Second Life Humanism: Another World?

Not only are the values of humanism finding themselves spreading in online virtual worlds, but Humanists from all over the planet are creating an active presence there, too...

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• Humanist
• Vision
• SecondLife
• humanism

[TomBrucia]

Second Life is a great place to meet people, regardless of your interests... The learning curve is more than paid off once one makes friends from all over our tiny blue/green marble world.

[humanist7117]

I am so encouraged that Humanists ar realizing that reason and emotion must be combined. NC

[TomBrucia]

Thanks for your comment on Second Life Humanism: Another World! As an emotional person, music lover, art lover, and -- nonetheless -- person with an engineering approach to life, I'm glad I'm not the only one to see the two sides as COMPLEMENTARY :-)

[misstextingbeauty]

whatevs

[cr4yv3n]

ok i am freaked out -so are you testing how a humanist society would work out in this virtual reality or what?

[FSMHumanist]

I agree with your sentiment. It is, however, difficult for those with theistic beliefs to relegate any achievement to Humanity. Most religions save all the good for gOD and the bad for humanity or something else.

[ArtesanasCampesinas]

virtual humanism! hilarious

[WillSKB88]

It's mostly about giving the ultimate power of reason, morality and choice to humans. Theism doesn't necessarily allow for this in that they use a book or set of books to determine what is right/wrong, what is true/untrue and what we must do to be happy.

Agnostics are sometimes humanists, too.

[Raffzeee]

exactly...it wouldn't be quite human otherwise would it.

[Aufhetzer]

i guess each case would have to be looked at individually- i dont like violence, but if the nonviolent way of change costs more lives in the long run, then it is worth considering.

[comicfl]

What about Ghandi? He put people in their place without violence.

[comicfl]

ogirv101, first of all there are idiots in every circle. Second, a true humanist isn't part of a group, they are an individual. This person probably doesn't even know what it is to practice the philosophies of humanism.

[marketofideas]

How come whenever you hear of humanism it has to be atheistic. Huamnism is a philosophy recongnizing the value and worth of human beings and their achievements. It's a philosophy respecting the value of the individual. You can be a theist or nontheist and be humanism. Humanism is neither theistic or atheistic.