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Christianity's Role in the Rise of the Nazis Part II • Gregory S. Paul Christianity's Role in the Rise of the Nazis Part I Christianity’sChristianity’s RoleRole inin thethe RiseRise ofof thethe NazisNazis PartPart IIII • Gregory S. Paul Celebratingf Reason and Humanity DECEMBER 2003/JANUARY 2004 • VOL. 24 No. 1 RICHARD DAWKINS Blasts a New Drug WENDY KAMINER Challenges het WhiteHo use PAUL KURTZ • Planetary Ethics BETH BIRNBAUM • Cartoon Religion Introductory Price $4.95 U.S. / $5.95 Can. Published by The Council for Secular Humanism THE AFFIRMATIONS OF HUMANISM: A STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES* We are committed to the application of reason and science to the understanding of the universe and to the solving of human problems. We deplore efforts to denigrate human intelligence, to seek to explain the world in supernatural terms, and to look outside nature for salvation. We believe that scientific discovery and technology can contribute to the betterment of human life. We believe in an open and pluralistic society and that democracy is the best guarantee of protecting human rights from authoritarian elites and repressive majorities. We are committed to the principle of the separation of church and state. We cultivate the arts of negotiation and compromise as a means of resolving differences and achieving mutual understand- ing. We are concerned with securing justice and fairness in society and with eliminating discrimination and intolerance. We believe in supporting the disadvantaged and the handicapped so that they will be able to help themselves. We attempt to transcend divisive parochial loyalties based on race, religion, gender, nationality, creed, class, sexual orienta- tion, or ethnicity, and strive to work together for the common good of humanity. We want to protect and enhance the earth, to preserve it for future generations, and to avoid inflicting needless suffering on other species. 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We are skeptical of untested claims to knowledge, and we are open to novel ideas and seek new departures in our think- ing. We affirm humanism as a realistic alternative to theologies of despair and ideologies of violence and as a source of rich per sonal significance and genuine satisfaction in the service to others. We believe in optimism rather than pessimism, hope rather than despair, learning in the place of dogma, truth instead of ignorance, joy rather than guilt or sin, tolerance in the place of fear, love instead of hatred, compassion over selfishness, beauty instead of ugliness, and reason rather than blind faith or irrationality. We believe in the fullest realization of the best and noblest that we are capable of as human beings. *by Paul Kurtz For a parchment copy of this page, suitable for framing, please send $4.95 to FREE INQUIRY, P.O. 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