Word: deism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...universe is self-existing, not created. ¶ Man is part of nature, product of his culture, his environment, his social heritage. The traditional dualism of mind and body must be rejected. ¶ Humanism also rejects cosmic and supernatural "guarantees." The Humanist eschews theism, deism, modernism, "new thought'' and instead of feeling religious emotions concentrates on human life-la- bor, art, science, philosophy, love, friendship, recreation. ¶Humanism is for "a socialized and co-operative economic order-a shared life in a shared world." Its adherents say that it will: "Affirm life rather than deny it ... seek to elicit...