http://www.metafilter.com/tags/paulkurtz Posts tagged with 'paulkurtz' at MetaFilter. Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:19:36 -0800 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:19:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32239/Paul%2DKurtz%2Don%2Dthe%2DEnlightenment <a href="http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/kurtz_24_3.htm">Paul Kurtz on the Enlightenment.</a> Unfortunately, there has been a massive retreat from Enlightenment ideals in recent years, a return to pre-modern mythologies. There has been a resurgence of fundamentalist religions worldwide—Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodox Judaism. Added to this are occult-paranormal claims, which allegedly transcend the existing scientific paradigm. In the United States—the preeminent scientific-technological-military superpower in the world—significant numbers of Americans have embraced primitive forms of biblical religion. These focus on salvation, the Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus. Evangelical Protestant Christians have made alliances with conservative Roman Catholics and neo-conservative Jews, and they have captured political power—power they have used to oppose secular humanism and naturalism. <small><a href="http://www.secularhumanism.org/">via the council for secular humanism</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32239 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:19:36 -0800 enlightenment fundamentalism paulkurtz religion science secularhumanism skallas