Re: Politics and morality

Marvin Edwards wrote:
> "David V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> > Then why don't the religious make an effort to 
> > communicate instead of proselytize?
>
> I believe they do both. Just like you.

No, they only proselytize. I don't.

> > It means nothing since the presumption that a god 
> > exists is baseless.
>
> Vampires...

The topic is gods and morality. Not tv.

> > Humanism has no gods, no sacredness.
>
> A little experiment. If I were to say, "Humanists believe
>  in God!", how would you feel?

That you were lying and you knew it and that you were trying
to changed the definition of Humanism or god to fit Humanism
into your religious belief system.

> That is the same feeling that a fundamentalist Christian
>  would experience if you said "God does not exist!". Both
>  feelings arise from a sense that certain principles are 
> sacred.

No, I wouldn't use the term 'sacred'. Why is that so hard to
understand and why do you so desperately need to have
Humanists have something you call 'sacred'?

> > No god, no sacredness. Find another word with less 
> > religious baggage and you'll get no argument.
>
> The whole point is that the baggage carries useful 
> information

Not to a Humanist.

> > You will never understand the secular world if you keep
> >  forcing religiously charged words upon it.
>
> Did not our secular world produce those religiously 
> charged words?

No.
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David V.
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