Panaceas, Utopias, and Humanism
Humanism stays relevant despite a pedigree that goes back millennia. Why?
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David Breeden
Yes, Theology is Anthropology But . . .
Most definitions of “self” that I have seen define the term as something about “essential being.” What we call the self is a human being’s essence.
Speaking of that Loving Your Neighbor Thing
Who is a neighbor?
Magpie Meaning Makers
If the search is for truth or Truth, the most sensible thing to do is search as many places as possible, right? You might think so. Yet how many people walk to particular drawers, pull them out, and only search for truth in one drawer. A drawer marked “Christianity” for instance. Or “Protestant Christianity.” Or “It’s All Metaphor Christianity.” And… Read More »Magpie Meaning Makers
Your Covenant with Nature
The central concept in Humanism is that human beings can solve human problems.
Mindfulness, Chaos Magic, and Non-Exotic Non-Theists
Mindfulness is for everybody. It’s scientific. It’s non-sectarian. It’s approved by Silicon Valley. Nearly everyone in American culture knows it: Mindfulness is just plain good for you
Infinite Commodities and the Spiritual Life
Where would the art reside when people stopped attending churches? How would people find art? How would artists share their work?
On the True Self
It’s clear, from a scientific viewpoint, that there is no such thing as a true self; yet, in our folk psychology, the self looms large, especially the “true” one, whatever that is.
Kosmocentrism
Over the years, we have been called freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, secularists, heretics, infidels, naturalists, and I’m sure I’m leaving out a few.
I sometimes facetiously say that our movement should be called Everything-ism. That term comes with its own challenges, no doubt. I do want to make a case for a new term: Kosmocentrism.
Change: One Reason I am a Humanist
A naturalistic view of of reality.