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| | Secular Humanism - tribe.net |
 | | Secular humanists accept a world view or philosophy called naturalism, in which the physical laws of the universe are not superseded by non-material or supernatural entities such as demons, gods, or other "spiritual" beings outside the realm of the natural universe. | | | Secular humanists typically describe themselves as atheist (without a belief in a god and very skeptical of the possibility) or agnostic (without a belief in a god and uncertain as to the possibility). | | | While secular humanism is at odds with faith-based religious systems on many issues, it is dedicated to the fulfillment of the individual and humankind in general. |
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http://secularhumanism.tribe.net
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| | Definitions of Humanism |
| | Humanism is: A joyous alternative to religions that believe in a supernatural god and life in a hereafter. | | | Humanism serves, for many humanists, some of the psychological and social functions of a religion, but without belief in deities, transcendental entities, miracles, life after death, and the supernatural. | | | All human life must seek a reason for existence within the bounds of an uncaring physical world, and it is love coupled with empathy, democracy, and a commitment to selfless service which undergirds the faith of a humanist. |
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http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/definitions.htm
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| | Secular Humanism is a Religion |
| | Secular Humanism is a religion ("for free exercise clause purposes"). | | | Secular Humanism is a religion "for free exercise clause purposes," and it is not a religion "for establishment clause purposes." | | | Secular Humanist teachers and school administrators (who are protected by the "free exercise" clause of the First Amendment as members of tax-exempt religious organizations and religious conscientious objectors) are free to propagate their views in schools, but Christians are not. |
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http://members.aol.com/Patriarchy/definitions/humanism_religion.htm
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| | A discussion of "Secular humanism" |
| | Whether or not secular humanism was or was not a religion was not the issue in Torcaso. | | | The "Religion" of Secular Humanism by Leo Pfeffer. | | | Secular Humanism is a term frequently thrown around in separation of church and state discussions. |
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http://candst.tripod.com/sechum.htm
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| | Secular Humanism |
| | Those who see it as philosophy are the Secular Humanists while those who see it as religion are Religious Humanists. | | | Fields argues that, contrary to Paul Kurtz, humanism is a religion. | | | The traditional faiths have long known this and used it. |
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http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/secularhumanism
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| | Secular Humanism: A Survey |
| | August Comteís (1798-1857) "religion of humanity" exemplifies one extreme of religious nontheism. | | | Originating properly in the twentieth century, secular humanism finds its roots in earlier anticlerical and anti-Christian movements and is closely akin to a number of radical religious positions espoused during and after the Enlightenment. | | | Secular humanism has an ambiguous relationship to religion. |
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http://www.huumanists.org/rh/weldon3.html
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| | The Religion of Secular Humanism |
| | Although some would deny that secular humanism is a religion, even the Supreme Court has recognized it as such. | | | Secular humanists "worship creation, rather than the Creator." (Romans 1) their god is self. | | | Like other religions, it also has a goal: the supplanting of all other religions with its own. |
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http://dianedew.com/seculhum.htm
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| | Secularism, Secular Humanism |
| | Jacques Ellul (The New Demons, 1975) was among several voices arguing that secularism was itself a form of religion and was antagonistic both to Christianity and to a true Christian humanism. | | | In contemporary discussion, secularism and humanism are often seen in tandem as secular humanism, an approach to life and thought, individual and society, which glorifies the creature and rejects the Creator. | | | With the work of Christ, the city and the nation are secularized (desacralized), and the church as the temple of the Holy Spirit is what is now sacralized. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txn/seculari.htm
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| | Religion and Humanism, Why I am not a Christian |
| | All of these forms of humanism contrast with a dogmatic traditionalism, for which the Scriptural or revelatory forms of faith, ritual, and morals are authoritative and immutable. | | | Since the human condition is, as Buddhism would say, birth, disease, old age, and death, one begins to wonder about the meaning, value, and purpose of life. | | | For all their acknowledgment of religion, however, Socrates, the Renaissance humanists, and apparently the "humanistic religious" American Ethical Union ("the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society"), have a view of religion that is not always consistent or reconcilable with the traditional demands of religion itself. |
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http://www.friesian.com/why.htm
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| | Humanism Definitions. |
| | Humanism is called "religious" by those who regard it as their personal creed. | | | If one regards that as the definition of a religion, then Secular Humanism would have to be called religious. | | | Most humanists are secular humanists because they describe themselves as atheistic or agnostic. |
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http://www.members.aol.com/deca10x/humanism.htm
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| | Secular Humanism |
| | Humanism is the new religion, the new God who gives meaning to life as the old one never could. | | | Unlike some of the quasi-religious secular movements we discuss in this book, secular humanism is a well-organized movement with unified beliefs, goals, and presuppositions. | | | As non-theists, we begin with humans not God, nature not deity. |
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http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/04chap03
