Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!long From: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools. Message-ID: <575@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:52:07 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.575 Posted: Sun Aug 25 01:52:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:35:19 EDT References: <4141@alice.UUCP> <938@bunker.UUCP> <161@gargoyle.UUCP> <5766@cbscc.UUCP> <243@pedsgd.UUCP> <1574@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.politics:10652 net.religion:7474 Summary: In article <1574@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes: > Don't you know? Teaching you to use logical reasoning instead of taking > things on faith? Learning the scientific method of objective analysis? > Why, all of that is SECULAR HUMANISM!!!!! Because it leads you to conclusions > that contradict religious thinking. Thus, religionists feel it should be > banned, to prevent people from thinking about such things. Isn't that clear? No, it isn't clear. What I learn in school is using logical reasoning, scientific method, etc. I do *not* learn "Secular Humanism". The claim that "all of that is SECULAR HUMANISM" is absurd! Secular Humanists can claim that their faith is based on the preceding items, however they should *not* claim that the preceding items are part of Secular Humanism, like Ragnarok is part of historical Norse religion. As far as I am concerned, Secular Humanists are just another religious group. I do not use logical reasoning and the scien- tific method because my religion tells me too, I use them due to *personal* preference. If any of my teachers starts pushing "Secular Humanism", I will try to get transferred out of the class. Dave Long -- {hplabs,fortune,idi,ihnp4,tolerant,allegra,tymix}!oliveb!long Then the Usenetter said to the Architect: "From *where* did you think the chaos came?" -- Var. on Trad. Joke