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Kirata -> RE: Benevolent's Taxonomy of Atheism (3/21/2012 3:18:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer
Ah - thanks. I think I got stuck on the image of my mouth being a rifle barrel, or something.
It also applies to him of course. Heh. But in the other matter of equating humanism with secular humanism, I find it troubling that he finds a basis for his view in the definition of humanism he quoted, namely (emphasis added):Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns, attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. If that primacy of the human over the divine is what constitutes atheism in his view, then we are on a very dangerous path here.
Specifically, if he proposes that the correct position is to give primacy to our notions of the divine or supernatural above mere "human matters," then we are placing our foot on a path with a very long history of bloody mayhem. Whether or not mayhem actually results can be argued to depend on the particular motivating notion of the divine or supernatural, but there is little safety to be found in such details. Once you've accepted the principle, concerns about human matters are rendered secondary and when push comes to shove are effectively irrelevant.
There is, of course, a religious solution to the problem. But given his view of humanism as atheism, I don't see him going there.
K.
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