I am so glad to be done with all that shite about Christianity, aren’t you? I mean, after convincing absolutely no one to open their minds wide enough to see what style of crock pot of boiling fecal matter Christianity is, all of my three or four readers might be wondering what there is to look forward to in life. I would suggest that instead of wasting one’s time either counting lost sheep, or lulling along at the droning of the masses at Mass, one would read the Humanist Manifesto II. It’s the somewhat updated, longer one (1973, actually). The only reason I don’t yet officially recommend the Humanist Manifesto 2000 (the book) as my kind of propoganda is because, frankly I haven’t read it yet. Oh poo…

BUT, since I don’t expect absolutely anyone to examine the greater aspect of my personal ontology nearly as closely as I examined their own damned faith, I have provided for you here and now…

The Humanist Manifesto III

– the short, short version!
  • Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis.
  • Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change.
  • Ethical values are derived from human need and interest as tested by experience.
  • Life’s fulfillment emerges from individual participation in the service of humane ideals.
  • Humans are social by nature and find meaning in relationships.
  • Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.
Ha! And that’s it! Wasn’t that easy?!? I mean, personally, I would have my own slight adjustments to the list above, but not as they are in the main points. I think my interest in Humanism grew out the evolution of my past loves of Libertarianism, Existentialism, and Zen Buddhism, and my appreciation for the rational, progressive, and empirical.