Why Humanism Fails
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Humanism could only emerge from a society that had previously been committed to a meaningful |
| 0:08.5 | origin and a meaningful destiny to the human race. |
| 0:15.0 | Humanism has rejected Christianity, not realizing that they have rejected the very foundation |
| 0:22.4 | for the humanity that they seek to extol. |
| 0:25.4 | And I say to the humanists with all cynicism, if I come from nothing, if I'm going to |
| 0:30.7 | nothing, I am nothing, and why should I care who sits in the front of the bus or on |
| 0:35.9 | the back of the bus? |
| 0:44.8 | Who do I care whether it's white germs or black germs that have rights in this world? |
| 0:52.7 | I keep asking the humanist to give me a reason for his faith. I keep asking the humanist to give me one reason why I should treat any human |
| 0:56.1 | being with dignity other than that he simply has the preference that I do it. You see, that |
| 1:01.9 | humanism is based on sentimentality. It has no metaphysical foundation, no epistemological foundation, |
| 1:10.2 | and certainly no theological |
| 1:11.7 | foundation. It is an anthropology with no support. You've been listening to Ultimately |
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| 1:32.2 | visit Ultimatelypodcast.com. You know, you know |
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