`` That s Humanism !, By Stephen Fry - 1256 Words

In the YouTube video by Stephen Fry entitled, â€Å"That’s Humanism!† (Fry, â€Å"That’s Humanism!†). The introduction of the video started with a question, â€Å"How do we know what is True?† â€Å"What’s true through the use of evidence and science?† (Fry, â€Å"That’s Humanism!†). In response to ‘blind faith,’ the â€Å"scientific creationists substitute a materialist definition of faith demanding that science confirm scripture and scripture confirm science, while simultaneously attacking the materialism of scientific explanation†(Aliff 2005). Faith without science is â€Å"blind† (Regier 2010). Regier stated, â€Å"There is a delicate balance between science and religion, without one the other will produce wrong answers or not produce answers at all† (2010). Albert Einstein†¦show more content†¦In order to discover how the cosmos works, humanist believe that â€Å"observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against evidence has the best track record† (Fry, â€Å"That’s Humanism!†). How does the â€Å"experimentation and testing of theories against evidence† hold true when some individuals experience a vision or supernatural reality of life after death (Fry, â€Å"That’s Humanism!†)? For example, in 1988, a former president of the British Humanist Association, and a philosophy professor of logic at Oxford University, AJ Ayer, had a spiritual experience of life after death. In Ayer’s supernatural vision he saw a â€Å"bright red light, which he thought was ‘responsible for the government of the universe,’† after his heart stop beating for four minutes (â€Å"The Humanist Philosopher Saw the Light Governing the Universe† 26). Ayer was â€Å"known for his distrust of anything that could not be backed up by science† (26). However, after seeing an invisible reality when he was dead, Ayer’s perspective and â€Å"conviction that there is no God† all changed because he could not deny the truth that other angelic beings govern the universe (26). We can safely conclude that Ayer’s mind was â€Å"transformed† and â€Å"renewed† to know that there is a â€Å"perfect† invisible world beyond the reality of the human conscious (Rom. 12:1-3). HumanistShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesbuilt-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Kim S. Cameron UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul SingaporeRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesserious. It is so easy for students (and indeed others who should know better) to trivialize this very problematic and challenging subject. This is not the case with the present book. This is a book that deserves to achieve a wide readership. Professor Stephen Ackroyd, Lancaster University, UK This new textbook usefully situates organization theory within the scholarly debates on modernism and postmodernism, and provides an advanced introduction to the heterogeneous study of organizations, including chaptersRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 Pagesand implement a well-defined system of rewards and punishments to control employees. THEORY Y Employees are not inherently lazy. Given the chance, employees will do what is good for the organization. To allow employees to work in the organization s interest, managers must create a work setting that provides opportunities for workers to exercise initiative and self-direction. Managers should decentralize authority to employees and make sure employees have the resources necessary to achieve organizational