Judicial takeover that threatens America

Radical secularists resent religion for many historical, philosophical, and psychological reasons. But in light of their quest to impose their will upon the judiciary, the federal government, and ultimately the American people, they primarily begrudge religion for one reason: because faith reminds us of the need for humility, and of the limits and dangers of men who wield power.

But with radical secularism becoming established as the judiciary’s guiding ideology, that debate is being taken from the people and lorded over by enrobed activists whose moral compass is drastically at odds with that of the vast majority of their countrymen.

Finally, radical secularist thinking is ultimately sectarian and partisan. It turns the coercive power of government against the Judeo-Christian tradition that animated America’s founding, and indeed, the advent of Western civilization. Traditional moral reasoning is displaced and stigmatized in order to make room for unelected judges’ arbitrary moral views.

~ Excerpts from Newt Gingrich's "A Nation like no Other"

My note:

When reading these excerpts you think that it is about Secularism vs Judeo-Christian values.  The reason I chose Human Nature in the title was to highlight that the Judeo-Christian tradition uniquely takes Human Nature into account, not by basing itself upon it but rather as a Mirror of Human Nature.

There are no checks & balances in a Secular system like those of a Judeo-Christian tradition.  The JC Tradition respects Man whereas the Secular barely recognizes him.

One of my goals in studying Philosophy is to better understand the where & why of Secular thought.  Why it claims to help mankind while taking no notice of it.

Secularism is only a part of Philosophy though.  Not the whole since it is a more recent development in the Political side of Philosophy.  Yet is has become the religion of choice amongst our Elites.