RE: Humanism
March 14, 2018 at 11:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 11:45 am by shadow.)
(March 14, 2018 at 11:29 am)Aegon Wrote: I would certainly consider myself humanist as well. Almost every single thing that happens, ever, is because of the actions of other humans (but people tend to give credit to god or fate). We are all interconnected by the way we act and how we treat one another. Sort of the butterfly effect I guess? We're all capable of more than we think as well.
Especially the goods things. When you look at how far we've come since the beginning of civilization... that's us, not god reading our thoughts, not chance, not some spirit satisfied by our offerings.
And when you look at how we're going to solve the kinds of problems still present in the modern day... that's us as well. Not thoughts and prayers, but actual action. And I'm so ready to take that on, not because I'm trying to earn my way into heaven or escape hell, but because I genuinely believe in humanity: the well-being of our species and our planet.
(March 14, 2018 at 11:33 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: To me, humanism just seems like yet another religion. I'm all for the concept that value, for us, is necessarily human-centric, I'm just not sure that I'd elevate it to an absolute.
Fair. So what kind of ideals do you work towards?
