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April 29, 2005
There Goes the Secular Humanist Vote
In what is fashioned as a news release, the Council for Secular Humanism (I’m not making this up) tried to takes its swipe at California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, who President Bush has nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Here’s the lead:
Amherst, N.Y. (April 27, 2005) -- The Council for Secular Humanism deplores the intemperate and uncalled-for attacks California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown made on secular humanists at an April 24 church-sponsored service delivered to judges and lawyers in Connecticut. The comments were seized upon this past Monday by evangelical leader Gary Bauer, of the ultra-conservative advocacy group American Values, in an e-mail blast Bauer sent to his supporters, praising Brown and her comments.
The release continues:
She has libeled tens of millions of Americans who do not share her ideological bias. "We particularly object to her claim that Secular Humanism threatens to divorce America from its religious roots," said Paul Kurtz, Chairman of the Council for Secular Humanism."We are alarmed at the implications that this first overt attack on secular humanism -- by such a highly placed jurist -- portends for the rights of unbelievers and the separation of religion and state guaranteed in the constitution," said Kurtz. "We are facing a clear and present danger to our liberties in the United States by militant religionists."
I don’t get it. Of course the secular humanists are trying to divorce America from its religious roots. Why wouldn’t they want to, given their commitment to secularism.
I hope this groups speak up more because it helps us all to understand that Secular Humanism itself is a real and present danger to the huge majority of Americans who believe that a nation that ignores the spiritual part of its soul will devolve into a dispirited and unprincipled mess.
Posted by Jim at April 29, 2005 07:59 AM
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Perhaps we should rename them "secular fundamentalists" :)
Posted by: LotharBot at April 29, 2005 12:44 PM
Jim writes: I don’t get it. Of course the secular humanists are trying to divorce America from its religious roots. Why wouldn’t they want to, given their commitment to secularism.
Not all of them. Just like not all Christians are trying to marry America to its "religious roots"— after all, some follow creeds that take a dim view of "religion" on the grounds that it kills faith in God.
You can find the parallel mentality among secular humanists: people who are either 1) not particularly interested in actively trying to separate America from its "religious roots", or 2) inclined to hold the view that religion is the opiate of the masses and that the people need their opium.
The existence of both of these classes of people refutes your point.
Jim concludes: it helps us all to understand that Secular Humanism itself is a real and present danger to the huge majority of Americans who believe that a nation that ignores the spiritual part of its soul will devolve into a dispirited and unprincipled mess.
How is that "huge majority of Americans" endangered by the mere existence of other people who don't share their beliefs?
Posted by: s9 at April 29, 2005 12:50 PM
I don’t get it. Of course the secular humanists are trying to divorce America from its religious roots. Why wouldn’t they want to, given their commitment to secularism.
Well, I can tell you that I'm a believer. However, my tolerance for such comments as this has ebbed beyond the point of disdain.
In the 80's, I heard the evils of Mormanism preached from the pulpit regularly. I had friends in the church teach "bible classes" on the extent of this lingering "threat". And *every single one of 'em" couldn't get any joy out of their marriage. And my experience living in "morman country" (Az) was, as a businessman having dealt with many of 'em, they stood out for their honest and integrity in my dealings with them.
"You will know them by their works". Hmmm...
I'll take the mormans over any "christian" preaching hate of them any time. I want a life that works. Preaching why everyone else's doesn't is a disease AFAIC.
Now it seems to have moved onto other things... I see these attacks on "secular humanists" regularly. Most of the folks you pin this label on would never associate themselves with the term. But I can assure you, the box you're attempting to herd others into is gonn'a produce a response. Your sense of persecution looks juvenile from where I sit.
Personally, you guys worry me far more than any of these "threats" so often cited. The insanity that came from the mouths of fundamentalist leaders during Schiavo incident is about enough for me. It looks like a lie in the service of whatever idea they have is now justified. It's getting a little scary.
Posted by: JDMcKay at April 29, 2005 09:01 PM