“I am a Buddhist Humanist, I’m a Secular Buddhist, and a Humanistic Buddhist. “Secular Buddhism is a non-dogmatic way of understanding and practicing Buddhism.” “Secular Buddhism takes a pragmatic approach to explain and apply Buddhist teachings and is based on humanist values. I practice/teach Secular Buddhism because it makes the most sense to me.” I don’t practice any religion. I don’t do conservative theology. “Humanistic Buddhism has been described (in a Wikipedia review) as focusing on caring for the living, working for the benefit of others, compassion and altruism. It is concerned with issues of the world rather than on how to leave the world behind. It is concerned with benefiting others rather than oneself. It is an essentially optimistic belief in the core dignity of humans and their ability to transform themselves in a positive way.

Similarly, Buddhist Humanism is described (also in a Wikipedia review) as a philosophical perspective based on the inherent dignity of all humans, their interdependence, and creating harmony through relationships. It is expressed through actions that contribute to the welfare of society, human rights, world peace and social justice.”

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The religious definitions of “absolute truth” and “absolute certainty” are rejected by me because there is no scientific confirmation for these pious concepts. 17 Cognitive Distortions to Know: Magnification/minimization: Magnifying the negative and

minimizing the positive.

2. Should/must statements: Subjective demands of how things

should or must be.

3. Emotional reasoning: Accepting your emotions as fact.

4. Overgeneralizing: Drawing broad conclusions based on

singular experiences.

5. Labeling/mislabeling: Using inaccurate or exaggerated

language to describe your experiences.

6. Blaming/denying: Refusing to accept accountability and

instead projecting that onto others.

7. Splitting: Thinking in extreme terms, with no potential for a

gray area.

8. Jumping to conclusions: Making determinations based on

limited information.

9. Filtering: Honing in only on the negative or detrimental

aspects of a situation or experience.

10. Personalizing: Assuming situations that are not remotely

about you are entirely about you.

11. Double standard: Having incongruent standards for others

versus yourself.

12. Fallacy of fairness: Thinking that all situations must be fair for

all people.

13. Control fallacy: Believing you or others are at fault for

something that's completely uncontrollable.

14. Change fallacy: Wanting others to change to meet your

standards.

15. Always being right: Never wanting to admit that you're in the

wrong.

16. Heaven's reward fallacy: The false belief that hard work

always pays off or that all sacrifices or compromises you

make should be rewarded. 17. Self-serving bias

What it means: When you think that you are responsible for your successes but not your setbacks.

What it looks like: Taking credit for acing an exam but chocking up failing a quiz to being up late studying. Your knowledge was tested both times.”

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“2. You spend more time talking about what you are against, not what you are for.

Pharisees love to argue. They love to spend their time convincing others that they are wrong. If they had to list the actions and issues they are against, the pencil would run out of lead. But turn around and ask them to list what they are for, and the pencil would not even have to be resharpened.

Pharisees believe their job is to defend God and legislate morality. So they are against drinking, smoking, cursing, short skirts, talking back to parents, holding hands before marriage and so on. And all of these things come before the gospel. Or maybe they are the gospel. Modern-day Pharisees can’t tell the difference. 5. You make every issue black and white.

The Bible is gray on many issues. But modern-day Pharisees don’t deal in the world of gray. They must have everything in black and white. In or out. Yes or no. Up or down.

If an issue is gray, modern-day Pharisees have to do some work at the heart level. But Pharisees don’t work at the heart level. They don’t consider motives.

Here is another thing about gray: It does not allow modern-day Pharisees to keep score. Black and white issues, however, allow them to keep a tally of their righteousness. “I have never drank or smoke or gambled or cheated on my wife,” they say. “Who cares if my heart is full of lust, anger and envy?”

Making a gray issue black and white means modern-day Pharisees don’t have to deal with the motives underneath their actions.”

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“They are:

-Magnifying mistakes

-Overuse of “should” statements

-Black-and-white thinking

-Double standards

-Believing life is fair and people deserve what they get.

-Control fallacy

-Change fallacy

-Assuming they are always right (inability to exhibit healthy self doubt)

-Heaven’s reward fallacy

-The *opposite* of the self-serving bias — thinking they are only responsible for their setbacks and only God is responsible for their successes.

As Kim pointed out: “I have told many people that I had to leave the evangelical church to get emotionally healthy. I couldn’t have done that while remaining awash in these mindsets.”

Let’s take a closer look and see if any of these ring true with your own Evangelical Church experience.”

