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Question 1

What Manifesto promoting the community of man and the elimination of religious influence was written by authors Marx and Engel in 1848?

Answer 1

Communist manifesto

Question 2

When was the original Humanist Manifesto written?

Answer 2

1933

Question 3

How many different versions of the Humanist Manifesto are there?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What historical movement was this person a part of?

Answer 4

Progressive era

Question 5

In what decade was the famous Scopes Trial?

Answer 5

1920’s

Question 6

What was the name of the law that made it illegal to teach evolution in Tennessee schools?

Answer 6

The Butler Act

Question 7

What organization sponsored a Tennessee high school teacher to break the law on purpose?

Answer 7

ALCU

Question 8

What was the trial really about, causing so many members of the national and international media to attend?

Answer 8

Philosophical arguments over the origins of life

Question 9

What were the two significant events that led to the writing of the second Humanist Manifesto?

Answer 9

Continual War throughout the 20th Century & Support for Roe v Wade in 1973

Question 10

What is the quote from the second Humanist Manifesto that illustrates their foundational beliefs?

Answer 10

“No deity will save us, we must save ourselves”

Question 11

What term, describing humanism was dropped from the first to the second Humanist Manifesto?

Answer 11

religious

Question 12

According to Humanists, man is basically what?

Answer 12

Good

Question 13

According to Humanists, relief from the personal and societal problems, AND the meaning to life comes from where?

Answer 13

Satisfying one’s desires

Question 14

Humanism believes that who is responsible for the realization of an individual’s dreams and achievements?

Answer 14

Human beings themselves

Question 15

Humanism puts it’s faith in man’s ______ achievements.

Answer 15

Scientific

Question 16

Humanism rejects dualism, which is:

Answer 16

The belief in body, soul, and spirit contained in oneself

Question 17

Humanism believes that the universe was ______ and was not ____.

Answer 17

Self existing & created

Question 18

Humanists do not believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth can be found in a relationship with God through ______ or _______?

Answer 18

Worship or prayer

Question 19

Humanists believe that the value of an individual’s self-worth is to be found in relationships with ___

Answer 19

Other humans

Question 20

Humanists believe that traditional religion gives individuals

Answer 20

False hopes & wishful thinking

Question 21

What three examples do the writers of the Humanist Manifesto called “advancements” to conclude that a new situation has been created “which requires a new statement of the means and purposes of religion.”

Answer 21

1. Human’s larger understanding of the universe
2. Human’s scientific achievements
3. Human’s deeper appreciation of the brotherhood

Question 22

What kind of language is the following statement “The is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal, identification of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem of human living in the 20th Century.”

Answer 22

Assumptive

Question 23

The Humanist Manifesto states that religion is to meet which two needs of humanity?

Answer 23

Adequate social goals & personal satisfactions

Question 24

Humanist Manifesto states that the universe was NOT created….what did they believe?

Answer 24

It was self existing

Question 25

How does the Humanist Manifesto explain where man came from?

Answer 25

Emerged from the cosmos (and then evolved)

Question 26

What process does the Humanist Manifesto reject in regards to the following quotes from the 4th and 5th section: a. “the individual born into a particular culture is largely molded by that culture.” b. “it is “unacceptable (for) any supernatural or cosmic guarantees of life” c. that an individual is “determining existence and the value of any and all realities”

Answer 26

We were uniquely created by God We were born with original Sin We are in need of redemption

Question 27

When an individual is trying to “determine the existence and the value of any and all realities”, what are the two methods that the Humanist Manifesto advises them to use in attainment of that goal?

Answer 27

Use intelligent Inquiry | Make an assessment of how it relates to human needs

Question 28

The Humanist Manifesto states that “religion must formulate its hopes and plans in the light of the ______ _____ and _______.”

Answer 28

Scientific , spirit , method

Question 29

What is being transferred when the Humanist Manifesto makes the abovementioned claim?

Answer 29

Transferring the authority of religion from God to humans (through human’s faith in science).

Question 30

How does the Humanist Manifesto believe that humans can come to a “complete realization of the human personality?”

Answer 30

By fulfilling oneself in the here and now

Question 31

What two ways does the HM promote as the correct manner for humans to express their “religious emotions?”

Answer 31

a. Have a heightened sense of personal life | b. Make a co-operative effort to create social well-being

Question 32

What are the two ways Christianity believes individuals are to express their “religious emotions?”

Answer 32

a. Loving God | b. Loving Others

Question 33

In facing the crises of life: | The Humanist Manifesto states that man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of which two manners?

Answer 33

knowledge of naturalness (which is science) | knowledge of probability (which is math)

Question 34

Which two areas of academic curriculum is identified in the abovementioned problem? Furthermore, the Humanist Manifesto states that man will no longer face the crises of life in which three manners?

Answer 34

sentimental hopes unreal hopes wishful thinking

Question 35

What are the two ways advised in the Humanist Manifesto in order to ensure that man will face the crises of life in the way they have determined to be correct?

Answer 35

fostered by education | supported by custom

Question 36

What has been created in US Government that illustrates the following statement: “We assume the humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene.”

Answer 36

Welfare programs

Question 37

What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto promote?

Answer 37

socialism

Question 38

What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto reject?

Answer 38

Capitalism

Question 39

The Humanist Manifesto states that all associations and institutions exist for what purpose?

Answer 39

Fulfillment of human life

Question 40

What were the two primary reasons why the ideas in the Humanist Manifesto found an acceptable audience in Western Civilization?

Answer 40

appeals to humans inherent sinful nature | appeals to those who are seeking to be out from under the control of organized religion

Question 41

What makes the Humanist Manifesto a religious document?

Answer 41

It has a set of principles and values that one is to adhere to

Question 42

In which era were the abovementioned individuals clashing with the Catholic Church?

Answer 42

1500's