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Hi, Sam,
Thanks for your contribution. In the first part of your post, you seem to be arguing as follows.
1. If God exists, then God is compassionate and willing to act.
2. If God is compassionate and willing to act, then God would not allow man...
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My expectation of a God, if there is one, would be a God that has compassion and is willing to take action. This is my personal expectation, given that there might be possibilities of an uncompassionate God.
Given the deaths of many innocents, ...
Hi Chris,
You are right, I really don’t have that much time to discuss the finer details of humanism, Hume, inductive reasoning, epistemology or K. Popper’s philosophy of science.
I started the humanist vision of hope, as an introduction to huma...
Hi Chris,
I would like to answer you fully, but these questions have been discussed in the humanist literature. You might have to dig deeper into humanism to answer your questions to your satisfaction and go directly to the sources on the interne...
Hi Chris,
I was visiting the Free Inquiry magazine site, and they have some free articles that might be of interest. I list some of them below. You can find the Free Inquiry site through Google.
An Introduction to Science • Scientific thinking a...
Sam-
You ought to show up to Right Brain some Thursday - this stuff is a lot more fun to talk about in person! :)
-Bryan
Hi Chris,
If you have other questions about humanism, you can join us at our monthly meeting here in Traverse City, See invitation below.
Hello all,
Here is our agenda for the upcoming meeting, one week from tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
He...
Hi Chris,
I see there is much on the internet in the way of descriptions of humanism, so I selected what I thought were the most positive and relevant, starting with short definitions and ending with more comprehensive descriptions. For more info...
For those who want to know the Humanist vision without a subscription to The Humanist or Free Inquiry magazines.
Game theory and the mini-max scoring software are algorithms that help us deal with complex human problems. These computerized methods have been in existence for at least 20 years, and since then, other method have emerged and have been improved s...
Hi Mark,
I think your focus on the “failure” of secular humanism is sidetracking the relevant issue. As you say: “ taking broad swipes at Christianity is just too easy. …” The same logic applies to secular humanism. There is enough failure and fi...
Sam, so much could be said. I’ll start by suggesting that taking broad swipes at Christianity is just too easy. The fact that we can easily see its shortcomings could suggest there is a standard or a Truth to walk in to. Bad religion shouldn’t cau...
Sam,
I hope to respond to some of your thoughts soon. Some I think make sense and others....well, we probably see things a little differently. It may not be until Monday that I get a real chance and reading your posts more closely and then respon...
For those who want to know the Humanist vision without a subscription to The Humanist or Free Inquiry magazines.
Again, if we take the minimalist view of Christianity, it then becomes just another philosophy. Which is fine, except that there is no special incentive to adopt it. At least with “normal” Christianity, there was the positive incentive of heaven a...
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- About Me:
- New to Traverse City. Secular humanist.
- Location:
- Traverse City
- I consider myself a(n)...
- student, traveler
- My passions and gifts:
- Philosophy, Science, History, Artificial Intelligence, walking, chess, Spanish, Table tennis, health focused, Transhumanist
- Justice, Environmental, and/or Stewardship issues I am concerned about:
- Focused mainly on health longevity. "Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
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