GentleDove wrote:
Of course, I think the other way around: Humanism doesn't deliver on its proponents' promises; but God does deliver on His promises.
What are the promises of Humanism? What are the promises of God?
Has Humanism failed to deliver its promises?
Has God always delivered on His promises?
Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. First Epistle to the Church of the Thessalonians The truth will make you free. Gospel of John
I'm going to take a stab at part of this. One promise of Humanism is that if human rights and freedoms are protected in a systematic way in a society, that society will be, on the whole, happier than without liberty.
Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. First Epistle to the Church of the Thessalonians The truth will make you free. Gospel of John
McCulloch wrote:I'm going to take a stab at part of this. One promise of Humanism is that if human rights and freedoms are protected in a systematic way in a society, that society will be, on the whole, happier than without liberty.
Due to the incompleteness resulting from the OP's actual intent, I would suggest making a new thread with a better formed OP and then asserting this on behalf of the Humanist Proponents' side. Then perhaps you could pm GentleDove and invite her to argue on behalf of God's promises position.
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GentleDove wrote:
Of course, I think the other way around: Humanism doesn't deliver on its proponents' promises; but God does deliver on His promises.
What are the promises of Humanism? What are the promises of God?
Has Humanism failed to deliver its promises?
Has God always delivered on His promises?
"Humanism" makes NO promises. Since no promises are made, no failures can be observed or identified.
There is no evidence that any of the thousands of "gods" have DONE ANYTHING AT ALL.
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Non-Theist
ANY of the thousands of "gods" proposed, imagined, worshiped, loved, feared, and/or fought over by humans MAY exist -- awaiting verifiable evidence