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From: alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern
Subject: Re: Religion, but no worship of God
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Date: 19 Mar 90 14:35:03 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dkb@cs.brown.edu's message of 16 Mar 90 14:31:38 GM


   But secular humanism is NOT a religion!  It relies on no belief or
   faith in the unknowable or unproven.

True religious belief is based on direct experience of God, spirit,
and mystical truths.  It is not based on blind faith.

Secular humanism is based on a sense of morality and human value.

Materialism is based on an intentionally narrow range of experience.


   -andrew
    alms@cambridge.apple.com