People of good faith, whether they adhere to a mainstream religion, no religion, or humanism, need to stand united against religious fascism in all its guises.
Humanism the doctrine that sees human needs and interests as fundamental thus constitutes the foundation of African ethics (see section 5 above).
In order for secularism to have a wide appeal, he writes, it will need to become a secular humanism that is more than "blunt denial" but is as attuned to human need as religion has been, and as responsive to social injustice as the teachings of Jesus or Muhammad.
Although we can deduce from Darwin a new doctrine of "enchanted secularism" — or, indeed, Edward O. Wilson's proposal of a "scientific humanism" — we don't need to add to him to love what he says about life.
By being a beacon to the many who share their outlook, the federation will help to further the cause of secular humanism, introducing a much needed balance into the public debate, and giving a healthy impulse towards a more rational and thoughtful society.
Does anyone really expect they could fill a stage for 8 hours with people whose lives revolve around attacking religion and meet such a stringent requirement?" "Griffith and his fellow atheists should be free 'to promote atheism and secular humanism.' They simply need to 'celebrate reason,' rather than 'denigrate religion' -- which, at every turn, seems to be what they really want to do".
Our experiences that week truly put the "human" in Humanism.
Maybe this is all a middle-brow reading on my part, a projection of my own cowardly humanism onto a formalism that needs no such crutch.
Mr. Aghajari concluded: "Today, more than ever, we need the 'Islamic humanism' and 'Islamic Protestantism' that Shariati advocated.
However, following John Gray, he is right to say that there is something odd about the kind of secular humanism that says all we need to do, to quote the famous bus campaign slogan, is accept "There's probably no God.
