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The '''British Humanist Society''' is a society of British [[Humanism|humanists]] that was founded in 1896. It has 100,000 members/supporters and over 70 local and special interest affiliates to promote humanism.
The '''British Humanist Society''' is a society of British [[Humanism|humanists]] that was founded in 1896. It has 100,000 members/supporters and over 70 local and special interest affiliates to promote humanism.
[[Humanism]] is a [[philosophy]], [[worldview]], and religion<ref name="Humanism, A New Religion">Potter, C.F. & C.C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=v9EnAAAAYAAJ&q=humanism+a+new+religion&dq=humanism+a+new+religion&hl=en&ei=9otLTc2DJoOyuAOl4_Q3&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA ''Humanism, A New Religion''] Simon and Schuster; (1930)</ref> that places humanity and the [[Materialism|material]] at the center of philosophical inquiry. The usage of the word humanism often used as a synonym for [[secular humanism]] which rejects [[god]]s, and theistic [[religion]]s, instead seeing "man as the measure of all things."<ref>Burkhardt, F & Otto, M.C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sx30EuuYoG8C&lpg=PA195&dq=%22man%20as%20the%20measure%20of%20all%20things%22&pg=PA195#v=onepage&q=%22man%20as%20the%20measure%20of%20all%20things%22&f=false ''The cleavage in our culture: studies in scientific humanism in honor of Max Otto'']; Books for Libraries Press, Freeport N.Y; p. 195 (1969).</ref>
== British Humanist Association's withdrawal out of agreed upon debate with the Christian apologist William Lane Craig ==
== British Humanist Association's withdrawal out of agreed upon debate with the Christian apologist William Lane Craig ==