Natural Humanists acknowledge that all animals are governed by their instincts, and that all human beings are, themselves, animals, so they too have instincts hard-wired into them. For example, we all jump or flinch at loud noises or sudden movements, which is an important instinctive reflex and is part of our ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response to potential threats[i],[ii]. Similarly, human babies instinctively cry when they’re hungry, and mothers instinctively respond to their babies crying, and take part in ‘nest building’, to prepare a home for their children, and to ensure that they’re comfortable, safe and protected[iii],[iv].
In today’s world, our strong subconscious instincts can very powerfully drive our behaviour, our lifestyles and even our beliefs, including our strong drive to have sex, and to raise and nurture children, and our strong survival instinct to ‘fight, flight or freeze’ when faced with a threat, which helps to protect us, and our loved ones, from danger, but can also affect the way that we face non-life-threatening stressful and challenging situations and relationships today.
Natural Humanists recognise that other natural human instincts, which form an important part of what it is to be human, include[v],[vi]:
Anger[vii], which ispart of the ‘fight’ response of our survival instinct, and which can be toxic in today’s world, if not managed appropriately, but can also motivate us to take positive actions and to solve problems.
‘Broodiness’ [viii], or yearning to become a parent, is now potentially toxic in today’s hugely over-populated planet, which is also hugely lacking in biodiversity because of our own population size. Natural Humanists encourage each other not to have large families, and also to consider sharing parenting of a small number of children amongst a Natural Humanist community, of like-minded, loving, nurturing and caring people, who all form one ‘extended family’, for the benefit of all children and adults concerned, and also to consider adopting or fostering children, rather than giving birth to their own.
The human instinctive need to care about other human beings, other living things, and the planet and its environment, form a crucial part of our humanity and this is one instinct that is hugely more intense and developed in human beings than in any other species. We instinctively want, or need, to care for others, which is part of our natural parenting instinct, and caring for others in our social group also benefits us all significantly.
Natural Humanists believe that human beings have evolved the ability to be infinitely caring and loving, so therefore have a moral duty to help to protect and care for all other human beings, for all other living things, and for the planet. They believe that every human being has a moral duty to always ‘call out’ other people’s cruelty, intolerance, prejudice, hatred or unkindness, whoever it’s directed towards, and whenever it occurs, and that we should all try to show respect and loving kindness to everyone, no matter who they are.
Curiosity[ix] makes us want to explore, and was essential for us to find food, shelter, and water, but today, is an important way of us getting to experience new people, places and situations, and learning to value the huge natural variations of our planet and its species. Natural Humanists believe that curiosity is essential to learning, truly and deeply, about people, and about the world, and of investigating innovative solutions to life’s problems, rather than treading the ‘same old tired path’, in fact, they believe, strongly, that we all individually, should try to create our own path through life, and that we should ‘leave a trail’, to allow others to follow it themselves, if they wish to, as they believe that everything that we learn is far more valuable if it’s freely shared.
Defending ourselves[x], instinctively, against perceived threats, and being territorial, can, today, be harmful to human beings. Natural Humanists believe that we often see people, or lifestyles, or any differences as a ‘threat’, but, in most cases, these are merely healthy natural variations and are potentially an opportunity for the expansion of our own minds and the learning of new ways to live our lives.
They believe that no-one should be territorial, as nobody has the right to ‘own’ any person, property, land, or any other living thing, and that these are all for us to share, freely and lovingly, for the common good. They believe that nobody should ever discourage anybody else from loving, or sharing emotional or physical intimacy, with anybody they love, and that they should, instead, happily and openly share their own partners and family members with anybody and everybody, whenever this is exactly what all of those involved want to happen.
Empathy[xi], historically, allowed us to understand how others would react to various situations, so that we could modify our own behaviour, to increase the chances of a positive outcome, and decrease the chances of negative outcomes for ourselves. However, today, empathy also allows us to successfully manage relationships, which is essential for raising children, and for living and working together in mutually beneficial communities, and for sharing this planet fairly with all of its other species of inhabitants.
Fear[xii], of things that could cause us harm, was essential for our survival, but it can also get out of control, and can restrict our freedom, or lead to anxiety and phobias, or to intolerance of differences, or it can prevent us from experimenting with new ideas, or from forming new, potentially beneficial relationships.
