New Posts For Thread: Do I fit in the Secular Humanist bin?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_binI am non-theist. Basically I just do not care if there are any gods or not. I think they are more likely more highly evolved aliens that got involved in human gene manipulation and either left us as a failed experiment or left us to "cook" awhile befAgree!!!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517217287#517217287Agree!!!Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:03:39 -0600In order to answer that, please answer these questions:1) Is human welfare the main purpose of ethical action?2) How important is science to your worldview? For instance, if science were to disprove a supernatural belief of yours, would you side withttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517212505#517212505In order to answer that, please answer these questions:1) Is human welfare the main purpose of ethical action?2) How important is science to your worldview? For instance, if science were to disprove a supernatural belief of yours, would you side witTue, 06 Mar 2012 00:26:34 -0600Please Welcome Lady_Heresy to the atheism boards and to beliefnet. Thanks for joining us. Beliefnet has no specifically Secular Humanist boards, so this board or Atheisim and Secular Philosophies are your choices for SH specifically. There are sevhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517210839#517210839Please Welcome Lady_Heresy to the atheism boards and to beliefnet. Thanks for joining us. Beliefnet has no specifically Secular Humanist boards, so this board or Atheisim and Secular Philosophies are your choices for SH specifically. There are sevMon, 05 Mar 2012 22:30:55 -0600Yes. Unless there is something physically wrong everyone starts out with the same potential. Culture gets in the way. An absurd example, but none the less a possibility, there might be a person in Iran with a great intellect that could prove some asphttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517210703#517210703Yes. Unless there is something physically wrong everyone starts out with the same potential. Culture gets in the way. An absurd example, but none the less a possibility, there might be a person in Iran with a great intellect that could prove some aspMon, 05 Mar 2012 22:25:57 -0600Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. Sohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517209563#517209563Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. SoMon, 05 Mar 2012 21:48:02 -0600Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. Sohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517209173#517209173Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. SoMon, 05 Mar 2012 21:35:37 -0600Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. Sohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517208935#517208935Part of what you just said would fit with Secular Humanism. The last part would not. Every human has value, the same value. No one person is better than anyone else. When that's said someone always brings up some criminal or other infamous person. SoMon, 05 Mar 2012 21:28:40 -0600I did answer her question. Post 2. [/quote]Okay, in all fairness, you did allow her to take her coat off before reverting to the party lines lol.[/quote]Oh, for heaven's sake! Nobody welcomed me the first time I posted here. I didn't expect them to.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517208853#517208853I did answer her question. Post 2. [/quote]Okay, in all fairness, you did allow her to take her coat off before reverting to the party lines lol.[/quote]Oh, for heaven's sake! Nobody welcomed me the first time I posted here. I didn't expect them to.Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:26:13 -0600Some people just like to play hall monitor. It makes them feel superior. If anyone doesn't like what is discussed here, or how it's discussed, they are free to go to any of the hundred or so boards on this forum, or find another forum.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517208773#517208773Some people just like to play hall monitor. It makes them feel superior. If anyone doesn't like what is discussed here, or how it's discussed, they are free to go to any of the hundred or so boards on this forum, or find another forum.Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:23:20 -0600Welcome to the Discuss Atheism board, Ravyn! I apologize for not answering the question you asked in your opening post. Oxford Dicationaries Online defines humanism as "an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than dhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/28969139/Do_I_fit_in_the_Secular_Humanist_bin?post_id=517207899#517207899Welcome to the Discuss Atheism board, Ravyn! I apologize for not answering the question you asked in your opening post. Oxford Dicationaries Online defines humanism as "an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than dMon, 05 Mar 2012 20:55:37 -0600