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| | Secular Humanism - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | To identify Secular Humanism as a religion would eliminate the Humanists' main vehicle for the propagation of their faith. | | | Secular Humanist beliefs in the area of biology are closely tied to both their atheistic theology and their naturalist philosophy. | | | For detailed proof that Secular Humanism is a religion, see Clergy in the Classroom: The Religion of Secular Humanism by David A. Noebel, J.F. Baldwin and Kevin Bywater (Manitou Springs, CO: Summit Press, 1995). |
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http://www.christiananswers.net/q-sum/sum-r002.html
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| | Secular Humanism in the Schools - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | In this case, the Fellowship of Humanity sought recovery of property taxes because, it argued, its grounds were used for religious worship (though not the worship of a transcendent deity). | | | U.S. courts have moved from a generally substantive definition of religion (where the religion must affirm a transcendent deity) to a functional definition of religion even including Secular Humanism. | | | This Reality may be understood as a unity or a plurality, personal or nonpersonal, divine or not, and so forth, differing from religion to religion."[2] Such a definition clearly encompasses the worldview of Secular Humanism. |
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http://www.christiananswers.net/q-sum/sum-g002.html
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| | onegoodmove: Secular Humanism |
| | When people argue about secular humanism and religion in American history they usually end up throwing quotations at each other. | | | It might be that the Revolution itself could not have happened had the secularization of the colonists not taken place first. | | | Lots of wingnuts try to use this the same was as they use "liberal" as pejoritive term... |
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http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002142.html
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| | Council for Secular Humanism |
| | It presents the case for understanding the world without reference to a god, and works to separate Church and State and defend the rights of people who do not accept religious beliefs. | | | The Council for Secular Humanism campaigns for a more secular and ethical society. | | | A not-for-profit educational association, the Council supports a wide range of activities to meet the needs of people who find meaning and value in life without looking to a god. |
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http://www.secularhumanism.org
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| | Secular Humanism's Journal |
| | My husband and I are having a debate about secular humanism, and I wanted to get the opinion of this community. | | | The 25th Anniversary of the Council for Secular Humanism conference in Amherst, NY, Oct 27-30, featuring Richard Dawkins delivering the Keynote address. | | | It appears that I have ran out of time, I shall talk to you all later. |
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| | Sandhill Trek: Secular Humanism |
| | Secular humanism is generally a good thing and fundamentalist religion is generally a bad thing. | | | The label of "secular humanist" has some baggage attached to it based on the bad press it gets from true believers. | | | Much like the invidious distinction that Limbaugh laid on us around the phrase "tax and spend liberalism," secular humanism is, in some quarters, thought to be a bad thing, faithless, a position to be avoided. |
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http://sandhill.typepad.com/sandhill_trek/2004/12/secular_humanis.html
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| | Council for Secular Humanism |
| | Welcome to the Council for Secular Humanism, defending secularism, the separation of church and state, and rational, ethical alternatives to religious morality, together with promoting a naturalistic world-view and humanistic values. | | | We hope you will add your voice to the growing number of those who will not stand silent against the onslaught of religious fundamentalism here and abroad. | | | Urge the "God Squad" to accept debate challange! |
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http://ga1.org/secular_humanism/home.html
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| | HUMANISM |
| | It had its roots in the rationalism of the 18th Century and the free thought movement of the 19th Century. | | | Humans created the Gods and Goddesses in their own image. | | | Secular Humanism a non-theistically based philosophy which promotes humanity as the measure of all things. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm
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| | Secular Humanism Worldwide |
| | All religions involve the supernatural to some degree; therefore, secular humanists reject them in preference of a more convincing philosophy. | | | Naturalists, such as secular humanists, believe that the supernatural plays no part in our world because the supernatural itself does not exist. | | | Open-mindedness is a requirement because traditional ideas and values may be challenged. |
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http://www.nd.edu/~jquinn/humanism
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| | National Secular Society - National Secular Society - Home |
| | The Archbishop of Canterbury’s defence of faith schools as promoting community harmony is described by the National Secular Society as disingenuous and self-serving. | | | National Secular Society - National Secular Society - Home | | | Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director of the National Secular Society, addressed the Freedom of Expression Rally in Trafalgar Square on 25 March 2006. |
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| | Humanism, Humanists, Secular Humanism, Secular Humanists, What Secular Humanists Believe, About Secular Humanism -- ... |
| | Humanism, Humanists, Secular Humanism, Secular Humanists, What Secular Humanists Believe, About Secular Humanism -- Beliefnet.com | | | No spiritual reasons but rather a matter of human vulnerability to misfortune, illness, and victimization. | | | Realizing ones personal potential and working for the betterment of humanity through ethical consciousness and social works are considered paramount, but from a naturalistic rather than supernatural standpoint. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8040_1.html
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| | American Humanist Association |
| | Diverse organizations are joining the Secular Coalition for America, as exemplified by the latest additions of the Freedom from Religion Foundation and the Society for Humanistic Judaism. | | | As an AHA member, you can help decide who will serve on your board of directors. | | | The 2006 National Drug Control Strategy, released today, is largely a continuation of previous approaches. |
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