Strength of Humanism

I was thinking about the strength of ideologies recently, and I came across a rather interesting conclusion. Humanism is an ideal with very little strength. It has no strength of conviction, no promise of reward, and no fear of punishment. Humanism has an insidious quality to it, for it can only survive in a "polite" society; in fact it seems tailor made for such a society.

Let me explain; in a culture where militant ideology rules, such as a Muslim country, humanism cannot take hold. It would be crushed and suppressed. However, in a society like that of United States and the West, tolerance and lethargy not only allow humanism to take hold, but to grow and seem attractive. It seems to me that Humanism undermines the foundation of Christianity in an intellectual society very well, but that it cannot stand against a militant ideology. Have you ever heard of someone dying for humanism?

Humanisms works very well to attack truth in a rich, tolerant, intellectual society. The apparent "freedom" of humanist morality and the apparent self sufficiency of the ideology is attractive to the flesh. When a society is "tolerant" and politically correct, the humanist ideal is doubly attractive, for the culture government do not condemn it.

It just seems so very ironic that an ideology with so little strength to stand against oppression has taken such a position of authority and power in Wester Civilization.