Was Hitler Christian,Athiest,Savior-Madman) FACTS welcomed along with your opinions

[Blackheart]

Originally Posted by Lotesse

What will solve the Humanites problems, then? Religion certainly won't, we have seen that time and time again throughout history. Then what will? Do you have all the answers?

No, nothing is going to solve all of humanities problems. Nothing. Not religion, not science, nor some other unforseen ethical/rational system. Get used to the problems. The best you could possibly hope for are new problems that are slightly less virulent than the old problems.

Actually, when I look at this definition I find myself thinking that Humanism could indeed help sove some ugly social problems extant in our world. People's duty is to promote human welfare, is it not? I think so. I think I might be a Humanist; I'll have to look furthur into the definitions of Humanism & think more about it.

ASSUMING, for the moment, that as creatures with limited foresight and calculating ability, it actually IS possibly to have a significant impact on social problems without creating unintended side effects that turn out to be worse (such as feeding al the world's starving people without figuring some practical and effective means of birth control):

Why would you think that it was a person's duty to promote human welfare?