Waldheri
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8 hours ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Humanist hypocrisy · 0 replies · +1 points
I know and agree that religion can't be delineated as belief systems that include gods, but most often they do offer some supernaturalism. Buddhism, for example, has the doctrine of reincarnation. And that's another reason why I do not see humanism as a religion - it has no supernatural precepts that I am aware of. Even though you did not write it explicitly, it did seem like you were condemning humanism on the grounds it was religious. Like I said: things fall under the same definition if they share the same properties; therefore comparing humanism (or this particular website's way of promoting it) to religon (or religion's way of promoting itself) makes them fall under the same moniker.
This is just metalanguage though, and it can be safely ignored on the grounds of it not being very important. Thanks for elaborating, though!
10 hours ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - A pagan smile in a lak... · 0 replies · +1 points
10 hours ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Humanist hypocrisy · 2 replies · +1 points
It is true humanism places great importance on people, but I always thought this was meant as opposed to (half-)gods; not necessarily as opposed to the other life forms we know to exist. It puts the emphasis on human effort in our pursuits of knowledge and ethics - we can't rely on divine revelation or anything supernatural like that. We are the sentient beings who must deal with the problems we face in daily life, philosophy and science. It does not necessarily say: "Here we are, universe! Get used to us!" because that indeed is silly. I think many humanists realize only too well how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of the universe (as opposed to the religious of the Abrahamic religions, who think they have been given the main role in this universe by the creator god).
And then I don't understand what's so bad about it being a group or organisation. I think you go out on a limb there a bit. A group is defined by the common properties the members have. Humanism is largely a philosophy, but it does have elements of an activist organisation, which due to managerial reasons have a hierarchy (and not unsurprisingly, a membership fee). However, I don't think you can compare a chairman of a humanist organisation to a leader figure like a pope or imam. Unlike religion which is largely based around one "divinely inspired" piece of literature, humanism as a philosophy has many books and articles, none of which enjoy a sanctity or absolute authority like a Bible or Qur'an.
For these reasons, I think its unwarranted to draw a parallel between humanism and the typical religion.
4 days ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - We get email #2 · 1 reply · +1 points
5 days ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - We get email #2 · 3 replies · +1 points
2 weeks ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Actually an enjoyable ... · 0 replies · +2 points
4 weeks ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Anath vs Aelnathan; Am... · 2 replies · +2 points
Furthermore, accepting that evolution is true does not mean you think it is a good system to derive ethics from - or anything else, like economic polities, actually. A "neuroeconomist" (whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean) recently wrote an article titled "If you accept evolution, you must oppose over-regulation of the economy". I wrote a similar comment there (second, titled "Bullshit")
5 weeks ago @ Life Without Faith - The missing animated B... · 0 replies · +1 points
6 weeks ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Jesus is a cunt · 0 replies · +1 points
Even if there were, that doesn't count for much. People believe to have seen, heard, smelled and felt all kinds of things. Read Carl Sagan's The demon-haunted world for an analysis on what alien abduction accounts have in common with the witch hunts, and generally why people believe strange things.
6 weeks ago @ The Antichristian Phen... - Jesus is a cunt · 0 replies · +1 points