The Boulder International Humanist Institute's mission is to create peace in people's hearts, in their homes, and throughout the world. We believe that Humanist ethics offer our best chance for peace and fulfilling lives. Our way of sharing the effectiveness of humanist ethics is to contrast it with the alternative ethical systems.
We can either create our world view or be the victims of other's creation. As long as evangelists are imposing their world view into our laws and creating their standards for values and custom, they are limiting our freedom and discounting our world view. Each of us makes a difference in our lives by what we stand for. Our legacy is the effect of our ideas on those who have been affected by us. Therefore, a philosophy, such as humanism, is a vote or commitment to a world view that we believe to be a prescription for the future. If it matters to us that our life makes a difference, then the way we live our lives becomes our heritage.
What's New?
Lawerence Harrison, author of
The Central Liberal Truth
speaking December 10th via telecommuncations at U of C Boulder Law School.
A Religion of Realities, by
Kenneth Patton
An example of Humanist Spirituality, Naturalistic Mysticism.
Sam Harris speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Video of
Believing the Unvelievable: The Clash Between Faith and
Reason in the Modern World available on
Google Videos
May event with Michelle and Damon a great success.
The talk,
Secular America under Siege -
The Rise of Chistian Nationalism, was atteneded by over 100 people and proved engaging, informative, and interesting.
How does authoritarianism in religion harm society?
Gordon Gamm, Esq. on the marketing of religion.
What is BIHI's Position on God and Religion
The Boulder International Humanist Institute is NOT anti-religion, anti-God, or anti-belief. Neither are we PRO religion, pro God, or pro belief. What matters is the social impact of God, of religion, of ideology, ideological fanaticism, or ideology trumping considerations of social impact.
What are the Components of Humanism?
Just as religions share in common a belief about morality (what is right or wrong), about truth (what do we know about the natural world), and about spirituality (what is beautiful, enobles us, gives us hope and inspiration to our better selves). Humanism says something about each of these matters. See the link about Humanist morality which is the emphasis of BIHI. See the link about Humanist spirituality.
The Humanist view of truth is equivalent to the scientific method. For Humanists, truth isn't revealed from a supernatural source. We learn truth about our universe from experiential validation. Claims of truth are not revealed to a priveleged people because of their faith, their ceremonial baptism, or their birthright as chosen people. For Humanists truth isn't revealed to religious representitives uniquely, such as the Pope.