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“Yeah, yeah. Claiming Christianity is akin to an abuser is incendiary — but where is the lie?

Let’s take a quick look at the beliefs Christianity espouses — at least how it is applied in this white, Western, patriarchal society (i.e.: ours):

1) You are a born sinner (rotten from the very beginning). 2) No one else can love you as much as God does — and you’ll never find someone who loves you as much as God.

3) God died for you (because you suck). 6) Give God control over all your money and every aspect of your life.

7) Love no one more than God — God is the first and only.

Christianity makes you believe that your heart belongs to God — and only God. But what happens when you no longer believe? How do you cut out your heart without dying?

4) God will give you a new life if you leave everything and follow them.

5) God tells you to die to your old self and only look to God for everything.”

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"The challenge for secularism

For many people, religion does provide a sense of community and a source of consolation when a great loss occurs in their lives.

If secularism is to replace religion, it will have to provide those same benefits.

It is therefore important that secularists come together to provide that same sense of community and support for its members.

Four keys to providing a sense of community

Membership - having a sense of belonging and a personal investment in the group.

Building trust - people must know and be able to depend on what they can expect from each other in the community.

The community must offer something of value that its members want.

There is a common bond, an emotional connection between members.

Religion vs. secularism

Religion depends largely on faith, an unquestioning belief in the spiritual, suspending logic and reason.

Secularism relies on the laws of science, proven facts and the use of reason to decide the correct path forward.

Most religions emphasize an afterlife, that is, no matter how bad a person's life is, they will be better off in the afterlife (when they're dead). Secularism believes that the life a person is living now is what is most important and that people should have the resources and opportunity to make that life a happy one.

Living a secular life - basic principles

The universe is governed by one overarching set of laws, the laws of nature and science.

The human community, whose existence is subject to those laws, needs to respect and preserve the environment that nature has bestowed, or threaten the existence of humanity and the other species with which we share our planet.

Within the human community, if we are to consider our societies to be civilized, each person must be acknowledged as having a set of basic rights.

An individual's basic rights

The right to life and liberty, liberty being the freedom to do that which injures neither another person nor the environment.

The right to be happy.

Freedom from discrimination based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religious or other personal beliefs, nationality or social origin.

No human being shall be held in slavery or servitude.

The right to live in a free and open society with the right to vote, free speech, a basic education, affordable, quality healthcare, clean air, water and proper sanitation.

Our children

Because children represent our future and because of their lack of maturity, they require special safeguards and care. Children, defined as those humans under 18 years of age, should be afforded the following protections:

The right to know and be cared for by their parents.

While acknowledging the rights and responsibilities of parents, children are not the property of their parents. Where a parent's personal beliefs or actions are contrary to the health and well-being of the child, the child's well-being takes precedence.

Children have the right to form and express their own ideas in the same manner as adults.

Code of conduct

We cannot command people; people have free will and will make their own decisions as to what they will do. However, people must also be held accountable for the consequences of their actions.

We do not need religion for morality; as a society, we are fully capable of agreeing on a basic set of precepts that form the basis of a common moral code that all should follow, and as a foundation for a set of laws that society puts in place."

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2. Access to sources of sexual pleasure is part of human experience and subjective well-being;

3. Sexual pleasure is a fundamental part of sexual rights as a matter of human rights;

4. Sexual pleasure includes the possibility of diverse sexual experiences;

5. Sexual pleasure shall be integrated into education, health promotion and service delivery, research and advocacy in all parts of the world;

6. The programmatic inclusion of sexual pleasure to meet individuals’ needs, aspirations, and realities ultimately contributes to global health and sustainable development and it should require comprehensive, immediate and sustainable action.

B. Ensure that comprehensive sexuality education addresses sexual pleasure in an inclusive, evidence-informed and rights-based manner tailored to people’s diverse capacities and needs across the life span, in order to allow experiences of informed, self-determined, respectful, and safe sexual pleasure;

C. Guarantee that sexual pleasure is integral to sexual health care services provision, and that sexual health services are accessible, affordable, acceptable, and free from stigma, discrimination, and prosecution;

D. Enhance the development of rights-based, evidence-informed knowledge of the benefits of sexual pleasure as part of well-being, including rights-based funding resources, research methodologies, and dissemination of knowledge to address the role of sexual pleasure in individual and public health;

E. Reaffirm the global, national, community, interpersonal, and individual commitments to recognition of the diversity in sexual pleasure experiences respecting human rights of all people and supported by consistent, evidence-informed policy and practices, interpersonal behavior, and collective action."

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