RE: Humanism
August 26, 2015 at 8:15 am
(This post was last modified: August 26, 2015 at 8:26 am by Alex K.)
(August 26, 2015 at 7:44 am)lkingpinl Wrote: That is certainly true mh that calling yourself a humanist does not carry with a stigma like most other isms. But the point Professor Gray is making is that it is not logically consistent to hold to humanism and a strict naturalistic or secular worldview. Humanism is injecting properties that are non-existent in such a framework which is why he identifies it as the new religion of a post Christian Europe and parallels it to the ideas in Christianity.
I think he believes that we can't overcome human nature enough to achieve the form of continuous progress which humanism allegedly claims as its goal. I don't know where logical consistency plays a role in such deliberations. But I also don't know enough about the different strands of humanism to judge whether their worldview is really as naively utopian as he claims. There is imho nothing wrong with claiming a formally unattainable goal as an ideal to strive for. World peace etc.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
