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  1. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Thanks for calling that to my attention. You are right. I have corrected the problem now. It should be (and is now): https://humanianity.com/humanianity/humhome.php?_menu=3
  2. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I think that what you are basically talking about is the problem that it is so frequent that difference of opinion leads to the appearance of anger, such that special precautions are necessary (consisting of social rituals) to prevent that development. The primary problem is anger and the...
  3. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Primarily the GENERAL INTRO tab of the HOME section, and in occasional places in the SPECIFIC INTRO tab. The first tab, GENERAL INTRO is the place to go.
  4. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    That is the expression of an opinion, not necessarily belittling anyone. It is a warning, just like warning of climate change, etc. It is something, of course, that fewer and fewer people believe (about Hell). No, you still are expressing an opinion. How could it be otherwise? But I...
  5. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I understand that most people, even the Dalai Lama, consider Religion to be primarily what the existential beliefs (about what exists and how it works) have been close to the beginnings of the various religions, and that have tended to remain in the religions such that the existential beliefs of...
  6. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Yes, I agree. And therefore the religion Islam? How is proselytizing/preaching different from advocating or advocating strongly, namely, the expression and recommendation of one's own ethical beliefs? What is wrong with that? Why "belittles"? Why is it not just an expression of disagreement...
  7. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I thank you so much for your critique and questions. You are correct that the website was ambiguous about the issues you have raised. I went to work on that problem and have made significant improvements in clarification of those issues. The answers to most of your questions should now be...
  8. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Charles Sanders Peirce said something like, "Truth is that opinion toward which all opinion would tend if it tended indefinitely toward fixity." Thus, one could never say that one was 100% certain that what one believed was true was actually true. There is logical truth, which is a property of...
  9. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Okay, I am now back. I have made pretty significant changes in the General Intro page of the Home section. My basic idea is unchanged, but my presentation of it has been drastically improved, IMO. The website itself should provide the answers to any questions, but that remains to be seen...
  10. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I want to thank you all for your comments. I want to reply to all of them, but there are two complications. First, there are so many posts to respond to now (they keep multiplying) that it will take a long time. Second, however, is that I now realize that I have introduced some ambiguity on...
  11. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Those are governmental procedures, a result of ethical philosophies, of course, but more their practical application. And they are more negotiations to protect individuals and groups (such as nations). But there is almost no agreement with regard to lower-level ethical principles. You don't...
  12. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Are you implying that there is a contradiction? Don't you agree that a religion is different from a religious organization? You have selected so, so little from a complete description that is given there. The whole paragraph says the following: [Humanianity is not an organized religion or...
  13. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Yes, I agree that that's what I meant. Also, I make it clear that Humanianity is not being presented as a religion to compete or take the place of other religions, but instead a movement within all religions and within our species itself, the movement being as described. I have indeed worried...
  14. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    My point is just that Buddhism is in general thought of as one of the world's major world religions, despite not necessarily having as a part of it what would be expected by people in Abrahamic theistic religions. Whether Buddhists would like to change that idea would be another topic. This...
  15. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    So you should especially appreciate the Humanianity concept and the Humanian Belief Manual. And continuing sharing and comparing of beliefs to achieve ever-increasing improvement of them.
  16. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    YES!! Not conflating the two, but saying that Religion is a cultural activity the purpose of which is to optimize our ethical beliefs. Absolutely! That's what sermons and other such presentations are. That is why people study religious literature. For self-improvement. Did you check out the...
  17. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I understand. But I am trying to be accurate. The way people define "Religion" is such that some of the things we point to and call a "religion" do not have the characteristics that such definitions imply. I have dealt with this in detail on the website. Have you read these notes? Does...
  18. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    I did not take it as offense. I just needed to clarify. But BTW, I consider my efforts to be religious. Remember that I believe almost everybody makes a mistake as to what "Religion" is, this being disagreed with by most people. I believe Religion is extremely important to our species, and...
  19. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    No. I have thought and even worried about that. I know there are many angry people in our current world who wish to ruin things for other people. I am waiting to see what will happen. Proposing beliefs that are counter-productive and non-genuine would simply be voted against. But anything...
  20. Bill Van Fleet

    Humanianity: The Religion for Humanity??

    Please note that I have not had some sort of revelation experience. I have developed a set of ideas over the course of my lifetime that I have acquired from others. I am putting them together in a way that I hope will be valuable to others. That remains to be seen. That is why I am asking...
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