RE: [escepticos] Lo he recibido esta ma ñana.

[breixo <breixo@...>]

paugq en ono.com dixit:
> Lo que me parece extraño es que Isaac Asimov (y su segunda esposa,
> Janet Jeppson Asimov), una de las cabezas del escepticismo, fuese
> miembro del movimiento humanista (él mismo lo dice en su
> autobiografía). Solo se me ocurre que Asimov "pasara" tanto de los
> humanistas como hacía de otros movimientos y asociaciones de las que
> era miembro honorario.

Quizas la explicacion esta en que el humanismo del Partido Humanista 
no tiene que ver con el humanismo de Asimov.
   Saludos

Una simple busqueda en google me ha llevado a
http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/famous.html
que reproduzco abajo:

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Quotations from Famous Humanists

Do you know what a humanist is? Perhaps you are one yourself. If so, 
you're in great company!

Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think 
for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best 
capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs 
and serving human interests. * ISAAC ASIMOV - scientist, author, and 
past president of the American Humanist Association.

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological 
concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some 
will or goal outside the human sphere.... Science has been charged 
with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical 
behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and 
social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would 
indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of 
punishment and hope of reward after death. * ALBERT EINSTEIN - 
scientist, Nobel Prizewinner in physics, originator of the theory of 
relativity.

When we speak of equality, of women and men, of Blacks and Whites, of 
all the world's people, we are talking about humanism. * GLORIA 
STEINEM - founder of Ms.magazine, Humanist Pioneer Awardee.

Humanism, in all its simplicity, is the only genuine spirituality. * 
ALBERT SCHWEITZER - accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.

Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of 
all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for 
the benefit of all. * LINUS PAULING - scientist, Humanist of the Year 
in 1961, Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954, Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.

Our nation's founders saw a free press and an educated citizenry as 
the twin pillars of democratic health. But we no longer live in their 
world of numerous small, independent presses. These days, the vast 
majority of Americans get their news from corporately-owned 
information monoliths and from their local newspapers, most of them 
corporate subsidiaries as well. That is why humanism and the Humanist 
magazine are so important. Won't you join us today? * KURT VONNEGUT - 
author, lecturer, philanthropist and honorary president of the 
American Humanist Association.
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