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Article: The religion of secular humanism.(Defining Humanism: The Battle Continues)
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- Free Inquiry
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
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Religion: (1.) A worldview i.e., any set of beliefs or system of thought that contains a theology, philosophy, ethics, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, law and history. - Noebel (2.) "Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others." - U.S. Supreme Court (1961) (3.) "Any system of beliefs, practices, ethical values . . . [e.g.], humanism as a religion." - Webster's New World Dictionary (4.) "A system of thought shared by a group that gives members an object of devotion [God, the state, man, nature], a code of ethics ...