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What is the difference between a human and a humaniist?

Prishon August 23, 2021 at 06:21 4950 views 25 comments
Is a humanist merely a human who puts humans at the top? Who clongs to humanology? Is it a fake version of a human?

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javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 06:38 #583219
Be careful, a humanist doesn't mean necessarily putting a "human in the top", according to Cambridge dictionary this is the the meaning of humanist:
a person who believes in humanism (= the idea that people do not need a god or religion to satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs)
humanist. Cambridge dictionary.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 07:05 #583226
Quoting javi2541997
Cambridge


Arent that atheists? A true humanist should accept gods too as there are a lot of humans who belive in god. I belive in gods too. I know in fact for sure they exist. How else came the world to be? You could of course argue that the universe is eternal. That is true. Anyhow, Im thankfull to the gods but tell them to f@@@k off if tbey try to invade my life. Makes that a humanist of me?
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 07:16 #583227
Quoting Prishon
A true humanist should accept gods too as there are a lot of humans who belive in god.


It is literally the opposite. Humanism is put ourselves in "God's" place. A true humanist does not need a subterfuge to understand or interpret their beliefs or ideas. They just have another point of view in aspects as morality, ethics, peace, behavior, metaphysics, etc...
For example: if I do an action (buying alcohol when I am not adult) I do not really care about what God could think about me. It is me and my own decisions as Ortega y Gasset explained.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 07:21 #583230
Quoting javi2541997
interpret


Sorry. I expresses myself wrongly. They should accept that other people have god(s). They are of course free not to belive that and see themselves as gods. But then they are no gods anymore.
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 07:28 #583235
Quoting Prishon
But then they are no gods anymore.


Why do they need to be like God? What is your concept of "God"?
Probably the humanists want to live more according to pragmatic life instead of searching forever an unknown answer.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 07:34 #583239
Quoting javi2541997
searching


Why do they need to be like God? What is your concept of "God"?

Because they put themselves in his place.
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 07:43 #583247
Quoting Prishon
Because they put themselves in his place.
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Or just accept there is not God at all and then start believing in humanity as subject responsible of both rights and duties. There is not place because there never been a God previously.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 07:49 #583251
Quoting javi2541997
is


"There is not place because there never been a God previously."


That is just a belief.
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 07:51 #583253
Quoting Prishon
That is just a belief.


The same belief as believing in God itself :wink:
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 08:27 #583263
Quoting javi2541997
believing


That's indeed what I mean.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 08:29 #583264
Quoting javi2541997
believing


Not believing in god is superstition. It is an irrational belief.
TheMadFool August 23, 2021 at 09:01 #583272
a person who believes in humanism (= the idea that people do not need a god or religion to satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs)



The pre-theistic moral vacuum conundrum for theism
If god's necessary for morality, explain how humans got to the point, sans religion mind you, when god was introduced to them via revelation by so-called prophets? Those early humans should've killed each other off without religion, assuming religion is, as theists claim, a must for morality.

Proto-morality (there's a thread on it, you'll have to do a search).
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 09:08 #583276
Quoting Prishon
Not believing in god is superstition. It is an irrational belief.


No. Not believing in God is is just a normal state. I do not need any celestial subterfuge to praise or interpret my life. I want to live it with my own self and responsibility.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 09:13 #583279
Quoting javi2541997
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". Not believing in God is is just a normal state. I do not need any celestial subterfuge to praise or interpret my life. I want to live it with my own self and responsibility."

The superstition is that you don't need it. That is the subterfuge.
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 09:18 #583281
Quoting Prishon
That is the subterfuge.


There is no subterfuge beacuse I am not excusing my actions and ethics in anything.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 09:39 #583289
Quoting javi2541997
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"There is no subterfuge"

People themselves are the subterfuge in the humanist case.
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 09:51 #583295
Quoting Prishon
People themselves are the subterfuge in the humanist case.


No. I guess subterfuge is not even related to humanism at all. I think it is about to put humanity in the center of progress and culture, avoiding the image of God.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 10:01 #583299
Quoting javi2541997
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Also humanists need subterfuge. Not in gods though. Im not sure though in what.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 10:03 #583300
Do you know where I can ask about these damned citations appearing every time?
javi2541997 August 23, 2021 at 10:08 #583303
Reply to Prishon

You should ask the moderators. Try here in the The Shoutbox
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 10:30 #583312
Quoting javi2541997
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Thanks for the advice. I will wait to see what happens. Curious what to see no between the quotemarks.:)
180 Proof August 23, 2021 at 13:04 #583355
Reply to TheMadFool :up:

Reply to Prishon In my mind, another (more descriptive) word for "humanist" is anthropocentrist.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 13:13 #583360
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"Those early humans should've killed each other off without religion, assuming religion is, as theists claim, a must for morality."

By the same token, they could have loved each other to dead.
TheMadFool August 23, 2021 at 14:59 #583390
Quoting Prishon
By the same token, they could have loved each other to dead.


Even though that's really hard for some to wrap their heads around, I can relate to it - for better or worse, my romantic relationships have been exclusively one-sided, myself being the one head over heels in love, the love-interest :meh: and even :vomit:

Love lesson 1.

You want this :point:



You definitely don't want this :point:



Way off-topic but had to get this off my chest.
Prishon August 23, 2021 at 15:05 #583393
@TheMadFool
The room is still shaking of my laugh!

:lol: :lol: :lol: