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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 10, 2011 at 5:57pm

I'm featuring this in hopes that it gets a little more traffic.  Sure, its' not really a discussion at the moment, but I think it's an interesting question, and it will yield something worth while if enough people respond.

Permalink Reply by T A A on March 10, 2011 at 6:16pm

Good idea. :)

Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 10, 2011 at 6:18pm

I also voted three times just to speed up the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(kidding)

Permalink Reply by T A A on March 10, 2011 at 6:27pm

LOL

Permalink Reply by cory on March 11, 2011 at 3:26pm

There's a secular humanist meeting across the street from me on Sundays. I'm intrigued, because most of them are atheist, but I believe I suffer from what others do on here: lack of a good definition. 

 

I will say that I am not one to donate or volunteer just to say I donated or volunteered. I have certain causes that speak to me for a good reason. THOSE are the causes I help. If that makes me less of a person, sobeit.

 

I'm glad to see this being tackled, and no I did not vote, and will not vote. Discussion is more meaningful.

Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 11, 2011 at 3:47pm

"I'm glad to see this being tackled, and no I did not vote, and will not vote. Discussion is more meaningful."

 

It's not that hard to do both.  One does not limit the other.  You may feel that discussion is more meaningful, but that doesn't mean that answering the poll is not meaningful, especially weighed against the time it takes to answer one question.

Permalink Reply by T A A on March 11, 2011 at 5:10pm

Without stats, reality does not exist. Recently the Canadian government removed the mandatory long census form and Canadian society will suffer for it because without stats, one can assess nothing.

Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 11, 2011 at 5:40pm

I heard that England did the same, though I could be mistaken.  Our stats on religion demographics are a decade old.  I want to see newer statistics that have reasonable accuracy.  I don't really know what the deal with the (voluntary) National Household Survey is yet.

Permalink Reply by Bennett Reid Golden on March 11, 2011 at 7:34pm

reality is still reality.. you can't pick and choose things because there's not a quantifying number.  it's the same debate at the tree falling in the woods.  displacement of fluid air cause vibration, which in turn causes audible sound.

 

i will contend that with out discussion, there can be little to no resolution.  if the ideas are not exchanged, then how will the thoughts spread?  through an excel chart or almanac?  there is no statistic for the understanding of a philosophy or what that philosophy actually means.  i'm willing to bet that after these exchanges, at least a few people will decide to research the idea of humanism.

Permalink Reply by T A A on March 12, 2011 at 2:29am

Resolution.... spreading of thoughts..... great discussion topics

Go ahead and start them :)

Personally, any discussion on the topic of "percentage of humanists among atheists" has different implications whether the numbers lean on either side or 50:50. And until I get an idea of these numbers, I reserve my opinion. 

But I am curious to get an estimate.   ;)

Permalink Reply by Mathew Ourkind on March 17, 2011 at 6:10pm

I'm a humanist and I believe in tough love.

My anthem is: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EhPunI6xg

 

Permalink Reply by Angela Gorman on March 25, 2011 at 6:24am

I like the idea of being a humanist, my brother is a full blown member and conducts humanist services such as funerals etc. I don't agree that they are like churches.. left wing. I have never been approached by a humanist in an aggressive manner in the same wasy as I have been by a complete stranger, a christian who tried to force the New Testament on me.. twice! We have a census happening here in the UK on Sunday. It will be interesting to see what the real numbers of christians are. I hope people will be brave! 

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