We're living in a time of incredible advances in technology, but does that really make a better world?

Here's Nancy Lee DeMoss.

Man left to himself may get smarter.

He may learn more, but getting smarter without God only makes him more wicked.

He will make a worse and worse world left to himself

apart from God. This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Wednesday, August 5th, 2015. Here's Nancy continuing in a series called Noah and the Flood, the Gospel in the Old Testament.

How many of you're familiar with the humanist manifestos?

You've seen or read the humanist manifestos. Quite a few of you.

The first one was written in 1933.

It had 34 signers, including John Dewey, any scientists, educators, philosophers.

And the premise of that first humanist manifesto was that a man was a brilliant creature,

that if he would just try and work hard enough at it, that ultimately he would be able to create a world that was a utopia, a world of peace and prosperity for everyone.

The second humanist manifesto was written in 1973.

What happened between 1933 and 1973 to show that man wasn't quite as brilliant or capable as they had thought.

World War II.

And so it's interesting when you come to the second humanist manifesto in 1973, they say in effect,

now we realize that things have not quite turned out as we hoped or thought they would.

And they say evidence since then makes that earlier statement seem far too optimistic. Naziism has shown the depths of brutality

of which humanity is capable. But they go on to say, using technology wisely, we can control our

environment, conquer poverty, reduce disease, extend our lifespan, significantly

modify our behavior, alter the course of human evolution and cultural development, unlock

vast new powers, and provide humankind with unparalleled opportunity for achieving an abundant

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