Comments on: Humanlight Contest http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest/comment-page-1#comment-89238 what Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89238 Humans are just all right with me.<br /> Humans are just all right.<br /> Oh yeh. Humans are just all right with me.
Humans are just all right.
Oh yeh.

]]> By: sam moore jr http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest/comment-page-1#comment-89240 sam moore jr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89240 At last a December holiday I can participate in-- I don't do Christmas because I'm not a Christian and I don't do the Winter Solstice because I'm not a Pagan (the Pagans I know are into really weird religion and really let those gods,ghosts,and witches go to their heads and wear bizarre costumes and beat drums and chant nonsense). I'm no artist so I can't enter this contest but it's nice to know there's a winter holiday for me. At last a December holiday I can participate in– I don’t do Christmas because I’m not a Christian and I don’t do the Winter Solstice because I’m not a Pagan (the Pagans I know are into really weird religion and really let those gods,ghosts,and witches go to their heads and wear bizarre costumes and beat drums and chant nonsense). I’m no artist so I can’t enter this contest but it’s nice to know there’s a winter holiday for me.

]]> By: joe zamecki http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest/comment-page-1#comment-89241 joe zamecki Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89241 I like Humanlight. I attended the first two Humanlight events in New Jersey, and they were great. <br /> <br /> Even though as I grow old and fuddy-duddy, I'm not such a big fan of humanity anymore, it was fun to be there. It was positive and uplifting.<br /> <br /> Joe Zamecki<br /> Austin I like Humanlight. I attended the first two Humanlight events in New Jersey, and they were great.

Even though as I grow old and fuddy-duddy, I’m not such a big fan of humanity anymore, it was fun to be there. It was positive and uplifting.

Joe Zamecki
Austin

]]> By: neowolfe http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest/comment-page-1#comment-89255 neowolfe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89255 I have crossed paths with humanists before, and in many ways, they are more like me than atheists.<br /> <br /> While I resent organized religion, and hate their influence in this society and across the globe, I think the purest atheist brand of though is almost contradictory. You accept nothing until it is proven by science, yet you embrace the nonexistence of the influence of a designer, even though it has never been proven, and in many ways is counterintuitive.<br /> <br /> Humanist put the whole issue aside, acknowledging that designer or no designer, we are left on our own to succeed or fail. No interference for or against us is forthcoming. We are like the dinosaurs, we will survive or become extinct as a result of our ability to adapt, think clearly on our feet, and rise above the social mental diseases that plague our cultures. Humans may be the first extinct species that committed suicide.<br /> <br /> NeoWolfe I have crossed paths with humanists before, and in many ways, they are more like me than atheists.

While I resent organized religion, and hate their influence in this society and across the globe, I think the purest atheist brand of though is almost contradictory. You accept nothing until it is proven by science, yet you embrace the nonexistence of the influence of a designer, even though it has never been proven, and in many ways is counterintuitive.

Humanist put the whole issue aside, acknowledging that designer or no designer, we are left on our own to succeed or fail. No interference for or against us is forthcoming. We are like the dinosaurs, we will survive or become extinct as a result of our ability to adapt, think clearly on our feet, and rise above the social mental diseases that plague our cultures. Humans may be the first extinct species that committed suicide.

NeoWolfe

]]> By: Dorky Mommy http://atheists.org/blog/2008/09/18/humanlight_contest/comment-page-1#comment-89261 Dorky Mommy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89261 Thank you, Neowolfe:<br /> That was very well put, and you have given me a lot to think about. <br /> <br /> The idea that sustains me is that we are left on our own. It is comforting to know that no magic or mythic creature is controlling my life. And I like your comment that "Humans may be the first extinct species that committed suicide." Thank you, Neowolfe:
That was very well put, and you have given me a lot to think about.

The idea that sustains me is that we are left on our own. It is comforting to know that no magic or mythic creature is controlling my life. And I like your comment that “Humans may be the first extinct species that committed suicide.”

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