Greed and jealousy[xiii] were important in our past, to allow us to ensure that we always had what we needed to survive, even if others suffered as a result, but today, these are both toxic, and deny us the ability to freely and equally share our wealth, property, the planet and our loved ones, which harms us all, but harms the weakest, the most vulnerable and the most powerless most of all.
Grief[xiv], which includes sadness, anger and guilt, is a hugely powerful instinctive emotional response to the death of a loved one, but is also experienced when we lose relationships, opportunities, or freedom and, to quote the late Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth, “grief is the price we pay for love”. Natural Humanists believe in loving widely and deeply, and so accept that grief will, inevitably, be an important part of their lives, but will always be worth it, because of the true joy that love has the capacity to bring to every single part of their lives. They acknowledge that both receiving the love and support of others and celebrating all the joy that loved ones have brought into their lives, are the very best ‘cures’ for grief.
Play is an instinctive drive which is crucial for children to be able to develop life skills and knowledge, but even adults retain this instinctive desire to play[xv], which is an important way of helping to build and strengthen relationships, while giving all concerned significant pleasure. Playing sports or games, or having sex, or doing fun things with loved ones, can all help to satisfy this instinctive drive and, indeed, Natural Humanists consider themselves to be ‘party people’, who value very highly the sharing of all types of fun and pleasurable experiences, with as many people as possible.
Pleasure and lust[xvi] are both central to our humanity. Sexual pleasure encourages us to take part in activities which could reproduce the species and pass on our genes, whereas lust, which is the desire for pleasure, is one of our strongest instinctive drives, and can lead to us feeling ‘incomplete’ as human beings, if we’re not in healthy sexual relationships, and can also result in us taking part in unhealthy or harmful sexual activities.
Pleasure, from any source, can lead to the release of ‘feel good’ hormones by the body, which make us feel happy, and make us want to do the same things again, which in some cases, can lead to addiction, for example to alcohol, drugs, chocolate, gambling, pornography and to risky leisure activities or relationships[xvii].
Natural Humanists believe, strongly, that all human beings should recognise all the things that give them pleasure, and that, as a society, we should all find ways of safely enabling each other to obtain as much of this pleasure and happiness in our lives as possible, from as many different healthy sources as possible.
Seeking out food and drink[xviii], when we’re hungry or thirsty, is one of the most basic and crucial of our natural instincts, and Natural Humanists believe that society should ensure that every single human being on Earth can be enabled to satisfy these most basic of needs, even if this means sharing, hugely more fairly, global financial wealth, land and scientific knowledge, for the common good.
Self-preservation[xix], the need to feel good about ourselves and to take action to ensure that we can, is important to us all, and Natural Humanists believe that we all have a moral duty to celebrate all of those things about each other that are admirable, to overlook all things about other people that are beyond their control, and to support each other to make positive changes to our lives, that will benefit us all, as a society. They believe strongly in equality, believe that we should all acknowledge that every one of us is fallible, and that we should all have a true and accurate view of ourselves, and should avoid ever being vein or arrogant, or ever judging other people.
Natural Humanists recognise that, undoubtedly, all human instincts are totally natural, but that some cause us to behave in ways which are harmful to ourselves, to other human beings, to other living things, or to the planet. However, they believe that such behaviour is so central to our ‘human nature’, that nobody should ever be harshly judged, or abused, by other people, or by the State, for behaving in such harmful ways, because of these strong natural human instincts.
At the same time, however, Natural Humanists believe strongly that they should always attempt to notice and strongly manage their own toxic traits, that they should always encourage and support other human beings to do the same, and that they should each celebrate each other’s efforts and achievements in trying to do so.
They recognise that choosing to become a ‘Natural Human’ involves constantly, throughout our lives, focussing on who we have the potential to be, rather than taking the easy way out, and allowing ourselves to be the instinct-driven creatures that our genetic inheritance, and our upbringing and life experiences, make it so incredibly easy for us to be.
They believe that all human beings are partly responsible for both causing and sustaining toxicity in each other and, consequently, they believe that we all have an equal responsibility for both discouraging other people’s toxic behaviours, and for rewarding and nurturing their positive behaviours, because, to Natural Humanists, all human beings are part of one global family and, ‘if one fails, we all fail’ .
