Humanist Bible
by
William Theseus
Creed of Humanism
Man does not live in a world ruled by gods, devils, and angels; he lives
in a world ruled by nature, his own animal nature, his human nature, and
his will.
The greatest tragedy for western Man came when he turned from Greek
rationalism and took for truth Hebrew mysticism. It set in motion the
worship of mystical ignorance and the denigration of knowledge as
revealed by skepticism, investigation, and the test of reason. Humanism
seeks to follow Voltaire's exhortation--"crush the ignorance"--and
destroy the vestiges of that ancient Hebrew mother cult and her
bastard cults that still today corrupt the mind of mankind; humanism strives
to set the modern mind back on the path of thought and reason that was
the gift to humanity by the glorious ancient Greeks.
The five sacred elements of humanism are nature, humanity, human reason,
human
nature, and human will. Nature is all and all is nature. It is all that cares for and provides
for humanity. Its temple is the celestial dome. It asks for no
prayers or supplications. Many of the secrets of nature have been
discovered by brave men who resisted the restrictions of the religious cults; however, progress has been slowed
by the ignorance and power of the cults. Progress is still hampered
today because of the rule the cults have over the minds of a good
portion of Humanity.
Human reason allows Man to examine, compare, discriminate and create
ideas, theories, laws, and conclusions without the influence of any
religious, spiritual or supernatural writings, theories, or traditions.
Human nature is the glory of evolution. It is the thing that sets
humanity apart from the animals. Humanity shares an animal nature
with the animals but in addition it has a human nature that provides it
with consciousness, will, conscience, empathy, pity, and charity. Will
is the element in human nature that allows mankind to choose between
its animal nature and its human nature. It is the critical element in
human nature that creates the modern human.
The four blasphemies of humanism are god cults, ethnic cults, mystery
cults, and spiritual cults. All of these cults are exclusive and set
men apart. They inculcate members with beliefs that are not based on
truth and reason. Humanism on the other hand is inclusive and holds all
mankind as a brotherhood. It considers all cults, clans, tribes,
ethnicities, sects, etc., as evil assemblies that divide men and
proclaim their cult special in some way. They promote divisiveness,
prejudice, pride, vanity and ultimately war and slaughter. They are a result of
humanity's primitive animal instinct to form tribes. Humanists do not
hold one group of humanity as a special brotherhood or preferred people.
They consider people who hold such beliefs as errant
brothers and sisters with prejudiced tribal beliefs that are anathema to the
truth of humanism. These brothers and sisters are not humanists but blasphemers of
humanism.
Socrates was a humanist. He said: never, when asked one's country, to
answer, "I am an Athenian or a Corinthian," but "I am a citizen of the
world." We as humanists must be true to this sacred principle of humanism. People are brainwashed from childhood by religious and ethnic
cults and few have the intellectual resources necessary to escape the
ignorance. We must not be Americans, Frenchmen, Italians, Turks, Jews,
Blacks, Catholics, Mormons, Baptists, Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists, or
whatever. We must be international humanists, members of that glorious
world wide family of humanity--the brotherhood of Man. Wherever
humanists may be, they should not think of the people around them as
strangers; they should think of them as family. They should know that if they need
help, their brothers and sisters will come to their aid. They
should never feel that they are alone in the world.
The Humanist Creed
We will search for knowledge;
We will search for truth;
We will search for reason;
We will search for understanding.
We will search in nature;
We will search in science;
We will search in dialectic;
We will search within ourselves.
We will follow no god;
We will follow no religion;
We will follow no mystery;
We will follow no tribe.
We will follow the path of knowledge;
We will mold our lives to its truth;
We will worship humanity;
We will worship nature.