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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: haqihana who wrote (80266)5/30/2000 5:25:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Humanism actually is one of those slippery terms that can be vexatious in conversation. For example, Erasmus and Thomas More were Christian humanists, convinced that we had a great deal to learn from the ancients, and that human life on this earth could be improved, but themselves devout. Some Renaissance humanists were atheists or pagan, not all. However, there is a 20th century phenomenon called secular humanism that you might have in mind, which is atheistic, and takes the view that human beings are very malleable and that human society can be perfected through rational planning and technological application, without reference to ultimate ends. The dystopian version of secular humanism is portrayed in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", although secular humanists would say that they do not mean anything like that, but are committed to democracy and human rights.....
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