One Nation Under Man?: The Worldview War Between Christians and the Secular Left [Paperback]

Brannon Howse (Author), Michael Reagan (Author)

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Publication Date: September 2005

America is at a cultural, political, legal, and religious fork in the road as revealed through the clear split between the blue and red states. In One Nation Under Man?, respected conservative Brannon Howse details the consequences of going to the left and rejecting the laws of nature and nature's God. Brannon makes the case that modern-day liberalism is based on a Secular Humanist worldview and true conservatism is based on the Christian worldview and the winner of America's worldview war will determine the fate of America's faith, family, freedoms, and future.

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"Brannon Howse grasps the underlying roots of the Culture War raging in America... -- David Limbaugh
National Columnist and NY Times Best-Selling Author

"Howse explains the current worldview war between those who believe there is a Creator and those who do not." -- Jim Ryun [R-KS]
United States Congressman

"Howse insightfully documents the tragic consequences that judicial tyranny, legal positivism, and the humanist worldview are having..." -- The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former U.S. Attorney General Under Ronald Reagan

Product Details

• Paperback: 253 pages
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805431853
• ISBN-13: 978-0805431858
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #778,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent understanding of how we got to where we are today, November 1, 2010

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so much truth here
i totally recommend this book as well as Brannon's newer book, "Grave Influence"

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Challenge for Christians and the Secular Left, October 24, 2005

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In One Nation Under Man? Brannon Howse clearly spells out the religious worldview battle that is vying for the heart and soul of America. Mr. Howse makes the keen point that this worldview battle in our culture is not between religionists and secularists, but between two competing RELIGIOUS worldviews-theism and secular humanism. These two opposing religious worldviews both have an agenda for America. Secular Humanists want to create a society void of religious influence, whereas Theists believe our nation can only thrive it if returns to its biblical roots.

Mr. Howse rightly identifies that the core issue regards which worldview is true. It is not fact versus faith, but fact versus fact. Mr. Howse explains: "The issue is not that one worldview (theism) requires faith while the other (atheism) does not-both do. The question is: Which worldview is based on a more rational faith? (125)" Mr. Howse lays out a convincing case for why the theist (Christian) worldview is not only true, but the key to America's faith, family, freedom, and future. Let's briefly consider some of the key points in Mr. Howse's case:

First, Mr. Howse demonstrates through quotations of the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence that America was built on biblical ideas. The wall between church and state was originally erected by the Fathers to keep the government from interfering with religion, not vice versa. The majority of the Fathers were theists, and they relied on their beliefs to form our great nation. Second, humanist organizations, such as the ACLU and NEA have deeply hurt our nation through their anti-religious and sometimes even socialist agendas. Third, many judges today have usurped the powers of our legislature and have become unelected lawmakers-forcing their philosophical, political, and religious worldviews on our nation. Fourth, not only are their deep flaws in Darwinian evolution, but it has also had a destructive impact on law, ethics, and human dignity. Fifth, Mr. Howse makes a convincing case for why "Humanism is a lie and Christianity is the truth."

One Nation Under Man is an important book for old and young alike. I would recommend it to parents, educators, and all other citizens concerned about the direction our country is headed. Mr. Howse lays out a challenge for Christians to take their worldview seriously and to use whatever means they have to fight for our great nation to remain under God, not man.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Disservice to Evangelical and Conservative Readers, October 10, 2005

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Directed at the evangelical and conservative reader, Brannon Howse's "One Nation Under Man" is unique: readers finishing this book will have a poorer understanding of Humanism and other issues than if they had never picked up the book. The reviewer is a member of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society, a religious Humanist congregation.

There are so many problems with the book they would be difficult to list. The bibliography shows the author made unfortunate choices for sources, such as books by fellow evangelicals and conservatives for information about Humanism rather than primary sources or more scholarly texts. The book has an amazingly incoherent organizational structure. No scholar himself, Howse stumbles from the introduction, where is mis-defines Humanism, and quickly proceeds downhill from there.

The first chapter scattershots at several minor issues, but the aim point is the claim that America was founded as a Christian nation, and that Liberals and Humanists kicked God out of schools and the public square. Howse appears not to have understood why our constitution called for secular governance. This reviewer recommends "The Godless Constitution" by Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore to those readers interested in this issue.

The second chapter claims that separation of Church and State is a "liberal lie" and a modern creation. Howse claims that states may institute official state religions notwithstanding the Fourteenth Amendment, apparently not considering that possibility that Utah, a Mormon majority state could, under his arguement, mandate all voters to be LDS members. Howse also seems to believe that Liberals and Humanists initiated most cases involving prayer in schools. In fact, it has always been religious minorities-Catholics, Jews, Mormons and other devout people who started the cases, and in whose behalf the government has correctly sided. I direct readers who are interested in this topic to "Between Church and State," by James W. Fraser.

The nadir of the book is the next two chapters dealing with Humanism and Liberalism. Howse makes sometimes bizarre assertions, including: true Republicans must be Christians fundamentalists and that Liberals are anti-Christian. Like many conspiratorialists, Howse props up both John Dewey and the NEA for exposure as Humanists and Socialists aiming to brainwash children. These claims are terribly out of date considering the Department of Education and many local school boards are under control of Christian conservatives.

Then there is a chapter on Evolution, a chapter claiming secular humanism is the state religion, and so on. Edited in a cut-and-paste manner, the sections are oftimes wrong and oftimes not relevant to the topic.

Howse doesn't know the histories or definitions of Humanism, Liberalism, Marxism, Secularism or any other "ism" he uses, and therefore conflates one with the other. All things that are not approved by his evangelical worldview are liberal, or socialistic or secular or humanistic (which he believes are all the same). Never one to seek out new and better sources, he relies upon Tim LaHaye for much of his history of Humanism. This is equivalent to using a Wahhabist to explain Judaism.

Howse makes much of the assertion that Humanism is a religion, but like LaHaye, he doesn't understand that there are diverse views on this point even within the Humanist community. I'm a religious Humanist, part of the Ethical Culture movement that has been recognized as a religion for over one hundred years. Paul Kurtz is a Secular Humanist. Some Secular Humanists reject the religious connotation, believing religion has only furthered discord, bigotry and prejudice. Howse has provided more evidence to support their view. Indeed, it is almost impossible to see how someone who claims to follow the Prince of Peace could have written a book so filled with error and venom.

If you are an evangelical Christian or a conservative, I do not recommend this book. It is filled with falsehoods and omissions. Aside from the books cited in the review, I would recommend "The Humanist Way" by Edward L. Ericson, or visits to the American Humanist Association website (www.americanhuminst.org) and American Ethical Union (www.aeu.org). But better yet, find a local Ethical Society or secular humanist group to visit, and talk with its members. You will not agree with our views, but you will also find people completely different from those depicted in these pages. We are not your enemies; we are your fellow citizens.

The book contains no photographs, endnotes but no bibliography, four appendices (non useful to the reader and containing errors) and no index.