(May 15, 2020 at 4:56 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 15, 2020 at 10:07 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: I see no reason to mince words. I'm an atheist, and that's that.
But you do have beliefs -- by which I mean things which you hold to be true about the world. And if you are a naturalist you have a metaphysical belief which can't be proved by science.
Focusing instead on one particular belief you DON'T have -- your atheism -- means that your beliefs go unexpressed, unexplained, and possibly unexamined.
I am also a Secular Humanist, but those principles upon which Humanism are based are supported by reason and experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)