Since humanist marriages became legal in Scotland in 2005, given the same status as a traditional church wedding or one in a registry office, celebrants of the Humanist Society Scotland have married couples up hills and mountains, by lochsides, on beaches in the Isles, on boats, in back gardens, and in wedding venues in spectacular locations across the land.
The Dutch armed forces have had "humanist counsellors" since 1964.
"I share the revolutionary project of President Chávez, since it is a socialist and humanist project for the masses," said Enrique Albornoz, a former Lutheran minister who is principal bishop, the top leader, of the Reformed Catholic Church.
Many people attend church for social reasons initially, not to satisfy a spiritual need.Thomas NaypauerClevelandSIR – Since we secular humanists have zero population growth and cannot compete demographically with the "hot", ie, fundamentalist types, we'll have to out-proselytise them.
Since weddings are increasingly non-traditional – from humanist ceremonies to female best "men" – such opposition is surprising.
In Scotland, where humanist weddings have been legal since 2005, there has been an increase in the number of people getting married, against a general decline in the UK as a whole.
He may have known this book before he went to Italy, since it was published at Paris in 1505 by a French humanist whom Agrippa admired greatly, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, and since it is cited both in the original manuscript of De occulta philosophia and in new material added after Agrippa went to Italy.
Since 1981, the Belgian government has paid for "humanist counsellors," the secular equivalent of clergy, to provide moral guidance in hospitals, prisons, and the armed forces.
Since the beginning, 2008 was announced as the Humanist Olympics, the High Tech Olympics and the Environmental Olympics, among other things.
At that moment, the old-fashioned socialist policies (she calls them "humanist") that have bitterly divided the capital since Hidalgo took office were put to one side, as she stepped into the role Rudolph Giuliani took on in New York after 9/11.
In America, the mass acquisition of useless knowledge didn't really come into its own until the great surge in "humanist" college studies after the Second World War, but since then it has been proceeding apace.
