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The Present Age Has Seen A Great Slump In Humanist Values.

Moreover, Behind This Vague Tendency To Treat Religion As A Side Issue In Modern Life, There Exists A Strong Body Of Opinion That Is Actively Hostile To Christianity And That Regards The Destruction Of Positive Religion As Absolutely Necessary To The Advance Of Modern Culture

It Is Christian Culture That Has Created Western Man And The Western Way Of Life.

If Man Limits Himself To A Satisfied Animal Existence, And Asks From Life Only What Such An Existence Can Give, The Higher Values Of Life At Once Disappear.

For Humanism Also Appeals To Man As Man. It Seeks To Liberate The Universal Qualities Of Human Nature From The Narrow Limitations Of Blood And Soil And Class And To Create A Common Language And A Common Culture In Which Men Can Realize Their Common Humanity.