Talk:Religious humanism

message: http://www.spiritualhumanism.org is the offical website for The Church of Spiritual Humanism They believe in total religious freedom, and ordain people online. www.spiritualhumanism.net is a test of their online seminary, but it is not required although recommended. They believe that religion must be based on reason, and that humans can improve themselves and society. They believe in religious principals, the usage of rituals morals, our common bonds to nature and humanity. Their beliefs can be summed up by the title of the book: Spirituality Without God. 
About a decade ago scientists advanced the hypothesis that neural activity during religious rapture occurs in a "God module" in the temporal lobes. The theory was inspired by the study of epilepsy patients in whom temporal lobe seizures induced mystical feelings. Results from a study by Mario Beauregard and Vincent Paquette of the University of Montreal, however, suggest that the neural activity that accompanies spiritual enlightenment is usually more complex."
This shows that, in one way or another, the brain is involved in spiritual activity. This, for me, is the epitomy of spiritual humanism. It is one of, prehaps the highest, functions of humans, for animals don't surely don't have brain functions as such. An it is indeed spiritual, for it deals directly with prayer and the the long sought god.
Human spirituality goes beyond this. Humans, unlike animals, have a natural set of morals, knowing right from wrong. We have the ability to reason, letting us to sperate truth from falsehood, allowing us to always seek what is right. And our bond to fellow man and the earth, which allows us to work with one another for the betterment of the whole. 
All of these things certainly comprise something greater than ourselves, the best part of man that, when tapped into, can be used by man to improve himself and the world around him. This is what I call the "Inner God," and I have faith in it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaycm610 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Spiritual Humanism

message: Current first paragraph: Religious humanism is an integration of humanism/humanistic philosophy with religious rituals and/or beliefs that center on human needs, interests, and abilities. Suggested rewording to eliminate slashes and give it a more decisive stance: Religious humanism is an integration of humanist ethical philosophy with religious rituals and beliefs that center on human needs, interests, and abilities. Any problems with this sort of cleanup? Happy Humanist (talk) 17:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  First paragraph cleanup 

message: According to this web site  http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html
  
RH = a religion and SH = a philosophy, that's simple straightforward and sensible. Shouldn't it be in the page? Is the AHA some a fringe group that should be ignored?  
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Frederick Edwords
Executive Director, American Humanist Association
The most critical irony in dealing with Modern Humanism is the inability of its advocates to agree on whether or not this worldview is religious. Those who see it as philosophy are the Secular Humanists while those who see it as religion are Religious Humanists. This dispute has been going on since the early years of this century when the secular and religious traditions converged and brought Modern Humanism into existence.
Nitpyck (talk) 23:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is a different definition 

message: Uploaded a new Wikipage on Buddhist humanism., including a comapsison with Secular and Religious humanism.SafwanZabalawi (talk) 06:06, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: A new page on Humanism to view

message: Changed text claiming that a declining number of UU members identify as humanists. I can't find anything to substantiate that claim. When surveys have been taken it has been as many as half but we don't have current data.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralph1Waldo (talk • contribs) 21:17, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unitarian citations 

message: I suggest removing the section on Satanism. There are many reasons but the claim that it is close to Ayn Rand's philosophy is enough to remove it since Ayn Rand was not a Humanist but an Objectivist. Moreover, in contrast to Satanism, altruistic and collectivist ethics are fundamental and necessary in Humanism.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.34.177.49 (talk) 02:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Satanism is not humanistic 

message: I would like to add [www.objector.church] to the external links page, but since I am minister with this religious humanist community, I am obviously biased so I thought it best to pose the question of whether it should be added before just adding it.
For more information on the church's religious humanist teachings, this page provides more detail: 
Jmbranum (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding the Objector Church?