About

The Humanitarian Atheist is a blog dedicated to the issues facing (and of interest to) Secular Humanists and Atheists.

Atheists in particular are branded with an entirely misguided stereotype. Namely that the godless or non-believers are angry, immoral and amoral. The truth is most often quite the opposite, which is what this blog intents to bring to light.

The Humanitarian Atheist will focus on the areas of religion and cults; how religion influences government; and how religious belief and practice often trespasses on our inalienable human rights. It will also highlight the values, concerns and ethical standards of at least one atheist (yours truly). Traits which as a whole we are generally accused of not possessing. As a collection, the articles here will bring a spotlight to the effects and consequences of religious belief and how they contrast with our scientific knowledge of the world in this the 21st century.

In contrast to religious discussion, this blog will also celebrate scientific achievement and advancement, discussing how science can and has improved our quality of life. I will discuss, at least from my perspective, how science education has enriched my life. And how a skeptical approach is not a precursor to some kind of existentialist depression but rather, opens up a whole perspective with which we can marvel at our universe, our planet, and our place in it.

The Humanitarian Atheist will attempt to illuminate these issues in the hopes that through civil discourse, education and reason, we can effect positive change for the human species as a whole, in harmony with the natural world. Instead of abandoning responsibility of all things good and bad to a god or devil, Atheists accept that we are individually responsible for our actions and the conditions in which we live.