Humanism is a philosophical premise that includes such concepts as: 1. Man is autonomous and independent 2. Man is his own center of reference 1. Man is self-generative and self-sufficient 2. Man has the potential to do anything he sets his mind to 3. Man is the cause of his own effects 4. Man is the source of his own activity 5. Man has a free-will to choose anything he desires – “sovereign will” 6. Man is innately good 7. Man is the subject and object of his own world 8. Man is the solution to his own problems 9. Man deserves to indulge his personal aspirations, personal gratifications, and personal reputation (cf. I Jn. 2:16) 10. Man is his own god