It "may" be widely accepted, but that is not true in my case. I enjoy reading religious works for their literary value.
So why are you here to debate religion? Do you believe that Humanism is a religion?
I'm not debating anything. I disagree with how antonia said Islam was not a religion. And, to answer your question, I have to ask you a question. Which humanism do you have in mind? Secular humanism is not a religion; Religious humanism has humanist ideas in the context of a religion.
Think Darwin. The appeal of Humanism is that you get to be the dominant one, or the dominant species due to a supposed intellectual superiority or "enlightenment". It’s the same with racism or bigotry, but less obvious. Humanism is the same as any other competing universalism – Humanists want to lord humanism over the world, and you want humanism to be lord don't you? Bingo...Religion.
Umm...I go by Abd al-Rahiim here. I do, however, highly respect the works of Darwin and his contribution to biology.
And, that is not the appeal of humanism. Definitely not. Self-actualization is but one appeal.
It appears that you like making assumptions. We humanists do not want to "lord" our beliefs on anyone else. Your conclusion is null because its premise is based on an incorrect acceptance.
So you are saying that you prefer that the world not think as you do? Interesting.
As a humanist of sorts myself, I find that position to be quite unnatural and extremely uncommon.