(April 21, 2015 at 1:19 am)Kitan Wrote: Atheism is not too undefined. It's merely the lack of belief in a deity. It is not individualistic either, for community can be appreciated in reference to atheism.
Atheists, after all, are quite humanistic in general.
Here's the problem: human nature is groupish i.e. we're "designed" to live in groups or tribes where there are set norms that we are expected to adhere to; but human nature is also quite malleable i.e. which lifestyle or culture should humanism advocate?
The humanist usually shrugs and say: meh, do what you like, you're free now. So, humanism boils down to radical individualism, and radical diversity, so long as you don't harm anyone.
But for many people, this freedom is too disorienting, chaotic, and lacks the social cohesion to create community with any depth. Professor Jonathan Haidt calls this "anomie". Anomie kills community.
That's the challenge for humanism: creating order out of chaos.
