“In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.” MenLightValuesReligiousPerfectPerfectionAbsolutesAccomplishEthicalJudgedImperfectAbsolutism Author:T. E. Hulme
“Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.” NeedsHumansFeelingsReligiousHuman BeingsAtheismPositive AtheismEthical Author:Ludwig Feuerbach
“Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.” PhilosophyValuesReligiousPrinciplesAtheismDrawsEthicsHumanismPositive AtheismPracticalsEthicalSecularBasic PrinciplesEthical ValuesNon ReligiousSecular Humanism Author:Paul Kurtz
“In contemporary society secular humanism has been singled out by critics and proponents alike as a position sharply distinguishable from any religious formulation. Religious fundamentalists in the United States have waged a campaign against secular humanism, claiming that it is a rival "religion" and seeking to root it out from American public life. Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.” Has BeensStatesPhilosophyValuesReligiousUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesAtheismPositionDrawsEthicsRootsCriticsHumanismSeekingPositive AtheismCampaignsPracticalsContemporaryEthicalSecularRivalsPublic LifeBasic PrinciplesContemporary SocietyEthical ValuesNon ReligiousSecular Humanism Author:Paul Kurtz
“The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and dignity and will emphasize our commitment "to humanity as a whole." The underlying ethical principle "is the need to respect the dignity and worth of all persons in the world community." Thinkers as diverse as Peter Singer and Hans Küng also emphasize the need for a new global ethic beyond nationalistic, racial, religious, and ethnic chauvinism.” WorldNeedsHumansPersonsWholeHumanityCommunityReligiousPrinciplesRightsAtheismEthicsCommitmentDignityHuman RightsHumanismPositive AtheismSingersPreservesEthicalThinkerPeterDiverseHuman FreedomChauvinismNationalisticEthical Principles Author:Paul Kurtz
“Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the only theory of morals that does. And evolution throws just as much light on the ethical and social struggle today; and it is the only theory that does. What a strange age ours is from the religious point of view! What a hopeless age from the philosopher's point of view! Yet it is a very good age, the best that ever was. No evolutionist is a pessimist.” HumansDoeLightAgeTodayPastSocialReligiousViewsMoralStruggleWonderfulAtheismStrangeTheoryDevelopmentEvolutionConscienceVery GoodPhilosopherPoint Of ViewHopelessEthicalPessimistEccentricity Author:Joseph McCabe
“Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their ethical traditions. When churches become cozy with the state, they lose the capacity and the will to criticize unjust policies.” Has BeensStatesLightGovernmentLosesChurchReligiousGroupsPolicyCapacityTraditionPerformancesCriticizeEthicalUnjustCozy Author:Edd Doerr
“The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different from experiences of the every day. The function of the church is rather to teach us how to put religious and ethical qualities into all kinds of experiences.” GivingKindDifferentYoungCertainChurchReligiousQualityTeachFunctionAll KindsSundayEthicalYoung And Old Author:Sophia Lyon Fahs
“All countries must be governed by the modern people; they must be governed by the progressive people; they must be governed by those who believe in the reason and science; they must be governed by the compassionate and just, by the ethical and honest, by the nonviolent and peaceful people; they must be governed by the libertarians; they must be governed by the people who believe in the enlightenment and who refuse to shape the society based on some childish religious stories!” PeopleBelieveCountryReasonStoriesScienceReligiousModernHonestShapesEnlightenmentRefuseLibertarianPeacefulProgressiveEthicalCompassionate Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“But we must not forget, this ritual expressed, certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship of the worshippers with one another in their fellowship with the deity, and the consecration of the bonds of kinship as the type of all right ethical relations between man and man.” MenIdeasLyingCertainReligiousForgetTypeRootsRelationEthicalRitualDeitiesFellowshipKinshipTrue ReligionWorshippersConsecration Author:William Robertson Smith