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multigraincracker

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2. I'm a Secular Humanist.
Sat Nov 18, 2023, 03:59 AM
Nov 2023

I look at it in terms of locus of control. My view is that “shit happens”. Every thing is pretty much random. What matters is how I deal with the hand I am dealt. Those that see everything as run by some outside force pray for shit to not happen, as if there nothing they can do about it.
But this is just one way to look at the world. There are some “religions” that kind of follow this train of thought. Ethical Culture and Ethical Society are a few that I find interesting. Some of these act, in some ways, like a religion. They have buildings and services, much like churches do. But, you can’t call them believers of gods.
I never look for arguments, but I love to ask them legitimate guestions that they may, or may not find uncomfortable.
There are Secular Jews and some Secular Muslims, or at lest those that keep an open mind and would never fight each other. I think these are very hard times for those folks.
But, that’s just me.

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