From: ralph@eddlewood.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <8b8gc2t3vqhl9bm4slij4adikg7n8qosl1@4ax.com>, Ray Wesley   
   Kinserlow Jr.  writes   
   >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.   
   >   
   Thank you for your contribution, Ray.   
      
   But how do we exploit it?   
      
      
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   ralph   
      
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