| Who are the Congregations of Realists? [message #130] |
Mon, 30 July 2007 12:18 |
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We believe that knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis.
We believe that ethical values are derived from human need and interest as tested by experience.
We aim to offer community support and moral and ethical guidance based upon empiricism and ethical naturalism.
We aim to redress the unjustified privileges enjoyed by religious beliefs that are based upon blind faith, by elevating the value afforded to beliefs that are based upon rational examination of reality.
We aim to promote the use of critical thinking.
If you can look yourself in the eye and honesty affirm that you hold these beliefs and support these aims then you may call yourself a member of the Congregation of Realists.
Of course just as not every Christian is a missionary and not every Buddhist is a monk, not every member of the Congregation of Realists spends every waking hour devoted to pursuing these aims. You merely have to support them in principle even if as a fallible human being you may not always measure up to your own ideals.
Here we meet as a community to discuss these aims and beliefs, to coordinate efforts to achieve them and also to just lark about.
[Updated on: Mon, 30 July 2007 12:20]
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