As some you probably have gleaned from some of my past blog entries, particularly the ones, tagged with, or whose subtitles begin with, the word “Principle”, I have a few core beliefs about life and going about living it. I take those beliefs very seriously. In my blog, I've shared these all with you. Well, I've also shared them all with my buddy Ben, who has taken up a curiosity (and almost a fascination) in them. He, in turn, shared them with a friend. This friend who attends the same Baptist church Ben goes to, read them, and used two words to summarize his impression of them. It was a decidedly exotic term that, up 'till now, I had been unfamiliar with.
Secular humanism.
Well okay, I have heard that term before, but only in passing, and I've never paid much attention to it. For some reason, in the back of my mind, it had, perhaps subconsciously, given me the impression of being some sort of obscure new age philosophy. I don't know why.
Well, whatever new age is, or is supposed to be, I know I am not with that. (nothing against new age)
Nonetheless, I hadn't the slightest idea what secular humanism really even was. Was it a good thing? Or a not so good thing? This friend of Ben's, who used the term, and who, incidentally, was a devoutly religious practitioner of the Baptist faith, thought it was both good and bad. However, this was, of course, from his standpoint. It must be said that, I, in contrast, am admittedly agnostic, so I wondered what I would think of this so-called “secular humanism” philosophy, and did this label, that was stamped upon my particular beliefs, really fit? According to Wikipedia's definition of secular humanism:
Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that upholds reason, ethics, and justice, and specifically rejects the supernatural and the spiritual as warrants of moral reflection and decision-making.
Yep. That's me. In fact, it's dead-on me. And I like it! 
- the Fuchian 
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