James Croft: "Humanism: Creed of the 21st Century"

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Maria Greene

The sermon was delivered on Sunday, October 19, 2014, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by James Croft, Guest Speaker.

What is the point of Humanism?

"To safeguard human dignity while maintaining intellectual integrity. To put people first."
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Maria Greene is the UU Humanist Association's former part-time Executive Director. (Maria has stepped down at the end of 2017 to attend to some extended family health issues.) Maria is also a professional web developer who lives in Massachusetts with her husband, their three busy kids and assorted pets. Maria's home congregation is the First Parish Church of Stow & Acton, she helps coordinate the Concord Area Humanists, a UUHA local group and chapter of the American Humanist Association that meets in Concord, MA, she is a volunteer with the Secular Coalition for Massachusetts, and with the Boston Coalition of Reason.

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Mr. Croft states that the point of Humanism is "To safeguard human dignity while maintaining intellectual integrity. To put people first."
I submit that there is scant human dignity without intellectual integrity. And because region is anti-intellectual, it undercuts human dignity. Further, to the extent UU is a "religious faith" it is anti-intellectual.
Mr. Croft also says the point of Humanism is "To put people first". Which raises the question as to what, specifically, he means by that? First over what?

Submitted by Timothy Travis on Thu, 11/27/2014 - 5:32pm