Sentences with phrase «becomes secular humanism»
I believe we are our brothers and sisters keepers and one could make the argument that it falls under the category of rational self interest; however, the minute people think they can enforce that philosophy at the end of a barrel of a gun (gov «t) the whole thing falls apart and religion becomes secular humanism where the state replaces God.
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... If Catholicity at the university level is to remain, Notre Dame had better be prepared to save itself, whether from «secular humanism,» a distorted view of academic freedom, or a goal of becoming [well - regarded] at the cost of its Catholic uniqueness...
But, then, the dirty little secret is exposed: non-religion (or secular humanism, as Torcaso v. Watkins admitted) is just as much a religion as any other, except that by pretending to not be a religion, it becomes the Constitutionally established faith and religious test, not just for public office but anything public (public policy, the public square), whose content is defined by the clerisy of a five justice «theocratic majoritarianism.»
And finally, if religious activism breaks its ties with sacramental, mystical, and silent religion, it becomes indistinguishable from secular humanism, such as Marxism for example.
So one has to find a new pattern of ideologically pluralistic secular humanism and religiously pluralistic spiritual humanism entering into dialogue with each other on anthropology, the nature and meaning of being and becoming human.
It is useless to aspire to become merely the domesticated court chaplains to secular humanism.
They are seeking what has been called post-modern paradigms for «an open secular democratic culture» within the framework of a public philosophy (Walter Lippman) or Civil Religion (Robert Bellah) or a new genuine realistic humanism or at least a body of insights about the nature of being and becoming human, evolved through dialogue among renascent religions, secularist ideologies including the philosophies of the tragic dimension of existence and disciplines of social and human sciences which have opened themselves to each other in the context of their common sense of historical responsibility and common human destiny.
The ban on secular humanism has become an ideologically charged issue; some parents» groups have expressed their support, but a group of prominent authors...