The only thing I'm thinking of when seeing the phrase "secular humanism" is "isn't humanism supposed to be secular by definition?" and then thinking "no, not always" and now I'm wondering what the problem is you see in the phrase.
'He went yard' means 'he hit a home run'. Stupid sport slang.
The problem with 'secular humanism' isn't that there's anything inherently misleading about the phrase. The problem is just that the concept of 'humanism' in general annoys me a little because it can mean practically anything that somebody describing themselves as a 'humanist' wants it to mean. The reason why 'secular humanism' is especially egregious is that in my experience the same is true of 'secular' (which can mean anything from something simply done physically outside of a church to, uh, to Christopher Hitchens). So 'secular humanism' is doubly disingenuous, purely as a phrase. It only has a specific meaning when humanist organisations are using it.
You're right in that many of these are contextual. Generally they're corporation gibberish. Obviously one can describe something as game-changing if it actually changes a literal game, but it's subject to an awful lot of abuse.
...I'm sorry, you lost me. I'm not sure what you mean about 'facilitate'/'allow'.
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The only thing I'm thinking of when seeing the phrase "secular humanism" is "isn't humanism supposed to be secular by definition?" and then thinking "no, not always" and now I'm wondering what the problem is you see in the phrase.
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The problem with 'secular humanism' isn't that there's anything inherently misleading about the phrase. The problem is just that the concept of 'humanism' in general annoys me a little because it can mean practically anything that somebody describing themselves as a 'humanist' wants it to mean. The reason why 'secular humanism' is especially egregious is that in my experience the same is true of 'secular' (which can mean anything from something simply done physically outside of a church to, uh, to Christopher Hitchens). So 'secular humanism' is doubly disingenuous, purely as a phrase. It only has a specific meaning when humanist organisations are using it.
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...I'm sorry, you lost me. I'm not sure what you mean about 'facilitate'/'allow'.
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*bows*
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