From: me@nospam.com   
      
   On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:47:18 +0000, ralph   
    wrote:   
      
   >There is a strong feeling in the UK that humanism is now the one to   
   >beat. Although the pitiful number of organised humanists (max 8,000) has   
   >been publicised, many commentators, of all faiths and none, seem to feel   
   >that the battle for hearts and minds has actually been won.   
   >   
   >The religious obviously deplore this, on the basis that those without   
   >religion have no morals. So we have nothing to feel smug about there.   
   >But the fact that most people have actually rejected religion, probably   
   >because of the acknowledgment of scientific truth, leaves this majority   
   >as humanists by practice, even if they do not realise it.   
   >   
   >Of course, in the present state of Bush rejection, this is popularly   
   >associated with creationists, and of the hypocrisy of torture denial.   
   >Mr. Blair, also in trouble on many fronts, is classed as a near-Bush on   
   >the religious issue.   
   >   
   >A couple of years ago the word humanism hardly appeared on the airwaves:   
   >now it is everywhere. How can we exploit this situation, and how can we   
   >export it?   
      
      
   You don't have to export it.  It's everywhere there are freethinking   
   individuals.   
      
   Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr.   
   Lubbock, Texas   
   rkinserlow at cox dot net   
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