‘Real Men’
It’s commonly, but hugely inaccurately and harmfully, believed that a ‘real man’ should be[xx] aggressive and assertive, and should be a leader, as well as being competitive, courageous, dominant, fit and muscular, ‘hard’, independent and self-reliant, and that he should also be a leader of his family, should be misogynistic, as a sign of his masculine dominance, and of him valuing his masculinity, and should also be protective, resilient, secure with who he is, sexually dominant, stoical, strong, and unemotional[xxi].
Natural Humanists, however, view every one of these things completely differently.
They believe that all physical and verbal aggression and violence is immoral. They discourage conflict and encourage people to be open to discussing differences of opinion and reaching compromises, as well as the use of empathy, compassion and problem-solving to deal with areas of conflict. They discourage all forms of violence, including socially-acceptable activities like boxing and wrestling and believe that no war is ever morally justifiable.
When it comes to being a ‘leader’, Natural Humanists believe in absolute democracy, in all areas of life, but acknowledge that effective leadership can help to motivate others, can increase efficiency and effectiveness and can reduce waste of effort and resources. They believe that leaders should be democratically chosen, ideally due to their skills, knowledge, experience, creativity and emotional intelligence, not due to their physical strength, popularity, power or attractiveness, or due to their gender, and that they should support, nurture, motivate and celebrate others and should always value members of any team or community equally.
They believe that, in the modern world, being assertive (ensuring that our own needs are expressed and met, without degrading other people or denying them the satisfaction of their own needs), is equally important to all genders and to both adults and children, and it’s hugely more healthy and appropriate then being passive (which involves meeting other people’s needs, at the expense of meeting our own), or being aggressive (which involves meeting our own needs, while ignoring other people’s).
The believe that being competitive usually involves satisfying one’s own needs and desires at the expense of somebody else’s, and that it always results in a ‘winner’ and a ‘loser’. They view human beings as unique individuals, who are part of one global family, and therefore are all, for the whole of their lives, on the same ‘team’. They discourage competitiveness, believing that we should all, instead, only ever ‘compete’ with our former selves, to become the best version of ourselves, and that we should also value and celebrate each other’s efforts and achievements in doing so. They discourage arrogance and encourage the sharing of any ‘winning’ skills, to help others to become more proficient and productive themselves.
When it comes to being courageous, Natural Humanists nurture skills, and realistic self-confidence, in both themselves and others, and believe that there are few situations in life that people can’t successfully deal with, with the right support, encouragement and assistance from others, so they highly value the fact that ‘unity is strength’, and that we’re all in this together.
When it comes to being dominant, Natural Humanists value equality, cooperation, collaboration and democracy, not dominance or dictatorship.
Rather than valuing people for being fit and muscular, Natural Humanists believe in healthy living, including a healthy vegan diet and meaningful and productive physical activity. They also acknowledge the benefits of this to their health and longevity, but they discourage any exercise that’s mainly or solely about increasing physical attractiveness, as a way of being competitive for the attention of potential partners, or which is about vanity or arrogance. Contrary to popular belief, boys and girls of similar ages have similar levels of physical strength, right up until puberty causes boys to develop greater muscle bulk. Natural Humanists do not value unnecessary muscle bulk, even if they find it sexually attractive, and instead consider personal qualities to be the most important ‘strengths’.
Natural Humanists discourage everybody from being ‘hard’, and discourage any coldness, aggression or insensitivity, or any attempt to physically or mentally dominate others, instead they nurture kindness, cooperation, thoughtfulness, sensitivity, empathy and love.
Natural Humanists encourage all human beings to gain knowledge and skills, and to develop the ability to be independent and self-reliant, in all important human activities, at the earliest age that this is possible and reasonable, and they believe that young people should then be totally free to perform all tasks independently, with any necessary support, supervision and guidance, rather than feeling dependent on others, although they consider it’s usually better for activities to be performed communally, when this is a better use of human time, attention and effort and of the Earth’s resources, or is likely to cause less harm to other living things, or to the environment.
