I am a Humanist

While digging through Wikipedia for the previous post I did some reading in the article on Isaac Asimov. None of it was particularly new to me however I did find something very enlightening1 in this section. Specifically:

For many years, Asimov called himself an atheist; however, he considered the term somewhat inadequate, as it described what he did not believe rather than what he did.

Now I don’t identify as an athiest but an agnostic. I think the people claiming to know that god doesn’t exist have just as little to stand on as those who do. However as this section states this describes very little of what I believe. Humanism2 has always been something that I’ve felt described my beliefs well and is a movement that I wholeheartedly agree with. Which begs the question, why don’t I identify myself as a Humanist rather than an agnostic? There is no good answer for it and there is very good reason to identify as a Humanist, and so from here forward I will.

  1. Enlightenment on Wikipedia?! I thought it was just for wasting time at work. ↩

  2. If you read the wikipedia article on Humanism you’ll find out that the image with this post is the “Happy Human” the widely used symbol for Humanism and Humanists. ↩