The Nov/Dec 2003 Newsletter of the Humanist Association of Massachusetts features an article on tolerance by one of its chapter members, Peter B. Denison. I would like to share the essence of his thoughts with the Humanists of Utah.

"While humanists and atheists decry the intolerance of certain religious leaders, we should also look into ourselves. Are we as tolerant as we should be?

"We humanists reject the concept of god as unproven, but is believing in god really stupid? Most religious people are as intelligent as we.

"Fundamentalism is not the whole of Christianity even if is the noisiest part. Most Christians have really given up on Fundamentalism, and perhaps we humanists and other freethinkers should do so too.

"Humanists believe in human dignity, that all people should be treated with the respect due all human beings."

--Flo Wineriter