To establish such a religion is a major necessity of the present. It is a responsibility which rests upon this generation. The individual born into a particular culture is largely molded by that culture. Obviously humanism does not deny the possibility of realities as yet undiscovered, but it does insist that the way to determine the existence and value of any and all realities is by means of intelligent inquiry and by the assessment of their relations to human needs. Religion must formulate its hopes and plans in the light of the scientific spirit and method.
Nothing human is alien to the religious.
The distinction between the sacred and the secular can no longer be maintained. Religious Humanism considers the complete realization of human personality to be the end of man's life and seeks its development and fulfillment in the here and now. This is the explanation of the humanist's social passion. In the place of the old attitudes involved in worship and prayer the humanist finds his religious emotions expressed in a heightened sense of personal life and in a cooperative effort to promote social well-being. Reasonable and manly attitudes will be fostered by education and supported by custom.