Agendas Quote by Paul Kurtz

Secular humanism debases the human.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.

— Vidal Sassoon

“Modernism does not mean simply change and newness; it is a particular way of looking at the world, a particular philosophy based on the…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of nature; the desacralization…

— Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Secular humanism does not have the essential attributes of a religion: belief in a deity, the wish for some sort of afterlife, sacred dogma…

— Paul Kurtz

“Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which is why…

— Mark Steyn

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and…

— Paul Kurtz

Secular humanists should recognize those forms of religion as allies in the struggle for human advancement. They should also learn from them, as they…

— Philip Kitcher

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

— Ulrich Beck

“In the eyes of postmoderns, then, modernism has failed, both as a prediction of progress and as a moral framework for culture. As a…

— Heath White

A recurring theme in the literature of secular humanism is the harsh assault upon traditional religion, especially Christianity.

— Guenter Lewy

“I plan to make the case that we need to move beyond religion if we want to continue the kind of remarkable intellectual and…

— Alan Jeskin