America's Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion was delivered to me a while ago. I read the book shortly after I received it, and was amazed at how the author, Herbert London, could possibly put so much information that would normally fill volumes into a small, 97 page book. The number of pages fooled me, however. I did not move through the material nearly as quickly as I thought I would.
Contained within the pages of Herb London's small book is a huge message. Mr. London meticulously researched the material, and wrote the book in such a way that the reader can easily understand the otherwise complex data.
When one argues against the principles of secular humanism it is not uncommon to encounter argumentative responses that are based more on conjecture than fact, and rather wordy, and well practiced, "understandings" that are tailored more to elicit angry reactions, than to promote a knowledgeable debate. Herbert London's "Americas' Secular Challenge" is a valuable tool in such conversation and debate. The book will arm you with valid explanations, and well researched responses to any argument those that support secular humanism can muster.
Mr. London's book is a timely argument adressing the war of ideas that pits secularism, radical Islam and Judeo-Christian principles inside a global ring of battle. London recognizes that in the end it is very possible that only one ideology may be left standing, and the result of that battle could very well bring about the end of Western Civilization as we know it.
I read the book a second time, recently, to prepare for the writing of this article, and found myself absorbing even more information than during the first go-around. I was underlining, highlighting and writing notes in the margins of the book. America's Secular Challenge inspired much of my own writing, while I was reading it, as well. I remember when I recommended the book to others when I first began to read it the first time, often the response was, "Oh, yeah, Doug, that is a great book; you are going to like it."
London begins the book by pointing out that part of the reason for the increase in Islamic terror is that there is a "belief circulating in the Islamic World that a secular West no longer has the will to resist Islamic Jihad." Our societal move, though it has been gradual, away from morals and standards, has opened us up to attack. Our actions of compromise and accomodation to Islamic factions, though backed with good intentions, are viewed as a sign of weakness by the Islamic Jihadists. However, rather than recognize the threat for what it is, secular humanists consider Islamic fanaticism as simply being a form of "acting out" over deporable conditions in the Muslim World.
As the book progresses, London delivers arguments regarding why a move by The West in a secular direction is simply the rise of a new religion, providing explanations on how and why secularists justify their anti-religious sentiments. He exposes the absurdity of the secular concerns about the "impending theocracy" of the religious right, and he points out the root causes of such judgments.
In America's Secular Challenge the secularist doctrine is confronted, disassembled, and presented in plain, easy to understand, language. The interweaving of science into the secular agenda is explored. The damage to social cohesian is explained. The powerful campaign underway to suppress religious expression is revealed. Herbert London defines, and places in the proper context, the issues of gay marriage, abortion, and the liberal takeover of the educational system. He uses historical data, as well as modern models, to reveal the moral relativism and secular revolution that is rearing its ugly head, and resurfacing years after its last hayday in the nineteen sixties.
Herbert London, in America's Secular Challenge, recognizes how the fall of Rome from within is an example of how the loss of moral principles can lead a society to death by suicide. The Free Market and the political system becomes infected. The corrosive effects of the "Seven articles of a possible secularist catechism" are described in detail, and provided as a lack of ethics external to man.
Is the U.S. Supreme Court being utilized by secularism to advance their agenda? Is the United States government, as a whole, becoming a vehicle to advance that same agenda? What are the societal changes that have occured in the name of tolerance, discrimination, and discernment?
Hypocrisy is exposed, from the issue of intellectual diversity, to the double standard applied to religion by secular humanism, in America's Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion.
I recommend Herbert London's powerful, and convincing, book that successfully exposes the undermining of the Judeo-Christian tradition in The West by secular humanism, and its unknowing allies. I urge anyone, even someone that adheres to the secular agenda, to read America's Secular Challenge. You will come away from London's book thinking deeply about the sobering wake-up call you received from the text on its pages, and you will find yourself questioning the very political and social decisions of the powers that be, that you previously thought you could trust.
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