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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342505)7/8/2007 6:06:50 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1575115
 
"The religion of skeptics is evolution."

It isn't a religion. That statement is as meaningless as saying "the religion of skeptics is gravitation". Or thermodynamics. Or any scientific theory which has pretty solid support.

"Many skeptics these days, however, advocate human secularism because evolution in its most "logical" form is cold and inhumane."

I am not sure what you are saying here. I don't know of any skeptics who have advocated basing society around evolutionary principles. Supporters of social Darwinism, or variants thereof, tend to be of a different philosophy.

Do you have a link to support this?

"Of course to me, human secularism is just another way of man playing God."

How so?

I suppose you are talking about secular humanism, but...
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