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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer

yet all groups involved are pushing their ideas of which mountian to jump off of or not at all, you analogy doesn't work. The point he's going at is all organized religions (I put humanism in there) that push their beliefs on you as "the way" should shove it.

wow the lengths some go to try and make themselves look better. Please Mr Homer...enlighten us with your knowledge of Humanism as a religion. Please let us know which holy book we follow and which God.

Humanism:

the system of philosophy based upon human reason, actions, and motives without concern of deity or supernatural phenomena.

Atheism is also not a religion or a complete ethical system. It has two main definitions: The lack of a belief that deity, in the form of one or more supernatural gods or goddesses, exists. American Atheists define an Atheist to be a person who "...does not believe in a god or gods, or other supernatural entities." The Barnes & Noble Encyclopedia define Atheism as "The denial of the existence of God or gods."
Humanism is a philosophy which in most cases embraces Agnosticism or Atheistic about the non-existence of a deity belief. But it goes further to create ethical systems based upon reason and logic. It regards humanity as the measure of all things. Humanists emphasize a belief in the importance of doing good in society.

America has more atheists and agnostics than Mormons (by a 3 to 1 margin), Jews (by a 4 to 1 margin) or Muslims (by a 14 to 1 margin)." 2They further found "that atheists and agnostics are dominated by:
whites (71%), men (64%), adults under 35 (51%), residents of the Northeast and West (56%)." In at least one area of life, they exhibit strong "family values". According to Barna Research, they have one of the lowest (if not the lowest) divorce rate of any group -- much lower than for conservative Christians, for example.


Atheists prioritize human reason above religion, specifically scientific materialism, and therefore can also be labeled as "humanists."

Every major city in North America has a Humanist group in which you can belong. They do not get together and sing songs or have anyone preach to them. We do get together and try to help other people, mankind, children, to better understand that you can live a wholesome life without the need to beliecve in the Supernatural! There are MANY other things we do...all positive.
Oh...Im not preaching anything...Im not trying to get anyone to drop their religion, I am trying to get people to use reason as opposed to superstition.