RE: 300 years, yet atheism has not grown into a viable movement | Bart Campolo
October 16, 2016 at 10:24 pm
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2016 at 10:27 pm by Astreja.
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(October 16, 2016 at 9:10 pm)mralstoner Wrote: What you're espousing is secularism i.e. separation of church and state, etc. That's great but it doesn't address some problems such as:
1 - Some people (especially young people) want a more defined identity and ethos, than is provided by chaotic individualism...
But why does that identity and ethos have to be centred on belief in particular? (Disclaimer: I am a member of a local humanist group, and do identify as a humanist.) For instance, I find much more of My identity is connected to music, which is also where I get a sense of community.