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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
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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
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