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What is the greatest form of humanism? [Spirituality & Religion]

“Christianity is the greatest humanism that has ever appeared, indeed that could ever appear. No philosophical or political or religious program in history – neither Greek nor Renaissance nor Marxist humanism – has ever made a claim about human destiny as extravagant as Christianity’s. We are called not simply to moral perfection or artistic self-expression or economic liberation but to what the Eastern fathers called theiosis, transformation into God.” ~ Bishop Robert Barron, in Catholicism – a Journey to the Heart of the Faith , pg. 2 http://amzn.to/1DXgm2o

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ForeverOnMyGuard · 22-25, F

Because it's totally okay to kill witches and gays but "Love everyone" guys

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ForeverOnMyGuard · 22-25, F

@ArtVandelay: My problem isn't necessarily with the religions, I just don't agree with things their holy books say and the people who follow them turn even the good parts into bad and hypocritical things.

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ForeverOnMyGuard · 22-25, F

@ArtVandelay: I've learned those virtues without religion. And that "Take what you value and leave the rest" thing is bullshit because the people who do that claim to follow every part of the bible. All you have to do is ask them what their shirt is made out of and their fragile grasp of their "religion" is lost.

shadowplay · 26-30, M

@ArtVandelay: the whole thing is based on a reward . those virtues don't mean anything if you have to be paid ,it should be instinctive ,done because it's the right thing ,not to get into some fairy place in the sky

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shadowplay · 26-30, M

and many have achieved the same thing without religion .

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shadowplay · 26-30, M

@ArtVandelay: but it creates the atmosphere that allow bad things to be justified. my religion is me and my belief ,i don't push it on anyone ,i don't offer rewards for joining me ,i don't use it to take over the world .i didn't find it in a book i find it in my heart

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shadowplay · 26-30, M

@ArtVandelay: they would have a lot less reason to do those wrongs,i'm not saying religion is the cause of every bad thing.but the things done in it's name have all but destroyed us.it divides people more than any other single cause

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shadowplay · 26-30, M

@ArtVandelay: because it doesn't practice what it teaches