Natural Humanists believe that it’s no longer necessary for a man to become the leader of his family, as our society is now based on equality. Many families now consist of successful, nurturing and deeply loving one-parent households, and some Natural Humanists may choose to raise children jointly, as a loving community, often regardless of gender.
Natural Humanists consider misogyny[xxii], [xxiii] to be a harmful human trait, which involves having a stereotyped and negative view of girls and women, denying their individuality and humanity, considering them to be the enemy, or as existing purely for men’s benefit, treating them as sex objects, considering them to be ‘to blame’ for their beauty and sexual attractiveness, as if it’s a choice, and using girls and women for their own selfish sexual gratification, with any interest in female pleasure only being to the extent that it boosts their own feelings of masculinity and superiority, treating sexual partners as property, and controlling their freedom of thought and behaviour, as well as the way they dress and who they mix with, enjoying humiliating girls and women and being sexually aggressive, including, in today’s world, sending ‘dick pics’ via social media and also not valuing meaningful loving relationships with girls and women, treating relationships only as a convenient way of securing a steady supply of sex, and of boosting their own social-standing.
Natural Humanists believe that being protective is an important trait for all human beings, regardless of gender, and that we should all help to support, care for and protect all members of the Natural Humanist, and human, global family, but always using peaceful means. They believe that people of all ages and genders have the potential to be deeply caring and protective, particularly if these qualities are deliberately nurtured within them, from early infancy, which is what Natural Humanists always try to do.
Although Natural Humanists don’t specifically value being resilient, they encourage each other to constantly develop skills and confidence, and to not be afraid to take risks, or to ask for help, and they believe they have a moral duty to assist others to become more capable and resilient, to allow them to deal with life’s challenges, whether alone or with help from other people. They do not consider achieving something alone, or surviving something alone, to have more value than doing so as part of a supportive group, family or community.
They believe that all human beings should be enabled to feel proud and secure with who they are, and they try to nurture realistic self confidence in themselves and in each other, but they always discourage arrogance, as they believe in absolute equality, sensitivity and compassion.
Natural Humanists celebrate all sexualities, and all sexual behaviour that is fully and meaningfully consensual, so recognise that some people can get pleasure from being dominated by a sexually dominant person of any gender. However, they believe that sex should never be aggressive or violent, unless this is part of a mutually consensual sexually dominant experience, which both people gain pleasure from, but even then they discourage any physically or emotionally harmful sexual aggression, and believe that all relationships and sex should ideally be based on equality, love, affection, kindness, mutual pleasure, and respect for each other’s boundaries, individuality, personal needs and desires.
Natural Humanists are polyamorous, and are naturists, and so believe in sharing their bodies freely with others, as an act of kindness, and as a way of meeting both their own and other people’s needs for love, physical affection and sensual and sexual pleasure, as well as the basic need of all human beings to be connected to their own and each other’s natural selves, by experiencing each other’s fully natural naked bodies.
When it comes to being stoical, Natural Humanists believe in communicating their feelings and solving problems creatively and cooperatively, rather than just putting up with things, so stoicism can be seen as a sign of weakness, or rather a need for support. They value adaptability, creativity and open-mindedness, and discourage each other from ever becoming ‘set in their ways’.
Natural Humanists do not value being physically strong, or visible muscle bulk, unless these are important to the valuable physical work that a person does in their life. They also believe that focusing on such things, promotes unhealthy vanity, competitiveness and dominance, whereas Natural Humanists value things like emotional strength, cooperation, selflessness, a deeply kind and loving nature, and emotional intelligence. For them, it’s the size of a person’s ‘heart’ that’s important, not the size of their…muscles.
They consider being unemotional to be unhealthy, and even ‘inhuman’, believing that all emotions are important natural reactions to situations. They try to nurture in both themselves, and each other, the healthy and positive expression of emotions, and healthy reactions to any such emotions. They encourage and celebrate all human beings’ efforts to develop emotional intelligence, openness and sensitivity, regardless of their gender, and they seek to support each other emotionally.
