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Definition:
Tim LeHay is an ultra-conservative Baptist minister whose primary training was at the even
more conservative Bob Jones University. One of his most important contributions to the
course of fundamentalist Christianity in the United States has been his focus on
"secular humanism" as the enemy. For LeHay, secular humanism is the philosophy which
underlies a vast political and social conspiracy which is aimed at destroying Christian
civilization.
Once that premise is accepted, then any enemies of the agenda of right-wing Christianity can be labeled a "secular humanist" and, hence, dismissed as worth considering as a legitimate voice. There is no reason or inclination to compromise with Satan or Evil, so there is no reason or inclination to compromise with the secular humanist tools of Satan.
Today, LeHay is even better known as the theological voice within the popular Left Behind series of books. These novels depict a world where all true Christians have been "raptured," which means that they have been taken up into heaven while the rest of the human population has been "left behind" to contend with Armageddon and the Anti-Christ. LeHay's theology is not accepted by all Christians or even all conservative Christians - in particular, the books are predicated upon the idea that it is possible to read Revelations and know, in some detail, what God's plans are for humanity, and this is something rejected by many. Nevertheless, these beliefs are being popularized and spread quite widely by LeHay's novels.
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