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"Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion. Affirming the dignity of each human being, it supports the maximization of individual liberty and opportunity consonant with social and planetary responsibility. It advocates the extension of participatory democracy and the expansion of the open society, standing for human rights and social justice. Free of supernaturalism, it recognizes human beings as a part of nature and holds that values-be they religious, ethical, social, or political-have their source in human experience and culture. Humanism thus derives the goals of life from human need and interest rather than from theological or ideological abstractions, and asserts that humanity must take responsibility for its own destiny."
– The Humanist Magazine

"Historically, secular means an age or generation. Over time, it came to mean the world as opposed to the church. Today, we use secular to mean non-religious. To say Jesus was secular in the modern sense would be to ignore his ancient context. But it does make sense to ask what images Jesus used when he spoke of his vision. Did he use sacred images and sound religious or did he use worldly images and sound secular?  It’s not a joke. Jesus used worldly images and sounds secular."

"I don’t hate the flesh and blood Jesus who walked the dusty roads of Palestine, nor do I hate the Jesus found in the pages of the Bible. These Jesuses are relics of the past. I’ll leave it to historians to argue and debate whether these Jesuses were real or fiction. Over the centuries, Christians have created many Jesuses in their own image. This is the essence of Christianity, an ever-evolving religion bearing little resemblance to what it was even a century ago."

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