Natural Humanists recognise that the widespread attraction, in both women and adolescent girls, to so called ‘real men’, who exhibit many or all of this wide range of outdated and hugely toxic traits, beliefs and behaviours, is due to a primitive historical need for child-rearing females to be protected by such ‘masculine’ men, and to be provided with food and shelter by them, which no longer has any place in the modern world, and de-prioritises what is actually important in all romantic partners, regardless of gender, which is a kind, sensitive, thoughtful, compassionate, loving, supportive, reliable, nurturing and affectionate nature and qualities such as intelligence and emotional intelligence.
Toxic Behaviour
Natural Humanists reject the discriminatory term, ‘toxic masculinity’, which seeks to blame boys and men for their natural inherited instinctive drives and behaviours, despite the fact that these behaviours are widely reinforced, encouraged, rewarded and normalised by friends, partners, siblings, parents, grandparents, teachers, employers, superficial social media ‘friends’, films and TV dramas, and by society as a whole, throughout all boys’ and men’s lives.
They recognise that the behaviour, beliefs and attitudes, of all children and adults, of all genders, can, at times, be potentially toxic, and that this toxicity can either be due to their own natural drives and instincts, or can be due to sub-conscious or deliberate ‘grooming’ by their parents, family, friends, community, or society as a whole, which encourages them to demonstrate this toxicity by normalising and even rewarding it.
They acknowledge that toxic beliefs and behaviours are completely natural, but that they must never once be ignored or tolerated. Instead, every single incidence of toxicity should always be pointed out in every human being, supportively and non-judgmentally, as it is unquestionably the widespread tolerance of toxicity, and the rewarding of it, which is the cause of the world’s problems, not the natural toxicity itself.
Natural Humanists try to always point out every single toxic trait, belief or behaviour in every human being, but they also avoid ever abusing, humiliating or degrading anybody for exhibiting them, particularly when these behaviours are due to their natural instincts, and are therefore at the very core of their humanity.
They try never to reduce their own ‘zero tolerance’ approach to toxicity, or ever to let any example of toxicity slip through without comment, but equally they try never to hold grudges, and always try to treat those who exhibit toxic behaviours with love and kindness, and to support their attempts to overcome their unhealthy drives, and to act in pro-social ways.
They recognise that a very large proportion of women and adolescent girls are significantly more attracted to ‘bad boys’, who are macho, unnecessarily muscular, insensitive, hard, vein, competitive, selfish and arrogant, which, as well as being what females are genetically-programmed to be attracted to, is also widely, but hugely inaccurately, seen by society to be what a ‘real man’ should be like.
Having friendships and relationships with boys or men with toxic traits, and very effectively and powerfully ‘rewarding’ their toxicity with attention, affection, love and highly pleasurable sex, is what girls and women are genetically driven to do, and, in many cases, is what gives them significant emotional and sexual pleasure, so undoubtedly, they should always be free to do so, without any negative judgement at all.
However, what’s crucially important, is that subconsciously or deliberately ‘rewarding’ boys and men for their unnecessary or toxic behaviours and attributes, by giving them attention and affection, is a highly toxic female behaviour, as is ignoring or criticising any boy or man who isn’t butch and macho, or who doesn’t exhibit these toxic behaviours. Both of these things very significantly and very effectively ‘reward’ toxic traits in all boys and men, ensuring that this toxicity dominates our society and also resulting in these toxic behaviours being emulated by girls and women themselves, if they have frequent contact with such ‘toxic’ boys and men, as they come to see these behaviours as normal, acceptable, tolerable or desirable.
Importantly, boys and men aren’t just ‘groomed’ by the girls and women who personally ‘reward’ them for displaying toxic behaviours and attitudes, they’re also very significantly groomed, throughout their entire lives, by witnessing every other girl or woman who ever rewards a boy or man for any toxic behaviour, because attention, admiration, affection and particularly sex, are some of the most highly prized ‘rewards’, which every human being is strongly and instinctively driven to want to obtain. Natural Humanists therefore believe that this whole cycle of female-driven toxicity is hugely morally wrong and is extremely harmful to society, to the planet and to its other species, as toxicity always has far-reaching consequences.
