(March 13, 2013 at 11:52 pm)jstrodel Wrote:(March 13, 2013 at 12:19 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote: I think Strodel just doesn't like humanism because it's poised to destroy the one thing Christians have claimed to have a monopoly on for so long; care towards other human beings. Christian missions have always been about charity but humanism threatens to make it not an exception for recruiting to a cause but a rule that should always be followed and it scares the shit out of him as it does all other Christians. They can't bear the thought that people can be good without god, especially with a valid reason behind it. They especially don't like that it glorifies human beings, to be expected from those who follow a religion that essentially states that humans are flawed hopelessly and are sin-sucking vile creations that must prostrate to grovel for their perceived shortcomings. All this "human life is valuable and not to be casually discarded, wasted, or harmed" stuff we humanists proclaim must sound anathema to him.
No I think it is fine to have humanist charities but they should do it with their own money just like Christians do, they can get 501C3 like Christians can (and they do). Having a charity is different from using the government to force your ideology on other people through funding certain programs and disadvantaging others.
If you can't see that state funded programs are different from private charities, you are blind.
That said, I think some government programs and subsidies are important.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent...enate_Bill
Huh. Whaddya know. A Christian senator trying to use public educational institutions to force his ideology on others...
Your turn. An example of this rampant authoritarian totalitarian nazi fascist commie liberal agenda Stalinist Maoist Marxist Axis of Evil Gay Agenda Secular humanism you claim to exist, please?
