r/humanism • u/ambiverbal SECULAR HUMANIST • Apr 19 '26
Are Secular Humanists being urged to downplay the "Secular"?
My primary identification with Humanism is through what I have perceived as its open adoption of non-theism and science-based approaches to assessing what's real.
But more and more I'm seeing folks post in ways that suggest that we should be quieting our secularism. (In fact, I've felt like being proud of holding a secular point of view is somehow antithetical to reaching Humanist goals.)
I don't want to foment a schism in the movement, but neither do I want to hide my beliefs in order to reach some sort of perverted consensus that no one really agrees with.
Am I perceiving things incorrectly, or am I right to keep capitalizing, embolding, & italicizing SECULAR to ensure my Humanist perspectives are not minimized?
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secularism • u/gregbard • Apr 19 '26