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Thread #85194   Message #1577009
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
06-Oct-05 - 10:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: secular humanism
Subject: RE: BS: secular humanism
"Secular humanists" are not synonymous with atheists. It doesn't mean they have no beliefs. It means they choose to hold their beliefs privately and want others to hold their beliefs privately. They want a civil society in which religion doesn't take a front seat. a brief definition

Secular humanism is a position, it isn't a religion. Those who hold this position want a general public (legislative, educational, and social) venue that isn't dictated by the religion of one or two groups of people. They crave a true separation of church and state, and they hold the humanist beliefs that are meant to benefit all, regardless of their declared religion. Unfortunately, there are too many industrial religions that are threatened by "and justice for all" or "and access for all" or "and reasonable conditions for all" that are stated or implied in seminal American founding documents and their amendments.

Guest, unless you sign on as a regular member or a guest with a consistent name, you are not contributing anything worthwhile to this cause of yours, as laudable as it is. You might get terribly ironic and decide to call yourself Cassandra, but call yourself something or you will be lost in the arguing mix of guests. Pull up your socks, get yourself a name, and take your cause seriously.

Seriously.

SRS