linwood
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lilithu said:Imo, you're losing the big picture by looking at too small a level. Just because you're an atheist doesn't mean that you haven't been influenced by Judeo-Christian attitudes. Western Humanist ethics is based on Judeo-Christian ethics, just without the god.
And even when one reacts against something, one is still very much influenced by it.
The mere fact that I am an atheist in my culture is evidence of the influence if Judeo-Christian influence.
Without that influence I wouldn`t need to or have come about to my point of view in the manner I have if at all.
As far as humanistic ethics being based upon Judeo-Christian ethics I think I would have to split hairs.
I think the fact that the humanist movement spends a great deal of it`s time countering the moral underpinnings of Christianity tells a different story.
Simply because Humanism and Christianity share some ethical viewpoints doesn`t mean one came from the other.
Especially considering the ultimate moral compass for the two different groups are worlds apart.
Christianity puts God before humanity.
Humanisim is all about the human condition and what can be done to improve it.
Humanism puts man before anything.