Humanism Must be Freed from Atheism

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Humanism Must be Freed from Atheism

The Humanist movement is about to become a dominant credo for our species, as the age of orthodox and fundamentalist religion fades in the face of the Internet’s expansion of education to everyone.

Yet Humanism is a captive and misrepresented philosophy, hijacked for its name by aggressive atheists. Their inverted religious obsession has obscured Humanism from wider acceptance.

This situation must end, as we build trust and respect for Humanists as critics and champions of our own species.

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