
Humanists seek to reduce ignorance and suffering, expand knowledge and justice, sustain and advance our civilization, and work for humanity to succeed as a species.
ENGLISH VERSION >JOSEPH R. SIMONETTA
Informed by science and void of supernatural beliefs, humanists seek to build a more humane, just, compassionate, and democratic society based on knowledge, experience, and reason.
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JOSEPH R. SIMONETTA
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
SCIENCE is a very formal, rigid, evidenced-based discipline that requires testing and retesting to arrive at its principles and theories.
WHAT IS RELIGION?
Religion may be defined as a belief in and worship of a god.
The notion of a god raises many questions and problems such as what and who’s god or goddess.
HARVARD, YALE, AND HUMANISM
When I studied at Yale and Harvard Divinity Schools (Master of Divinity, Harvard, ’93)...
FICTION, FANTASY, AND PROBLEM SOLVING
We advance technologically easily but not so socially, politically, or intellectually.