The social acceptability of ‘laddish’ behaviour in girls and women and the widespread fascination, amongst boys and men, with attending gyms, and building totally unnecessary muscle bulk, are examples of the spread of this toxicity, which is very highly rewarded by many girls and women, with attention, admiration, affection and intimacy, thereby powerfully ‘reinforcing’ these toxic behaviours and ensuring that they continue. Also, these same girls and women often criticise or humiliate any boy or man who doesn’t display this toxic ‘manliness’, which encourages them to try to increase their own toxicity, or leaves them feeling inadequate, unvalued or unloved.
Toxic Parenting
As well as the harm caused to society by rewarding toxicity in boys and men, Natural Humanists recognise that, if a ‘toxic’ man and woman have children together, it’s likely that their children will themselves have toxic traits and will go on to pass these traits on to their own children and grandchildren, both due to ‘nature’ (genetic inheritance of toxic traits) and ‘nurture’ (the way these ‘toxic’ parents raise their children and the attitudes, behaviours and values they pass on to them during both their childhood and adult life, either deliberately or sub-consciously).
Any toxic parents will, through both their deliberate and their subconscious behaviour and attitudes, ‘nurture’ these toxic traits in their children and will also, themselves, attract friends who share, tolerate or celebrate this toxicity, who will further ‘nurture’ and reinforce this toxicity in their children.
They will also teach their children, by example, to value and reward toxic traits in other boys and men, and also in girls and women, and to find future friends and romantic partners and future mates’ attractive, if they too demonstrate these toxic traits.
Just one single ‘toxic’ parent can very effectively pass on their own ‘toxicity’ to their children, but if both parents have these toxic beliefs and behaviours, or value and reward this toxicity in each other, then the risk of ‘infecting’ their offspring with these toxic genes and learned behaviours and attitudes is doubled.
These children will then, inevitably, carry, or battle against these toxic traits, throughout their lives, and will go on to nurture such beliefs and behaviours in their own friends, their family and their own future children and grandchildren, as well as in society as a whole. They will also subconsciously encourage their children to value these traits in their own friends, and future sexual and romantic partners, and also in their superficial social media ‘friends’, resulting in them all surrounding themselves with people with similar levels of toxicity, who will, inevitably, all encourage and value each other for these harmful beliefs and behaviours, throughout their lives.
The fact that males tend to be dominant in many relationships, further increases the risk that their toxic masculine beliefs and behaviours will be accepted and adopted by their partner, their family, and by members of each of their social groups, as well as by society as a whole, particularly in today’s world, where the internet and social media provide a very efficient platform for efficiently spreading all forms of toxicity.
Natural Humanists believe that, when it comes to our species ‘mating’, the choice of parent for our children should always be deliberate, and very carefully thought-through, and should always favour ‘mates’ and co-parents with significant feminine traits, and as few ‘toxic’ traits as possible.
Toxic Monogamy
Natural Humanists believe that, although ‘monogamous’ relationships may be considered to be ‘normal’, for both children and adults, they’re arguably both unhealthy and completely immoral, as they reduce the amount of love in the world and involve both of the people in the relationship controlling each other’s sexual and romantic freedom.
Monogamous relationships also involve girls and women sharing love and intimacy with only one, usually toxic ‘alpha’ male. This love, nudity, affection and sex therefore always very powerfully ‘rewards’ their partner’s toxicity, while also, at the same time, very successfully, if subconsciously, ‘punishing’ every single feminine boy and man that girl or woman knows, however respectful, supportive and kind they may have been to them in the past, for having not themselves been sufficiently toxic, and therefore not ‘deserving’ to be rewarded with this highly enjoyable sex, affection and emotional intimacy.
In direct contrast to this, Natural Humanists recognise that the polyamory that is central to Natural Humanism, allows people absolute freedom to share emotional intimacy, physical affection, nudity, sex and relationships with as many people as they wish, right from the start of puberty, if laws permit this, so it therefore allows them to successfully meet all of their sexual and emotional needs fully, while also giving them the freedom to have sex with both ‘toxic’ boys and men, and with as many ‘feminine’ boys and men as they wish.
Natural Humanists believe that we all have a very strong moral responsibility to all other human beings, to all other species, and to the planet, to always ‘call-out’, in all of the people we know, every incident we ever experience of their toxicity, in all of its forms, and to always control both our own toxicity, and our desire to ‘reward’ other people’s toxic behaviour with attention, admiration, adoration, love, respect, affection and sex. They believe that it’s every human being’s lifelong responsibility, to permanently end this ‘toxic vicious circle’, for good.
