An introduction to Humanism

Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:29 pm » by **Evildweeb**

An introduction to Humanism - Dawkins, Grayling, Minchin, Copson, Toynbee, Hasan, Pullman, Margolis

on Jul 30, 2012 by BritishHumanists

Humanism is sometimes mistaken for another form of religion, or something which is very complex. Here, some well known humanists explain that all humanism really is, is people wanting to live ethical and happy lives, thinking for themselves, without religion imposing its own morals on them which are not necessarily compatible with living ethically today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZN8Ne1nmr4

Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:38 pm » by **monica44**

You wouldn't think that was too much to ask, to live in peace without a rip off nanny state dictating your every move, :badair:

to live side by side with fellow humans without the fear of religious dogma, but apparently it is....

Viva La revolution...Not a moment too soon..

Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:36 am » by **Harbin**

“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet "for sale", who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence - briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing - cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity. He cannot help suffering, even though he can experience moments of joy and clarity that are absent in the life of his "normal" contemporaries. Not rarely will he suffer from neurosis that results from the situation of a sane man living in an insane society, rather than that of the more conventional neurosis of a sick man trying to adapt himself to a sick society. In the process of going further in his analysis, i.e. of growing to greater independence and productivity,his neurotic symptoms will cure themselves.”
― Erich Fromm

Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:40 am » by **Seahawk**

Someone forward this to Setekh. :flop:

Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:53 am » by **Evildweeb**

Seahawk100 wrote:Someone forward this to Setekh.

I would forward this to Director Setekh myself, but it seems you have a much closer relationship wuith him....Cheers

:flop:

Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:28 am » by **Seahawk**

Evildweeb wrote:
Seahawk100 wrote:Someone forward this to Setekh.

I would forward this to Director Setekh myself, but it seems you have a much closer relationship wuith him....Cheers

How do you figure? Cheers

:flop:

Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:32 pm » by **Charlie Prime**

monica44 wrote:You wouldn't think that was too much to ask, to live in peace without a rip off nanny state dictating your every move,

It is too much to a humanist. To them, you are livestock, a human resource to be grown, managed, and harvested for the good of the collective.

Humans Beings own themselves. Human animals do not.

Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:36 pm » by **Evildweeb**

Seahawk100 wrote:
Evildweeb wrote:
Seahawk100 wrote:Someone forward this to Setekh.

I would forward this to Director Setekh myself, but it seems you have a much closer relationship with him....Cheers

How do you figure? Cheers

Cause this microfont you started appears to be the only thing he understands.

LOL

cheers

Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:41 pm » by **monica44**

Bugger me, i need glasses, i have just spent the last 5 minutes squinting.......i have squinted so hard my eyes ache... :look:

Funny though... :flop:

Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:42 pm » by **Evildweeb**

monica44 wrote:Bugger me, i need glasses, i have just spent the last 5 minutes squinting.......i have squinted so hard my eyes ache...

Take a number in the squinting line honeybuns....... :flop: