The study sets out how secular humanism sees man: a grown-up germ, a cosmic accident emerged from slime, with no intrinsic dignity or eternal purpose. The slides cite The Naked Ape and the murder of six million Jews in Nazi Germany to show where that view leads. A humanistic idea of dignity based on status or class creates unequal treatment and oppression.
Against this, Psalm 8 asks, “What is man that You take thought of him?” and answers that God has crowned him with glory and made him to rule over the works of His hands. Man is created in God’s image, to mirror Him and show what He is like, and he is called to dominion. His dignity comes from God and is shown as he reflects God’s character and serves faithfully in his calling. Because our bodies are the Spirit’s temple, we are to glorify God in them and offer them as living sacrifices.