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Originally Posted by peter12
I just want to jump into this off-topic humanist debate for a second, and say that Thor probably thinks of himself as a secular humanist, but as a Northern European, he is probably more unconsciously acting out as a Protestant humanist - even though he is kind of an atheist, but really more of a school-marm.
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lol school marm, oh Peter...
Yes Secular Humanist, and yes I am well aware of the religious history of Humanism, we in Iceland work with Unitarians and other Churches in Iceland which are protestant on various issues and projects.
There have been and are many definitions of Humanist, and as a simpleton like myself I am a secular humanist, among-st other labels like Atheist, skeptic..
But I've always liked the AHA run down of what Humanism is and has been defined as:
http://americanhumanist.org/humanism/what_is_humanism