By Tom Moody “Wow, I didn’t know I was going to get to do this so early in the course!” The philosophy professor then hurried out of his classroom, returning minutes later with an overhead transparency displaying, to his class of 18-19 year olds, four supposed Bible contradictions. This was the scene last fall at Jefferson …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Humanism And The Supernatural
By Ronny Milliner Humanists “reject the idea that God has intervened miraculously in history” (A Secular Humanist Declaration, p. 18). Not only do they reject the miraculous, but they also have a very degrading view of those of us who do believe in the miraculous. Paul Kurtz, the editor of the humanist magazine Free Inquiry, wrote …
The Humanist Concept Of The Universe
By Bobby Witherington In 1933, a group of 34 humanists in the United States set forth the philosophical and religious principles which they regarded as fundamental. The document they drafted is known as Humanist Manifesto L Herein are contained some 15 radical affirmations. Affirmation number one says: “Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existent and not …
What Is Humanism?
By Connie W. Adams A struggle of epic proportions is now being waged over what has come to be called “humanism.” With some it is a catch phrase, a scare word. Some of the opposition to what is being called humanism is ill conceived and sensationally promoted. Some have built great reputations as champion fighters of …