BBB:Humanism in Seventh Day Adventism  by Peter Ruckman

   (This is a continuation of Dr. Ruckman's critique of a
publication by the Seventh Day Adventist Church (Ministry:
International Journal for Clergy), which is filled with "earmarks" of
humanism in modern Christian vocabulary.

   19. "THE INSIGHT THAT GIVES NEW PERSPECTIVES." This phrase has never
been connected one time in the history of civilization with ANY new
knowledge anyone got on ANYTHING. It is a hackneyed cliche meaning "By
altering the truth we look at sin in a better light." It is an earmark
of a jackass.

   20. "COPING, SHARING, AND CARING." All three mean about the same
thing: survival making people think they are equal, and taking money
out of other people's pockets to make friends with.

   The word "COPING" meant to "deal with something" or to "handle a
situation." Now it means since there is "stress" and "tension" (two
more hackneyed cliches) all the time in dealing with anyone, anywhere,
in any situation, you have to become an expert in "coping" and
therefore have to have three hundred semester hours from a preacher,
minister, teacher, or "counsellor" on how to keep your wife from suing
you, your kids from running away from home, or how to avoid a complete
nervous and mental breakdown. These are the substitutes for CHARACTER
and WISDOM, which can "cope" with anything including divorce,
fornication, adultery, AIDS, depression, debt, poverty, war, sickness,
hell, or the devil. You can "COPE" without CHARACTER or WISDOM, so the
watchword is "coping."

   "SHARING" is a word like "science"; it can mean anything and can be
applied to any operation. You don't preach the word, you "share it."
You don't witness for Christ, you "share Him." You don't quote a verse
of Scripture, you "share it." You don't take up an offering or receive
an offering, you "share it." You don't broadcast a message, you "share
it." You don't give anyone a dime, you "share" your wealth, etc. THE
WORD IS FROM MARXISM; it is a reference to you giving away (under
military pressure) what belongs to you to support those who are
dedicated to taking every last dime you've got.

   "CARING" means you read a MORAL IMPLICATION into the Civil Rights
Act, the Great Society, the War on Poverty, etc., so that you are
compelled to encourage race-mixing, acceptance of homosexuals, free
handouts to bums, government jobs for Communists and double taxation to
take care of illegitimate children and abortions.

   In such a godless soup the Bible is "out of sight."

   21. An "IN-DEPTH STUDY," i.e., shallow as a mud puddle and just as
muddy. There are no "in-depth" studies in ninety percent of the
publications that profess such a thing. An "in- depth" study usually
means a lot of nonessentials are covered that have nothing to do with
anything and a lot of ancient, destructive material from the fourth
century, B.C. (philosophers) is resurrected. In the case of Bible
studies it simply means a REHASH of dead orthodox apostates from the
eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. The latest "in-depth study of dope
heads" refers to DRUNKARDS as "SUBSTANCE ABUSERS."

   22. "THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN MOTIVATING." Blank. The "role" is a
blank, the "motivating" is blank. One term is from international
socialists in the NEA, the other is from salesmanship tapes and videos
that began with The Power of Positive Thinking. They are earmarks.

   23. "GUIDED CONFRONTATION." A substitute for the "encounter." THERE
ARE NO CONFRONTATIONS; the guy is in FRONT of you, or BEHIND you, or
BESIDE you, or slap out of sight. In sports it is called "one-on-one"
(a "face-off" in hockey), but "inner support groups" who are
"emotionally involved" have more "impact" on the "data" because
"alternatives" can be suggested, etc., BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

   THESE ARE NOT BIBLE BELIEVING PEOPLE NOR ARE THEY RELATED TO THEM.
These are AMATEUR PSYCHOLOGISTS who worship the gods of the NEA and the
NAACP.

   So here we have given a very brief sampling of what we may call "THE
EARMARKS OF THE JACKASS": the puffed-up and bloated "educator" who is
trying to impress people with his knowledge of psychology, sociology,
and the "humanities." The language is replete with terms from
computers, the college lab, the Associated Press, CBS, NBC, the
Charismatics, and above all the AMORAL, NON-ETHICAL, non-committed,
undefinable GENERALIZATIONS of the National Education Association,
which has fought for fifty years to produce a vocabulary that avoids
any reference to RIGHT and WRONG or GOOD and EVIL. Modern
fundamentalists have at last yielded to the temptation to pose as
"educators" and so have picked up the vocabulary. You can spot the
earmarks every time.

