Humanism

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Humanism, also called Naturalistic Humanism, Scien- tific Humanism,
Ethical Humanism and Democratic Humanism is defined by one of its leading
proponents, Corollas Lamont, as “a naturalistic philosophy that rejects all
supernaturalism and relies primarily upon reason and science, democracy and
human compassion.” Modern Humanism has a dual origin, both secular and
religious, and these constitute its sub categories.

Secular Humanism is an outgrowth of 18th century enlightenment rationalism and
19th century freethought. Many secular groups, such as the Council for
Democratic and Secular Humanism and the American Rationalist Federation, and
many otherwise unaffiliated academic philosophers and scientists advocate this
philosophy.

Religious Humanism emerged out of Ethical Culture, Unitarianism, and
Universalism. Today, many Unitarian- Universalist congregations and all Ethical
Culture societies describe themselves as humanist in the modern sense.
The most critical irony in dealing ...

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have personal a social needs
that can only be met by humanism. They do not feel that one should have to make
a choice between meeting these needs in a traditional faith context versus not
meeting them at all. Individuals who cannot feel at home in traditional
religion should be able to find a home in non traditional religion.

A popular example of Secular Humanists views of the world was said by author
Salman Rushdie on ABC's “Nightline” on February 13, 1989.

[My book says] that there is an old, old conflict between the secular view of
the world and the religious view of the world, and particularly between texts
which claim to be divinely inspired and texts which are ...

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