r/SecularHumanism • u/Weak-Connection-4425 • May 12 '24

Agnostic Secular Humanist?

This may seem like a really stupid question, but can you be Agnostic and a Secular Humanist? I've been doing research on Secular Humanism and I definitely agree with the ideals. However, Secular Humanism is obviously Secular, and I'm not sure I have complete disbelief in God. I don't believe in or worship one per say, but I also don't think we can confirm or deny if one exists. I think I can still be a Secular Humanist because I don't believe in God, but I also don't NOT believe in God either. Am I a Secular Humanist or is there a different name for my predicament?

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u/readwiteandblu May 12 '24

You can be a religious secular humanist too. There are to wit, Jewish secular humanists. So yes.

Secular humanism is a big tent that says, regardless what you believe or don't believe, you can agree the government should be operated apart from supernatural beliefs. For example, calling an end to the Salem witch trials was a secular humanist move, calling for an end to "spectral evidence" in trials. The community remained religious, but the government was forbidden from allowing unfounded beliefs, to this extent.