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In Britain, Humanism was an early 20th century movement to try to bridge between the social benefits of church to - what was increasingly obvious to most people
by lovemenot 6y ago
In Britain, Humanism was an early 20th century movement to try to bridge between the social benefits of church to - what was increasingly obvious to most people - the fallacies of legacy Christian doctrines.
It wasn't a total failure, but humanism never reached the mainstream.
- dnndevem 6y agoAgreed, there is something unique about church. Maybe the spiritual and emotional aspect is too intertwined to separate. It is very easy to confuse emotions (i.e. feeling good about something) with spirituality when the two are very different.
- lovemenot 6y agoArguably humanism was an intellectually-driven pursuit. So it never crossed the chasm. Growing up in Manchester, I found it was football that fulfilled the emotional and tribal needs of many of my peers. Many people assume Britain and USA are the same. In many respects, that is true. But as to church and religion, they are poles apart. At least that was true in the nineties when I lived in USA.