A world full of beauty
Regardless of how simplistic the phrase may at first sound, Natural Humanists believe passionately, that to quote the English Lakeland poet John Ruskin, “A world full of beauty, is everyone’s duty, in as much as we all can command”.
In other words, they believe that every single one of us, has an absolute lifelong duty, to fill the world with as much beauty as we possibly can, including by:
- rewilding the planet, in order to restore the beauty of its wild living things
- sharing, widely and deeply, as much love, fun, kindness, affection and pleasure as we can muster, with as many people as possible
- sharing with the world, the natural beauty of our own unique personalities, and our own unique natural naked bodies, free, as much as possible, from all unnatural distortions and
- erasing, in every way that we can, everything that tarnishes, destroys or detracts from the beauty of the world, including hate, anger, violence, selfishness, greed, prejudice, war, destruction and every form of pollution, as well as every physical ‘scar’ on the landscape, which is part of our current, or past, unnatural human-made ‘built environment’.
Natural Humanists also recognise that every positive or negative thing that every human being ever says or does, acts as an example to other people, and that, therefore, everybody should try to live their lives in positive ways, which also encourage others, by example, to do the same.
Behaving in any way that’s abusive, aggressive, arrogant, cold, competitive, controlling, discriminatory, hard, insensitive, intolerant, materialistic, selfish, violent, or wasteful, will help to nurture such toxic behaviours in others. Whereas, being accepting, caring, compassionate, emotionally open, generous, gentle, loving, non-abusive, non-materialistic, nurturing, peaceful, responsible, sensitive, supportive, thoughtful and tolerant, will nurture these highly positive traits in society, potentially making the world a significantly better place to live, and improving the lives and happiness of every person and every living thing on the planet.
Natural Humanists believe that the more human beings are exposed to other people’s toxic behaviour, the more they become ‘desensitised’ to it, and the more they consider it to be ‘normal’ and therefore ‘acceptable’, but they also believe that, equally, the more Natural Humanists demonstrate hugely-positive behaviour, like love, tolerance and kindness, the more this can positively influence the behaviour of other people, and can alter what they consider to be normal.
They believe it’s never too late to ‘teach an old dog new tricks’, and so it’s always possible for anybody’s attitudes and behaviour to positively change, but they acknowledge that the earlier a human being is exposed to positive human behaviour, the better.
Consequently, they believe that parents, and every other member of society, all have a very strong moral obligation to nurture children, to point out and discourage every one of their negative traits and behaviours, and to always nurture and celebrate all of their positive behaviours, so that they can, themselves, look forward to a hugely happy, positive, and deeply meaningful life, as ‘Natural Humans’.
Rejecting Toxic Humanity
Natural Humanists recognise how harmful to humanity toxic personality traits and behaviours can be, so they aim to permanently remove all such toxic human traits from society. They believe that, although these behaviours often have genetic instinctive roots, or are due to our upbringing or negative life experiences, all human beings should learn to try to overcome these drives and to behave in positive ways, because they believe every one of us has already evolved the ability to successfully do so.
Natural Humanists believe that they, personally, have a duty to point out all such toxic behaviours, in their own children and loved ones and in all other human beings, throughout their lives, always in a loving, supportive and non-judgmental way. They also believe that Natural Humanists should always encourage each other to learn to live non-toxic lives and should always celebrate each other’s efforts and achievements in doing so.
They acknowledge that the first and most important step to eliminating toxicity from the world, is for us to understand every one of the behaviours which can be potentially toxic, and then to think back over our own lives, so that we can recognise all of the times that we ourselves, or other people, have demonstrated these toxic behaviours, beliefs and attitudes.
This then allows us to resist the temptation to repeat this toxicity again in the future and ensures that we can always point out these forms of toxicity in other people, something that Natural Humanists believe that all human beings have a moral duty to do, because all toxicity has the potential to be significantly harmful and will often only change at all, if it’s pointed out and challenged.
