Re: Politics and morality

Marvin Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Lucien Saumur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

>> The "dot ca" at the end of my e-mail address stands for Canada which has
> something deemed to be a constitution. <

> And are you a citizen of Canada, or just visiting?

Is that calculated to be an insult? Lucien has been a contributer to 
this news group for many years.

>> The role of the humanist is to help people cope in a society that has
> abandoned the religious view of the world. <

> Humanism is not about being secular. 

Humanism is secular. I only use the term to make it clear. People can't 
have a dialog with each other unless they can leave their religious (or 
atheist) dogma out of their arguments.

> One can religiously embrace science, nature, evolution, the cosmos, 
> etc. 

I don't see scientists backing up their scientific papers with religious 
dogma.

> ... Humanism is a value system. 

That seems vague to me. What's a value system?

-- 
    Ron