Humanism Goes Too Far

Despite its adherents' claims to the contrary, "secular" humanism is, well, a religion. The whole thing about man being all there is and man needing to continually improve himself to an ideal...it's a religion, man. If I recall correctly the Supreme Court at one point actually concluded it met all the basic standards of a "religion".

Anyway, lately it seems like there have been a lot of, well, nutty things in the news from people that I'm forced to conclude are pretty much humanists...they believe that humans are an almighty force able to accomplish inconceivable acts not just intentionally, not just with a force of will, but simply with their opinions, political leanings, inability to buy into Algore's HotAirism, and indirectly through other, completely unrelated acts.

For example:

Humanist Sharon Stone believes that China's earthquake was caused by the poor treatment of Tibet by the Chinese people. Because they mistreated Tibet the earth itself rose up against them. Mankind is just that powerful.

A writer for the Economist, Anne Applebaum, has a British humanist friend that believes that the eruption of a volcano in Iceland was caused by "the bad things we have done to the Earth". Mankind is just that powerful.

Humanist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. believes that Hurricane Katrina was punishment for Mississippi's governor's opposition to the Kyoto Debacle. Haley Barbour is just that powerful.

Humanist Danny Glover believes that the Haiti earthquake was punishment against wealthy nations for not doing enough to combat phony-baloney anthropogenic global warming at the Copenhagen CO2 fest. Jet-setting polluting politicians are just that powerful.

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If you feel I'm misusing the term 'humanist' feel free to suggest a better term. I think it fits: "a doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values; especially : a philosophy that usually rejects supernaturalism and stresses an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason". Basically they're ignoring any supernatural and natural forces and attributing these events to being a result of intentional acts of mankind.