Thoughts for the day.

I object to any kind of doctrine – regardless of whatever positive messages surround it – that ultimately compel the believer to take actions that place of the value of a person or people over another.

I object to any kind of doctrine that causes the believer to suspend acceptance of reality by shutting down the ability to observe, to think, to learn, and to act.

This is not the same as caring for one’s family. That is based on love (which are based on my beliefs, yes), but from a broader and more general standpoint, I’m legally accountable for their actions, and am bound by the law to value them over others by taking care of them, to a certain age.

I'd like to think this largely reconciles with my assertion of secular humanism, but am not completely sure.