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Originally Posted by ladygreek
THANK YOU!! And folx ask me why I am a Humanist, which is an outgrowth of Deism, rather than a Christian.
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Random point: Humanism IS an outgrowth of Christianity if you look at its roots. In the late middle ages or early renaissance, depending on how you want to see it, Humanism was an attempt to reconcile Christianity with Classical/secular works and methods. I'm thinking Erasmus here, mainly. I'm also thinking of Humanism like "humanities" humanism, not "secular humanism," which in hindsight, I realize you might mean.
Certainly, today Humanism is closer to Deism than it is to Christianity, but I don't think it started out that way.
About Clinton/Obama, I was sort of joking about it in another thread. They do seem to complement each other.
Sorry for crashing your forum. I arrived here kind of accidentally. I was searching for a post on a similar topic.