Humanists UK and Stephen Fry
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2022
- Humanists UK launches a new membership recruitment drive, fronted by an animated film from our patron, Stephen Fry.
Stephen is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, writer, and bonafide ‘national treasure’.
He has been delightfully brought to life in the film by animation studio, Kilogramme.
The film is appealing for new members to allow the continuation and growth of Humanists UK’s important work, including its important campaigns, services like pastoral care in hospitals, and humanist ceremonies.
More information on membership of Humanists UK can be found at humanists.uk/join.
I hope the idea grows all over the world.
Always a good day when I get to hear Stephen Fry
I absolutely appreciate the ideas about being empathetic, while trying to understand others. Thanks for sharing the content. Greetings from Texas
Christopher Hitchens with, Stephen Fry in conversations with the Catholic Church was a great insight to see how other people see the world. The Humanists. A beautifully compiled children's video to attract.... Ah to believe in gods & goddesses..... Thank you for the P message. A fan of Chris Thrall
Yes Stephen Fry, I most certainly will join you in spreading the awareness. From India
Very good video for practicing my English
I've subscribed here for Stephen Fry )
Well done Mr Fry, you're a legend. I'll sign up. :-)
Brilliant organisation. Many thanks.
I am a humanist and an atheist. I live in the U.S.
Me too. We are spred very thin and need comunity.
Thanks Mr Fry. I’ve been a member for a while now.
Well done Stephen. Children need to know there is an alternative to the religious narrative they are fed from an early age. This needs to be shown in schools - state, private and those run solely on the basis on faith.
Brilliant film from a brilliant man..Stephen Fry!
From Stephen Fry I've come to expect a more philsophically thorough plea for humanism.
Can someone tell me why, The Fry is not a member of parliament. He should be PM.
This is like a political campaign, no explanation of what Humanism actually is
I really enjoy and like the work of the humanist society. I have read many books by Dawkins, Roberts, Hanna Fry, Rutherford, Al-khalili .... But I'll never trust the hierarchical structures of any organisation that has to do with selling and promoting human values and perspectives. That said, I hope the humanist movement will expand. We'll see what happens when it too becomes powerful.
i really like Stephen Fry♥
Lovely video, thank you
We need to all adopt humanist beliefs especially now the world has hit a population of 8 billion humans. ✌️🇨🇦
8 billion is not many when spread out around the planet. little microdots
Welldone Mr. Fry you're a Legend.
Been a Humanist member for several years. 👍
Grew up as one
I’m not one but it’s time to get it recognised in England
Thank you….
Human.
I am a Bangladeshi. Can I join Humanists UK?
Do humanists still suffer persecution in Bangladesh? I read something a while back about it.
My only problem is that £60 a year is a lot for many people.
Awesome.
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I've only had one issue with Stephen Fry which happened when I found out he's a Monarchist & when hearing him talk about the royal family sounds desperate for their recognition in the form of a knighthood.
Jason can you explain more on what is a Monachrist?
Ok just looked it up! Sure a big fan of Christopher Hitchens who speaks so openly about the abuses within the church.... Legend
Ah you mean like Jimmy Saville?
Damned fine lip sync on that, well done.
You clearly haven’t given things much thought Mr Fry - while espousing values such as ‘reason’, ‘evidence’ and ‘love’ as virtuous, I must insist… why these values? Is it because you determined them to be virtuous (in which case you’re bring entirely arbitrary), or is it because you recognise them to be virtuous (in which case you admit to the fact that there is a higher source of virtue that transcends your own preferences)
Moreover, why do you think that ‘reason’ (and whose brand of ‘reason’ are you referring to - Plato, Socrates, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz… whose reason all brought them to very different/conflicting conclusions) is able to bring you into possession of the Truth?
Also, don’t you recognise that the subjective nature of any empirical assessment of the evidence necessarily commits you onto the slippery slope of epistemological and moral relativism?
And I challenge you to come up with a definition for ‘love’ that actually coheres!
And when you say things like “We humanists believe…”, that sounds awfully like a religious commitment, or that “We don’t evangelise…”, but you appeal to others to join your club, that sounds exactly like you’re proselytising!
Wholesale specious reasoning Mr Fry!
What about nonhuman animals slaughtered by the millions every single day?
What about them? The Humanists are not an animal rights organisation.
As a general rule, you will find the average humanist, will support the idea of 'doing least harm' to other humans, animals and the world as a whole. Not all will support this of course because Humanism isn't a religious dogma that tells people what to think. But through science and reason, it's relatively clear to most people we cannot go on treating the world and other organisms that share it with us, in the way that we have.
Do PDFiles have a right to live without persecution and keep the body they were born with?
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Humanists can be religious. Humanism isn't about selfishness but it can be.
This is crazy propaganda.
Say you're an aethiest or whatever.
Don't rebrand humanism into what you want instead of what it is.
Humanism = Rationalism (which precludes theism) + Kindness (putting other human beings at the center of your morality, which many religious people also do ) + Sees Humans as Moral Agents (views morality is a necessary and emergent adaptation of human cooperation, human societies, and human evolution, not handed down from on high by supernatural beings). So no, humanism in this sense and religion are contradictory, but many religious people are fairly *humanitarian* too.
@@HumanistsUK Huminists believe human being are the most important creatures on the planet. They put human being at the centre of their morality. Religion or spirituality has always been a centre piece of humanity, always.
The only place god exists is in the gray matter betwixt two human ears!
Oh, you have a poor vision of religion. Read Chesterton, Belloc, Lewis...
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Overall, I just find humanism too weak. You're a good bunch, but you'll be crushed under foot by those that don't give a faq.
Compassion doesn't have to mean weakness or appeasement. Our compassion for sentient victims might well lead us to treat perpetrators robustly, for example. We should have compassion even for the perpetrators - and there's no value in pure retribution. But justice motivated by deterrence, protection, rehabilitation and restoration can be powerful and may also extend to the application of constraints and even violence where justified.
The world either needs to agree on ONE religion OR leave it all behind and focus on HUMANITY and what we could achieve TOGETHER ❤
Thanks for spreading the message 😊
You don't think this sounds a tini-tiny bit fascist? Who will decide what thé religion is?
@@yosra3551 I’m not demanding it mate. 😂
@@yosra3551 ..but please, tell us all how you envision all these crazy religions ever working together.
Use as many words and links as you like, I’m very eager to learn.
@@yosra3551 or do you drop comment and run to the hills to avoid having to actually think about anything you said?
@@ascgazz7347 have you considered that it could be possible to be a humanist and a theist simultaineously?
We don't BELIEVE! WE know that's the only life we've got!