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Humanism?

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  • 07-06-2013 3:03pm
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    OCorcrainn
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    I am curious about humanism, can one be a humanist as well as being religious or spiritual?


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    Zombrex
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    OCorcrainn wrote: »
    I am curious about humanism, can one be a humanist as well as being religious or spiritual?

    Depends on the religious beliefs you hold. The modern use of humanism normally refers to Secular Humanism, which is generally grounded in rational/critical thinking. If that conflicts with your religious beliefs then that might be difficult to adhere to both, but then to be honest you wouldn't want to in the first place.


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    SebBerkovich
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    You can be religious or spiritual as well as being Secular, but Humanism is fairly grounded in rationality and probably not compatible with any Religion with a "faith" based pre-requisite.


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    Manach
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    Given that historically some of the major early humanists were Thomas Moore and Erasmus, posing that a dichotomy exists between religious beliefs and such might be a tad misleading.


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    Zombrex
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    Manach wrote: »
    Given that historically some of the major early humanists were Thomas Moore and Erasmus, posing that a dichotomy exists between religious beliefs and such might be a tad misleading.

    Early humanism is some what different to modern "humanism", which generally refers to secular humanism.

    It is similar to how is someone asked can you be a scientist and an alchemist the modern answer would be "no, not really", despite Newton, because "scientist" is most likely being used in its modern context.


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