Death and life flourishing is at the centre of our humanity. Which is why we understand how others read “Humanism”. Each person has their own ideas of what is the experience of death and life, but, surprise, surprise (Gomer Pyle), we find others have different ideas. Understanding others is, thus, only possible in common schemas of intellect.
There is a real lack of understanding in how humanism dies and how humanism flourishes historically. If organised humanism did focused on the life and philosophical meaning of being human, then the understanding would be achieved. The 21st century new humanism works on a greater comprehensiveness in the widest consideration of humanity and what is a human being. We do not need narrow understandings of secularity, and for that matter, we do not need narrow understandings of religion. A personal sense of conflict will only alienate many others who could join the movement of Humanist thinking and express (act upon) their humanist values.
The difficulty is the public reading in social psychology without the certain unquestioned organisational prejudices (pre-judgement) and biases (skewed thinking). Personally (my questioned prejudice) I blame the 1990s managerialism — and I do not play political games of buying favours in corporate boards, I tell it like it is — and I do not play these games with other persons. So, I am damn straight, and will again put the points forward for a considered response, again:
- Secularity is not what you think it is when there is assumption that a religious statement/points-of-view/worldview might not be secular; and converse is also true…
- Religiosity is not what you think it is when there is assumption that a secular statement/points-of-view/worldview might not be not religious; and this is because…
- Chatter language on Secularity and Religiosity is confused; and this is because…
- in the words and related terms of Secularity and Religiosity there are too many different things in the chatter language, and included many opposite things which are intended for the better thought; and in concrete terms…
- Poor policy, even less than adequate policy, is not concretely written until that is understood (points 1-4).
- Humanism is about understanding both human virtues and vices and acting accordingly to the understanding.
If you are still confused at this point, my only suggestion is to enrol in a studies-in-religion (which is also a course in studies-in-secularity) at one of the few Australian universities which still offer such a course (The University of Queensland, may be, the only one).
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