What do you consider humanism and humanistic creeds to be generally optimistic or pessimistic?
I have read accounts which argue that the old testament is optimistic and the new testament pessimistic in Judeo-Christian tradition, although I've also read accounts which argue exactly the reverse too and heard arguments over individual books and the stories contained in books. So I'm inclined to think that most philosophies and spiritualities are the same.
I have read accounts which argue that the old testament is optimistic and the new testament pessimistic in Judeo-Christian tradition, although I've also read accounts which argue exactly the reverse too and heard arguments over individual books and the stories contained in books. So I'm inclined to think that most philosophies and spiritualities are the same.