Talk:National Secular Society
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In my oppinion their web site makes them look like an aethiest taliban enforcing non religion in the name of free thought is a paradox in itself. Dainamo 20:34, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- No one asked for your opinion. Wikipedia is not a soapbox: don't use talk pages to vent opinions which aren't relevent to a debate. --Oldak Quill 9 July 2005 00:53 (UTC)
Isn't it interesting that when the religious attack the non religious, as Dainamo does above, they always try to expose their targets religiosity? What they are trying to say is: "You are just as irrational and bigoted as we are!" They are on this subject, as much else, utterly wrong.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.4.65 (talk • contribs)
I concur with Quill when ihe says a Wikipedia talk page is not for topical debate, only article accuracy. There are plenty of message boards on the Internet for this sort of thing.Kurzon 13:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] NSS anti-supernaturalism
- A recent amendment removed reference to the NSS's position on the supernatural, apparently on the basis that the NSS promotes no particular view on such matters. This is false. Here are the NSS's general principles: [1]. The first point reads: "Secularism affirms that this life is the only one of which we have any knowledge and human effort should be directed wholly towards its improvement." And the fourth point reads: "It asserts that supernaturalism is based upon ignorance and assails it as the historic enemy of progress." See also the NSS shop for various books etc which do in fact promote a particular view on religion: [2]. --Dannyno 14:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Freemasons and the NSS
Does anyone know what the Society's position is on Freemasonry ? Does is support the Separation of Lodge and State ? Are there many masons part of the group ?
In Continental Europe, many of the so-called Secular groups were founded by masons, including the Famous Libre Pensée League in France and the Presse rationaliste. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.236.17 (talk) 19:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
