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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

[In sum] humanism believes that na-
ture ... constitutes the sum total of real-
ity, that matter-energy and not mind is
the foundation stuff of the universe
and that supernatural entities simply
do not exist. This nonreality of the su-
pernatural means, on the human level,
that men do not possess supernatural
and immortal souls; and, on the level
of the universe as a whole, that our
cosmos does not possess a supernat-
ural and eternal God. 34
Today, humanism has become
As we can see, humanism is almost
another name for atheism. One
identical to atheism. These atheist claims example of this is the enthusiasm
for Darwin typical in the Ameri-
consist of errors and deception contra-
can magazine, The Humanist.
dicted by science too.
There were two important mani-

festos published by humanists in the last century. The first was published
in 1933, and was signed by some important individuals of that time. Forty
years later, in 1973, a second humanist manifesto was published which
confirmed the first, but contained some additions relative to some devel-
opments that had occurred in the meantime. Many thinkers, scientists,
writers and members of the media signed the second manifesto, which is
supported by the American Humanist Association.
When we examine the manifestos, we find one basic foundation in
each of them: the atheist dogma and erroneous ideas such as that the uni-

verse and human beings were not created but exist independently, that
human beings are not responsible to any other authority besides them-
selves, and that belief in Allah has retarded the development of individu-
als and societies. For example, the first six articles of the first Humanist
Manifesto are as follows:

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