Berlin grants Humanists their own holuday

[Lance]

See
https://news.yahoo.com/berlin-grants-humanist-pupils-own-holiday-131241363.html

[Abhidevananda]

Post by Lance
See
https://news.yahoo.com/berlin-grants-humanist-pupils-own-holiday-131241363.html

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BERLIN (AP) — Schools in Berlin have recognized World Humanist Day as
a holiday on a par with All Saints' Day, Yom Kippur and Eid al-Fitr.
[But, presumably, not on a par with Christmas or Easter]

The decision means Berlin pupils who subscribe to humanism — a
philosophy that rejects the existence of deities — can apply for a day
off to celebrate their belief in the same way as Christians, Muslims
and Jews do for their holy days.
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It's interesting, but is the equation of humanism with religion a
positive development for humanism or humanists?

[Ron Peterson]

Post by Abhidevananda
It's interesting, but is the equation of humanism with religion a
positive development for humanism or humanists?

A religion uses dogma as a source of authority and a special holiday
implies that there is dogma.

[Abhidevananda]

Post by Ron Peterson

Post by Abhidevananda
It's interesting, but is the equation of humanism with religion a
positive development for humanism or humanists?

A religion uses dogma as a source of authority and a special holiday
implies that there is dogma.

I agree that religion is invariably dogmatic. And I also feel that
modeling humanism along the lines of religion does not present an
accurate portrayal of humanism (at least, not in theory).