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Re: A Religion Without God? - October 19th 2009, 06:27 PM

I'd be thinking about humanism. It's not a religion per se, but it has a religious feel to it, and not a god in sight.
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Secular Humanism is a non-theistically based philosophy which promotes humanity as the measure of all things. It had its roots in the rationalism of the 18th Century and the free thought movement of the 19th Century.

Some factors that most Humanists share:
-Either they do not believe in the existence of a deity, or they don't really care about the topic.
-They believe that excellent codes of behavior and morality can be created through reason.
-Humans created the Gods and Goddesses in their own image.
-They are very concerned about human rights and equal opportunities for all.
-They tend to be at the liberal end of the spectrum on such controversial topics as abortion access; equal rights for gays, lesbians and bisexuals; same-sex marriage, physician assisted suicide, separation of church and state, etc.