Comments on: I Am for a Day of Reason Every Day http://blog.thehumanist.com/index.php/2008/05/01/258/ Humanist Perspectives on Breaking News and Political Activities Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Francis Mortyn http://blog.thehumanist.com/index.php/2008/05/01/258/#comment-2225 Francis Mortyn Thu, 22 May 2008 15:12:04 +0000 http://blog.thehumanist.com/?p=258#comment-2225 That billboard is an unfortunate mistake. "Belief in God" has nothing much to do with Humanism. Belief in the existence of things is metaphysics, not ethics. Humanism is an ethical process, not a set of beliefs. "Belief in God" was a big issue a hundred years ago. Today the AHA makes itself look ignorant and out of touch by associating itself with that billboard. "Belief in God" has been fully addressed and mainstream Christianity has moved on. Paul Tillich and other theologians have dealt with it quite well. That billboard presents AHA as ignorant of modern theology. It's as if your neighborhood drug store advertised leeches to treat sickness and your auto parts store offered buggy whips. In any case, who says there's only one God to assert or deny? Is the AHA now taking sides with monotheism? That billboard is an unfortunate mistake. “Belief in God” has nothing much to do with Humanism. Belief in the existence of things is metaphysics, not ethics. Humanism is an ethical process, not a set of beliefs.

“Belief in God” was a big issue a hundred years ago. Today the AHA makes itself look ignorant and out of touch by associating itself with that billboard. “Belief in God” has been fully addressed and mainstream Christianity has moved on. Paul Tillich and other theologians have dealt with it quite well. That billboard presents AHA as ignorant of modern theology. It’s as if your neighborhood drug store advertised leeches to treat sickness and your auto parts store offered buggy whips. In any case, who says there’s only one God to assert or deny? Is the AHA now taking sides with monotheism?

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