Any worldview that starts with something lower than God, will always end with a lower view of humanity. http://t.co/l6R8VYhzgc
— Desiring God (@desiringGod) August 30, 2015
Uhhh — what does this even mean? Or, more precisely, how is it possible that Piper could mean what he seems to mean?
After all, he is a Calvinist, and he teaches that to be born human is to be born guilty, radically depraved, utterly unfit to exist, and deserving of eternal torment. How is a lower view of humanity even possible?
Humanism, the chief rival to theism, generally denies the existence of supernatural beings, teaches that man is born tabula rasa — and capable of building a better world for all of us by the application of reason. That’s a lower view of humanity than Piper’s? Seriously?