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If you are an atheist, agnostic, humanist, freethinker, skeptic, or otherwise nonreligious person, come meet like-minded people at Secular-Human!


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What is Secular Humanism?

"Taxonomically, my family is Freethinker (including atheists, skeptics, agnostics); my genus is Humanist (including the religion-based), and my species is Secular."— John Rafferty

Secular. “Pertaining to the world or things not spiritual or sacred.”
Humanism. “Any system of thought or action concerned with the interests or ideals of people … the intellectual and cultural movement … characterized by an emphasis on human interests rather than … religion.”— Webster’s Dictionary

:bulletyellow:Secular humanism is nonreligious, espousing no belief in a realm or beings imagined to transcend ordinary experience.

A comprehensive, nonreligious lifestance.
Secular humanism is comprehensive, touching every aspect of life including issues of values, meaning, and identity. Thus it is broader than atheism, which concerns only the nonexistence of god or the supernatural. Important as that may be, there’s a lot more to life … and secular humanism addresses it.

A naturalistic philosophy.
Secular humanism is philosophically naturalistic. It holds that nature (the world of everyday physical experience) is all there is, and that reliable knowledge is best obtained when we query nature using the scientific method. Naturalism asserts that supernatural entities like God do not exist, and warns us that knowledge gained without appeal to the natural world and without impartial review by multiple observers is unreliable.

A cosmic outlook rooted in science.
Secular humanism provides a cosmic outlook—a world-view in the broadest sense, grounding our lives in the context of our universe and relying on methods demonstrated by science. Secular humanists see themselves as undesigned, unintended beings who arose through evolution, possessing unique attributes of self-awareness and moral agency.

A consequentialist ethical system.
Secular humanists hold that ethics is consequential, to be judged by results. This is in contrast to so-called command ethics, in which right and wrong are defined in advance and attributed to divine authority. “No god will save us,” declared Humanist Manifesto II (1973), “we must save ourselves.” Secular humanists seek to develop and improve their ethical principles by examining the results they yield in the lives of real men and women.

-Written by Council for Secular Humanism



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Old Arguments Against Women's Suffrage

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Something very interesting I found.  It's an old pamphlet with arguments to why women being allowed to vote is bad for everyone.  It's likely not just me noticing this, but these arguments have a lot in common to today's anti-gay organizations.
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Contest hosted by Ex-Christians

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Hi everyone!

I'd like to mention a contest hosted by our friends at :iconex-christians:

Easter is the traditional day for Christians to celebrate the supposed death and resurrection of Jesus.  Usually celebrated by hiding colorful candy eggs that a mystical rabbit laid for children to find.  For former Christians, this holiday can be awkward and unpleasant as believing family and friends celebrate.  People who don't even go to church the rest of the year tend to fill the pews in their dress clothes this one “special” Sunday, and the even the mildly religious are caught up in the super Jesus rhetoric shouting “he is risen!” and “hallelujah” and on a general emotional high of the holiday (and Spring season?).  Just when you thought you could breath a sigh of relief that the “war on Christmas” is over, here comes even more religious craziness and family drama for being the black sheep (or goat or baby eater or whatever).

So as Christians are celebrating this time of “renewal”, us heathens here thought it might be interesting to see what former Christians feel renewed by with a little contest.   Christians talk a lot about how “free” they feel being “released” from the “bondage of sin”, etc., but as a former Christian I have to say I personally feel much more free, unburdened, and generally happier being out of a religion of fear, dogma, guilt, shame, lies, and denial of reality.  What is it that you feel free of as someone who left the religion?  What's one thing you're grateful to have left behind?

Read more about the contest rules and prizes here! [link]

I hope everyone did have a wonderful Easter or at least some good time off!
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:bulletyellow:BBC News: Early HIV drugs 'functionally cure about one in 10'
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:bulletyellow:Change: CNN, Apologize on air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists.
That CNN decided to paint the tears of the convicted Steubenville rapists in a sympathetic light and say how their lives were ruined — while completely ignoring the fact that the rape victim's life is the one whose life was ruined by these rapists' actions — is disgusting and helps perpetuate a shameful culture in which young people never understand the concept of consent and in which rape victims are blamed and ostracized. Changing that culture must be done brick by brick, and it can start by heaping public shame on this major cable news network and forcing them to admit that they are wrong. Publicly.
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What should be included in the sex education of young teenagers? What would you consider to be most important? 

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Is atheism incompatible with all forms of spirituality (such as Karma?) by *8manderz8 

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Mood: Questionable ~RMXTrailMix Apr 9, 2013
You guys are like New Age free thinkers right?
For some odd reason every Humanist™ I know turns out to be some New Age Free Thinker who engages in New Age rituals (2012, Crystal worship, greeting the solstice, etc.)...but maybe the Humanists™ I know are just using the word as some sort of crutch.
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~Evometheus6082 Mar 30, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Happy Easter
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*Canis44 Mar 21, 2013  Student Writer
I have an article, which I think should be called to people's attention, [link]
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Petition for CNN to apologize for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists during their conviction--journalists shouldn't condone a culture where rapists aren't held responsible and the survivor's pain is utterly ignored

Sign here if you please at change.org [link]
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=SprinkleKrisKris Jan 23, 2013  Student General Artist
Finally, a group for me! I have always been figuring out my beliefs. Let me describe it for you:

- I believe in God. (Raised Catholic)
- I don't believe in religion, the Bible, and I don't go to church.
- I separate my beliefs from everything else.
- I believe in equal rights and the theory of evolution.
- I am pro-choice.

I tried "coming out" to my mom but she thinks that I'm a Christian. I have an Agnostic sister and I am not really sure if there is a God or not.
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