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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SW-User

Funny, most political Christians despise humanism.

beckychandler · F

Yes, you are right --and that is kind of the point he was making. This is not an unsophisticated comment by some hick preacher.

SW-User

@beckychandler: catholicism is about control. It filled a void left by the downfall of the Roman Empire and has been making human beings miserable ever since.