secularism

Link: [Barr slams attacks on religious values, says 'moral upheaval' leading to societal ills] Excerpt:

A recent discussion elsewhere triggered this thought. Sam Harris opposed Francis Collins appointment as head of the NIH on the basis that Collins’ religious beliefs made him unfit for the office. A number of people have agreed with Harris on this. Harris also indicated in the same article...

In practice, that is... I know self-identified secular humanists often say that their philosophy entails much more than atheism (for example, Stephen Law's outline), but it's hard to see that in practice. Look at these blogposts about the future of humanism. When you read them, they are all...

I have heard the argument that nonbelievers (atheists in particular) have no morality because they do not believe that god watches over them, or something like that. (Yes, there ARE the atrocities in the Old Testament and whatnot, but that is a bit of an ad hominem tu quoque fallacy). Are...