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Humanist weddings: now Scotland's third most popular marriage ceremony
Humanist weddings: now Scotland’s third most popular marriage ceremony
Heads up, followers.
Starting Thursday I’ll be sharing quotes by Kurt Vonnegut, one of my favorite authors — and definitely one of my absolute favorite humanists.
Would anyone be interested in a bio to go along with them?
The Humanist Outlook (via alphahowl)
I missed World Humanist Day. D:
My apologies, followers! I hope you all did something kind for your fellow man yesterday — and today, for that matter. Spotted in the ‘humanism’ tag, I’m fairly sure this is one of the best summaries of humanism, at least as I see it, so I’m going to reblog it here for you all to see:
I’m a secular humanist, and I’m going to ramble about my religious ideology. Woot.
We as humans are stuck here on Earth together, so we should make an effort to be kind, fair, and ethical to each other. I know that’s idealistic, but it’s a good goal.
I think we should be civil to each other because it’s the right thing to do, not because of the ordinance of a deity.
Although today is about awareness, we should love, care for, and respect each other every day.
Fourteen Cows for America
I know this isn’t new news, but it cropped up in “did-you-kno” form on my dash again tonight, and I think it bears being passed around again.
When Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah returned home to Kenya months after witnessing the 9/11 attacks in New York City, he found that most of his fellow Maasai, a nomadic warrior tribe, had only a vague understanding of the events of that day.
Naiyomah, an incoming Rotary World Peace Fellow, shared firsthand accounts with the East African tribe, using the oral tradition it has relied upon for years. Deeply moved by his story, Maasai elders felt compelled to do something to help.
That something turned out to be a decision to send a herd of cows to the United States as a display of sympathy and regret.
This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the kind of gesture that proves to me time and again that we’re all in this together, our differences not withstanding.
I mean this. Honestly.
I love each and every one of my followers, and if I ever learned that one of them did anything to end their life, I don’t know what I would honestly do. Always know that even if you think no one in your life loves you, I love you.
I know it seems like a strange concept, but I really do care. I care about you.
Always know that I am willing to listen.
All of this
I agree, too! I love you guys :’)
How Do You Live Without God?
The British Humanist Association, along with the group, Humanist Philosophers, have compiled an excellent Q&A that addresses many of the common concerns, misconceptions, and questions that people raise about secular humanism and atheism. Among the questions answered in the link are the following:
- Aren’t atheism and Humanism just negative?
- The stress on reason and rationality makes atheism and Humanism cold and dry. Is there no place for emotion or spirituality in your world view?
- Aren’t humanist values parasitic on religious ones?
- What do you believe in then, if you don’t believe in God?
- How do you know you just haven’t found the right religion yet?
- Even atheists pray in desperate circumstances.
- Doesn’t the existence of the paranormal support the existence of God?
- Do you believe that the universe is good, bad, or neutral?
- Can you really believe that you are just the product of chance? Is life really that purposeless?
- Isn’t living in a purposeless universe depressing?
- Isn’t the belief that we die and that’s the end depressing and morbid?
- How do you explain the perfection of life, and its unlikelihood, if there is no creator or designer god?
- How do you explain the existence of suffering and evil in the world?
- Isn’t it hypocritical for atheists or humanists to join in religious holidays and ceremonies? Or admire religious art or architecture? Or send their children to faith schools?
Regardless of your beliefs, please take the time to learn more about this misunderstood point of view.
