Re: The logic of atheism


Paul Holbach wrote:
Ron Peterson wrote:

Check on Humanist Manifesto III to see the change in humanist thought
on god belief.

What kind of change?

Humanist Manifesto II has the statement: "We believe, however, that
traditional dogmatic or authoritarian religions that place revelation,
God, ritual, or creed above human needs and experience do a disservice
to the human species."
which isn't in Humanist Manifesto III.

The Humanist Manifesto III was created by one particular group of
people aligned with humanism and so there will be differing opinions
especially since there is no humanist dogma and no priesthood. (Ditto
for atheists).

I think you can see that humanism developed as a reaction to theism
more than as a reaction to god belief. Occasionally on Usenet people
will claim to have no god belief but claim that some theistic religion
has been a great boon to mankind.

All religions are proud of their dogma, except Unitarians who claim to
have no dogma, so religions are easy to identify.

--
Ron

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