The Religion of Philosophy

I am usually pretty vocal when it comes to the religious right or the politicians misquoting or questioningly applying Scripture, but I don’t usually say too much when it comes to the “liberals” they are “coming against.” There are two reasons for that. One is, it is very difficult to make a point with a liberal. Because they can see everyone’s perspective, or so they say. Or maybe they really do believe they have that lofty perspective, who knows? When one disagrees with any detail of the beliefs of a neo-conservative, they determine that individual to be somewhere between a moderate and an anarchist, all of which are wrong, anyway, so it doesn‘t matter. They know and I know, we disagree. But the liberal philosophers are different, there appears to be a sense of accomplishment with a circular conversation. So, at the end of the chat, they know and I know, words can be plenteous without being meaningful. Now back to my second reason for not saying much about the liberal perspective. I really didn’t see it as a progressive political party any more, so what’s to argue, where are they going? But the philosophy of “blending concepts” has truly become the American religion, even amongst what some would call Christians. Just as the neo-conservative right wing religion gains momentum in all they stand against, the liberal philosophy gains acceptance in all they say they accept. But just as with the neo-cons, the liberal philosophers have a difficult time embracing another view especially when it comes to religion. It would seem they are as devout in their mix of beliefs, as the conservatives are in George Bush, and I am in the Bible. I didn’t take them seriously as a religion, before, but I do now. They need and deserve to be recognized. I am not going to be presumptuous and state their tenets of faith, because I do not know them, but they do have them. Nor am I going to name their religion, other than for the sake of this post refer to it as humanistic philosophy, but it is a creed, it is a system of beliefs with it’s own doctrine of sorts, agenda, and even a bit of dogma, now and again. Humanist Philosophy is probably growing more rapidly than any other religion for two basic reasons. It isn’t recognized as an authentic religion, therefore it doesn’t come across as something too devout, nor to devoutly avoid. And it presents itself much more calmly and resolutely than most recognized religions. Most of it’s “faithful” are degreed or degree seeking individuals with an intellectual aloofness or pseudo-intellectual comportment. Be it good or bad, things that are not recognized for what they are, tend to be fully developed by the time they are acknowledged. And I now acknowledge that we are looking at a bona fide religion. This humanistic philosophical religion t has a little politics, a little science, a little ethics, and even a little Bible, but each of these contributory factors are weighed and woven by the believer.
I perceive that in all things ye are very religious