I strongly feel that “humanist/atheist” is a good label to describe my general perspective on things, but feel very unaligned with the atheist/humanist community (insofar as one exists).
I don’t think the difference is merely political.
I feel differently about the value of tradition (a word I was *allergic* to not too long ago).
I would have reflexively rejected “it’s tradition” as a reason or justification for anything.
I feel differently about the value of tradition (a word I was *allergic* to not too long ago).
I would have reflexively rejected “it’s tradition” as a reason or justification for anything.
Today I think my perspective can be best stated by “tradition gets a vote but not a veto”.
It’s an important thing, but not THE most important thing.
It’s an important thing, but not THE most important thing.
Coming from a patriarchal, religious (and IMO, highly dysfunctional) background, to me tradition represented backwardness, intolerance, rigidity and anti-intellectualism.
I still think some of those labels are fair.
I still think some of those labels are fair.
I also think that I and many other young and idealistic people enamored by visions of progress fail to adequately account for all that we don’t know.
Sometimes the value of a tradition isn’t easily legible, and only becomes apparent when it is well and truly discarded.
Sometimes the value of a tradition isn’t easily legible, and only becomes apparent when it is well and truly discarded.
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