tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post301840286878226127..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: Stephen Fry narrates four short videosBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-47963660851880252522014-04-03T10:56:00.740-05:002014-04-03T10:56:00.740-05:00Heh, heh. Yup. And in general, I do identify with ...Heh, heh. Yup. And in general, I do identify with humanism. But different people claim that humanism implies different things, so I just find it easier to skip all that.<br /><br />I'm an atheist and <a href="http://garthright.blogspot.com/2012/02/im-skeptic.html" rel="nofollow">I'm a skeptic</a>. As labels, they work well enough for me. They're simple, they're easy to explain, and the 'skeptic' label can cover most questions easily enough (indeed, I'm an atheist <i>because</i> I'm a skeptic).<br /><br />So I don't worry too much about humanism, even though I'm sure I'm in agreement with most humanists about most things.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-27115502889705557012014-04-02T10:27:58.248-05:002014-04-02T10:27:58.248-05:00I’m not a big person for labels either; if you don...I’m not a big person for labels either; if you don’t call yourself anything then you never have to explain what exactly you are and what you believe. Being an atheist is the exception – it’s really easy to explain if anyone ever asked. But, having said that, at one point I looked at the definition of a humanist from the wiki and went ‘yeah, that’s what I think, that’s what I feel, guess I’m a humanist then’. Up until that point I thought it was someone who loved humankind and being a bit of a cow at times and wanting to give collective humanity a great big loving punch in the face a lot of the time I didn’t think humanist was really going to be my bag. But, it turns out, it doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a lover of man. Who’da thunk?m1nkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349479059917642644noreply@blogger.com