New Humanism conference

According to the AHA, humanism is "a progressive lifestance that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment, aspiring to humanity’s greater good."

From the poster about the conference at Harvard, "The New Humanism," April 20 - 22. (Registration here.) (The the post for the list of special guests ranging from A. O. Wilson to Ned Lamont.)

The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard has long been among those representing a non-religious philosophy that is much more than anti-religiosity.
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One billion people around the world, 30-40 million Americans, and 1 in 5 Americans age 18-25.
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If you call yourself: Atheist, Agnostic,...Non-Religious, Freethinker,...Rationalist, Secular, Spiritual, Skeptic, Cynic, Secular Humanist, Naturalist, Deist, 'Nothing,' or any number of non-religious descriptives, you could probably count yourself a humanist.

Comments

[Benjamin Steinke]

Humanism is a false hope for happiness, and I should know. Trying to make friends with most humanists is like a truck driver trying to befriend a chemistry professor. What I mean is that humanists, for the most part, tend to be extremely elitist, flaunting their higher education and intellectual prowess. Those of us who weren't financially fortunate enough to make it into college (and have to work at low-paying jobs for a living) are made to feel like intellectually stunted morons and are often rejected from their social circles. Humanists also tend to come from the upper-middle to upper strata of society income-wise. I would sooner sit around a campfire with homeless outcasts talking about Jesus Christ and the Gospel then spend 5 minutes with the average humanist.