At its most primitive level, Secular Humanism denies any form of transcendence and promotes freewill as ultimate authority. L. R. Bush states that in a modern worldview, one believed to be the heartbeat of Secular Humanism, “Individual freedom became a high priority…But this new, secular freedom ultimately refused to submit even to God…” David Noebel even quotes one core belief presented, “in the 1973 Humanist Manifesto by Paul Kurtz that ‘no deity will save us, we must save ourselves.’” Interestingly, however, Secular Humanism though it often denies the claim that it is a ‘religion’ seems to have been birth of a well-known, widely accepted religion of Christianity. Matthew Englke states that while studying the anthropology of Secular Humanism in England, many of the secular humanists there, claim a Christian or even Jewish background, and for some Christianity is an important orientation. …show more content…
Leo Pfeffer has this to say of Secular Humanism, “If secular humanism is a religion it is a funny kind of religion: it has no credo other than humanism…It has no great founder or leader…It has no prayers, no sermons, no rituals…and no sacred books…” Also, when discussing religion Salvation is an essential topic to address. Within secular humanism, salvation is irrelevant and unneccesary. Instead, life is about success and fulfillment in self accomplished works. Two elements are important, if salvation is the achievement of right standing with God, First, Humanism argues against the existence or relevance of God. Second, righteousness can be achieved through personal accomplishment. This is further explored by Olli-Pekka Vainio who claims, “Humanist atheists do not think that the relationship between morality and theistic metaphysics is as integral as tragic atheists think it is; an ethical way of life can be salvaged without