Much of what we think represents what we learned from parents, teachers, and society in general. As we age we will change our beliefs according to our observations and experiences. In return, those beliefs will shape who we eventually become. It is essential to be open to new ideas, values, and ways of thinking and acting. The more we develop our self-understanding and ability to think critically, the less our behaviors result from unreflected reaction. We can transcend our social programming.
Human beings spend so much time and energy worrying about skin color, religion, sexual orientation, and other issues that do not warrant the attention. I mean come on! If your gay, I'm happy for you. If you weren't responsible enough to use protection and want to get an abortion, go get one. After all, it is your body and you've already proven you can't take care of yourself. I can't imagine what you'd do with a child. If your a man and want to be a woman.......OK, I don't understand this, but I don't have to. If you want to believe in a supernatural being and call it God, Devil, or Buddha; who am I to say you can't? All the nonsense these issues attract needs to stop. We have more important things to worry about. Today's world is a miserable place. The new depression is at an all time high. Stocks are falling, jobs are being lost, and consumer consumption is in a corporate death spiral. Financial institutions have under reacted. The government is over reacting. Society is living on borrowed time paid for with borrowed dollars.
I had my favorite class in High School. We discussed reproductive choice, anti-poverty programs, the feminist movement, gay rights, and sexual education. I found myself surrounded by narrow-minded people and those too afraid to express their true feelings and opinions. My senior class voted me the most liberal. Calling me a humanist would of been closer to the truth.
In the words of the third Humanis Manifesto, Ethical values derived from human need and interest as tested by experience. Humanists ground values in human welfare shaped by human circumstances, interests and concerns. We are committed to treating each person as having inherent worth and dignity and to making informed choices in a context of freedom consonant with responsibility.
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