That's part of the argument. Battle of ideas has been one. Stop emphasising an oppositional identity in relation to it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Funny thing is, friends/followers on here come and go - for me it's the fellow atheists who've stuck around.
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Replying to @gdeichen
Yes, there are layers here,I think Lindsay book I referenced discusses them.All have moral communities but ideological ones a prob
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Replying to @HPluckrose @gdeichen
I have good tweeps among sceptics. This is primary to me & I click with like-minded ppl. I don't see a problem there.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @gdeichen
Its when it turns into a form of activism with additional beliefs & principles & in group & out group & oppositionalism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yeah, that's where I'm more comfortable with Secularism than Humanism, even though both theoretically don't exclude religion.
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Replying to @gdeichen
I'm comfortable with humanism. It doesn't require any values I don't have & is tolerant of different ones.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think I would accurately be described as a humanist, but I don't feel any need for the label.
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Replying to @gdeichen
Fair enough. I'm not deeply philosophical about it but do volunteer research work on valuable British Humanist Association project
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Replying to @HPluckrose
That's good. Perhaps you're a practicing Humanist
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I now see we're both in England!
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