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Old 04-11-2006, 05:27 PM   #106
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Originally Posted by troutman
A great deal of humanist and christian philosophy is the same. Some people are both Christians and humanists.

Here for example is a Declaration of Humanist Principles:

http://www.calgaryhumanist.ca/declaration.html

I think most people would agree with all the statements, except for 3 and 10.

III. Humanists advocate the use of the scientific method, both as a guide to distinguish fact from fiction and to help develop beneficial and creative uses of science and technology.

X. A fundamental principle of humanism is the rejection of beliefs held in absence of verifiable evidence, such as beliefs based solely on dogma, revelation, mysticism or appeals to the supernatural.
Well from the looks of your name, picture etc. we are part of the same religion... flyfishing.
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