Compare And Contrast Darwinism And Secular Humanism

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Secular Humanist concludes that life originated form nature and God had nothing to do with beginning of life. Secular Humanist seeks to discover truth primarily by observation and experiment, also known as Darwinism (Weider, 66). From a Secular Humanist point of view, Mankind's existence is found only in nature itself (Weider, 65). “The Secular Worldview is a religious worldview in which “man is the measure” (Worldviews).
Biblical worldview would state that life begin with God creating the heavens’, earth, then Adam and Eve. Secular Humanism takes the position that science and nature is the cause of life. According to the biblical scripture God created man by “breathing in his nostril”, and that man was “created in God’s image and likeness”.

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