Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtzwas a prominent American skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism". He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, having previously also taught at Vassar, Trinity, and Union colleges, and the New School for Social Research...
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Calling for stronger security in the context of terrorism is a mistake. I think it is a mistake because the implication is that it is the government's responsibility to solve the problem. The government can?t defend all these networks.
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They've been working hard on their games this year. I had them doing a lot of short-game practice. We practiced on the par 3 course, a lot of chipping and putting, really concentrating on the short game, trying to eliminate some strokes. Everybody has cut three or four strokes off their rounds this year. We'll keep doing the same things we've been doing all year and hopefully it'll work out for us.
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It was frightening enough for American consumers when major corporate database breaches here at home started exposing the potential vulnerability of their personal information.
attacks daily occur
Significant attacks occur daily without any involvement from terrorists,
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Over the last 14 months, we are starting to see a cumulative effect, what I would call a crisis in confidence. People are becoming more uncertain.
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Since then, we've really been on a downward slope. There are some places where we see some limited progress, but the overall strategic level of leadership -- someone who is there full time, all the time making sure programs are in place and properly funded -- that's what's lacking.
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Last year we were fairly tall. This year we are going to focus in on our passing and will try to develop our setters.
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Mr. Templeton wants to bring scientists and religious people together in a hallelujah chorus of sorts.
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we passed better today than we did in our best game last year.
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The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can.
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Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.
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The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and dignity and will emphasize our commitment "to humanity as a whole." The underlying ethical principle "is the need to respect the dignity and worth of all persons in the world community." Thinkers as diverse as Peter Singer and Hans Küng also emphasize the need for a new global ethic beyond nationalistic, racial, religious, and ethnic chauvinism.
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Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.
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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 philosophy.