   "PRIORITIES," "TOTAL THRUST," "the dynamics of the matter,"
"clarification of values," "utilizing the criteria," "meaningful
relationships," "ultimate validation," "religious affirmation"
(Affirmative Action), "commitment," "FOCUS," "in terms of," "sectarian
mentality," "significant thrust," "related structure," "enriched
curriculum," "where the minority can IDENTIFY," "a scientific
breakthrough," "a new era of dialogue," "the IMPACT of this ministry,"
"restructuring VALUES," "counterproductive," etc., etc.

   THESE ARE THE MARKS. They are the marks of a Christian WHO IS
SPENDING HIS TIME DAY AND NIGHT WITH TV, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, AND
SMOOTH, SLICK LITERATURE. The entire vocabulary is removed TOTALLY from
Biblical attitude, approach, concepts (there is one!), teaching,
application, or spirit. And, strangely enough, the men who are the
farthest REMOVED from Biblical Christianity are the ones who keep
recommending (and translating and revising) "new," more "readable"
translations in order to get people interested in the Bible. THESE MEN
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE BIBLE. They refer to the Bible believers as a
cult or as "Ruckmanites." Their strong suit is DEPRAVED EGOTISM. Their
VOCABULARY gives them away. It is not the STREET VOCABULARY of any
generation that needs the word of God in "common language" in order to
"understand" its message; it is the CLASSICAL CLASSROOM VOCABULARY OF
THE UNSAVED AMATEUR SOCIOLOGIST WHO IS TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE WITH
HIS "UP- TO-DATENESS."

   He haw! Jackasses can be spotted by their EAR marks.

   If you want your "teenager" to be able to "adjust" to the
"contemporary LIFESTYLES" of the "nuclear age," so that his life will
be "meaningfully relevant"--since it is properly motivated by
"Christian principles"-- then SHARE an EDUCATIVE OPPORTUNITY with him
to "enrich him" in the areas of "coping" and "caring" so that he may
"reach out and touch" those "church related ministries" where
"receptors and communicators" can VALIDATE the renewed EMPHASIS on the
EXPANDED world view; i.e., plug the sucker into a college curriculum
and watch him come out as a jackass.

   "SLANG" IS MORE SCIPRUTRAL THAN A COLLEGE CURRICULUM IN SOCIOLOGY
AND THE HUMANITIES. SLANG is the COMMON, ORDINARY STREET LANGUAGE of
any generation. Where your speech is not BIBLICAL from the
book--heaven, hell, right, wrong, good, bad, just, unjust, white,
black, up, down, hot, cold, compassion, hardness, sin, death, devil,
dung, vile, filthy, righteous, holy, godly, ungodly, fool, ass,
hypocrite, saint, reprobate, faith, hope, charity, bless, curse,
revile, damnation, eternal, etc.--the best thing for you to use is the
language you hear on the street, in the stadium, in the hospital, at
the police station, in the barracks, in the barrooms, on the car lots,
and in the stores. "SOUND SPEECH THAT CANNOT BE CONDEMNED" would of
course EXCLUDE filthy language of references to pornography,
fornication, etc., in THOSE vocabularies, but don't kid yourself;
muttonhead, meatball, sucker, bombed out, "the pits," jackleg, "tap
city," blockhead, lush, drunk, dope head, bum, idiot, stuffed shirt,
stumble bum, apostate, klutz, wimp, droid, goon, rubber room, and funny
farm are SOUND LANGUAGE AND SOUND SPEECH compared to the socialistic
drivel that you are getting from modern "militant" colleges and
universities. They follow the world's PRECEPTS and EXAMPLE, and their
vocabular betrays them; they are out to IMPRESS, not bless; they are
for self- promotion instead of discipleship; they stand for TOP-HEAVY,
HIGH MINDEDNESS, not spiritual humility; and they are in the MONEY
racket, not the BIBLE BRACKET.

   Hearken to the braying in the pastures!

   See the long ears? See how they tickle (II Tim. 4:1-6)? "Insight,
reinforced, restructured, areas, total, dynamic, thrust, meaningful,
values, roles, resources, enrichment, involvement, commitment,
principles, criteria, validation, programmed, communicate, touch,
share, care, relate, relationship, outreach, conceptual, evolves,
priorities, corporate lif, more vocal, role models, self-image, low
profile, self-rejection, in touch with oneself, world processor,
graphics, etc."

   HEAR THE PRETTY LITTLE DUMBBELL, HONEY? See the little
college-educated jackass, flopping his ears?

   CLASS DISMISSED GENTLEMEN-- PLEASE DON'T FLOP YOUR EARS AS YOU
LEAVE" (saying from the 1930s).
