for the first one; it is man’s substitute for believing and obeying God. “See? Look what I’ve done!”

When humans worship humans, humanism replaces the first commandment. Goodness and sweetness (Gen. 3:6) are just as deadly as badness and roughness. In fact, they are more deadly (Rom. 16:18), for they are deceptive.