Are you a humanist?

I prefer it because of this:
"Humanism is an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity, recognising that moral values are properly founded on human nature and experience alone. While atheism is merely the absence of belief, humanism is a positive attitude to the world, centred on human experience, thought, and hopes."

@JustaHumanBean: Yeah. That makes sense. But you pretty much highlighted the "conditions" I mentioned. To be a humanist you are supposed to think a certain way. What you shared implies that atheists can't have a positive view of the world. That's silly.
That kind of purposeful differentiation is a tool used by those who want to solidify thought, create a group consensus and then apply that consensus to others. It's no different than any religion. So while my perspective may be "humanist-driven," I don't need the constructs of religion to verify or solidify my thoughts.
Just my 18 cents.

@Ynotisay: LABELS ?

I hear what you're saying. I feel like it highlighted the differences between the two, but I didn't get that it implied the absence of belief is a negative or that atheists can't have positive world views no matter what. Anywho, when I posted it I was actually thinking more along the lines of--we're all just human beans here and every single one of us deserve equal rights irregardless! But thanks for the 18 cents worth. You gave me food for thought.😊