He who gives an answer before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him. (Prov. 18:13)
Espousing a
Secular View of Life
For centuries the Western World had a universal belief that God was active in
His creation and concerned about the affairs of men. Many believed His will for
mankind was contained in the Scriptures. Then came the Renaissance. Bruce L. Shelley defines this
movement: “The word [Renaissance] means ‘rebirth’ and refers to the recovery of
the values of classical Greek and Roman civilization expressed in literature,
politics and the arts.”[i] Since the
beliefs of these early writers were based upon man’s philosophies rather than upon
God’s revelation, people began to look to their own powers of thought rather
than to God’s revelation. This movement received its momentum
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