Toxic traits
Many of us will recognise in ourselves, or in our family members, friends, partners or acquaintances, toxic traits such as[xxiv]:
Abusiveness: deliberately doing, or not doing, something we know, or believe may cause emotional or physical harm, suffering or distress, often due to a lack of respect for the other person as a human being, or a lack of care for their feelings, beliefs and personal boundaries, or possibly as a way of exerting control,dominance or power[xxv]. It could be the abuse and control of a pet or farm animal, or encouraging or allowing somebody else to commit this abuse on our behalf, or it could be the physical, psychological, sexual or emotional abuse of an adult or child.
Aggression:[xxvi] whether this is verbal or physical, Natural Humanists are absolute pacifists and are opposed to any form of aggression, violence or murder of any human being or living thing.
Arrogance:a belief that we’re more important, more valuable, more skilled, more intelligent, more capable, more attractive, or more worthy of attention and respect than anybody else, and that other people are of less value, and are less worthy of our time and attention, as well as failing to recognise, care about or prioritise other people’s needs, beliefs or personal boundaries[xxvii], often due to a lack of respect for them, and an inaccurate belief that that person is inferior to us and that their needs don’t matter, which is always based on a lack of understanding that all human beings, and all species, are of equal value. For example, an arrogant person will rarely acknowledge, make eye contact with or smile at passers-by, or even people they know, as a deliberate or subconscious sign that they don’t value them enough to do so.
Attention-seeking behaviour:always wanting or needing to be the centre of attention, which is often due to low self-esteem or arrogance, but involves deprioritising other people and their needs[xxviii].
Being a ‘drama queen’: over-exaggerating things that have happened to us, often to focus others time and attention on us, rather than on things that are more important to them, and to obtain their sympathy, often due to an inability, or unwillingness, to deal with life’s challenges in mature and appropriate ways[xxix].
Being argumentative: believing that we, and our beliefs, are superior, failing to see other people’s perspectives and not allowing our beliefs and experiences to change our view, ignoring or trying to invalidate others’ opinions and making them and their opinions seem inferior, arguing over the most trivial things and always trying to ‘win’ every argument, as if it’s a battle[xxx].
Being cynical: viewing everything pessimistically and preventing ourselves, or others, from experiencing hope, doubting that a plan will be successful, without good cause, or down-playing the potential positives and over-playing the negatives[xxxi].
Being condescending: communicating and behaving towards others in a way that indicates a belief that we consider them to be our inferior, for example intellectually, morally, or in terms of attractiveness, popularity or status, perhaps belittling the other person and their achievements and bragging about our own success, skills, qualities and achievements and using sarcasm and back-handed compliments[xxxii].
Being controlling: feeling superior to others, and trying to dominate and intimidate them, control what they say, do and think, and who they spend their time with, not allowing others to be themselves or be individuals, always wanting to have our own way and being critical and intimidating[xxxiii].
Being dismissive: not valuing other people, avoiding closeness and emotional intimacy, and being indifferent to others’ needs, problems and achievements[xxxiv]. Natural Humanists recognise that most human beings automatically dismiss large sections of the population, because of such things as their age, gender, appearance, clothing or race, but Natural Humanists believe in welcoming, valuing and potentially loving every human being.
Being disrespectful: failing to see others as our equals, ignoring their personal boundaries, and failing to value others and their opinions, feelings, behaviours, beliefs and needs, and being rude, insulting and disrespectful, or breaking and not valuing rules[xxxv].
Being domineering: trying to control others’ behaviour, thoughts or feelings, often with some degree of intimidation or aggression[xxxvi].
Being judgmental: not valuing things or people, or their actions or achievements, and instead viewing them negatively and seeing them only from our own perspective[xxxvii].
Being manipulative: trying to get our own way, and meet our own needs, often in devious ways, and without any interest in how this will affect others, and, while doing so, denying the other person free-will and the ability to successfully meet their own needs[xxxviii].
Being self-centred and selfish:[xxxix] which is against Natural Humanist’s belief in equality, and in loving, caring for, nurturing, supporting and celebrating other people, and being considerate about their needs.
Being unapologetic: refusing to acknowledge to others, or ourselves, that we’ve done something wrong or made a mistake, refusing to say ‘sorry’, or clearly not meaning it when we do, not caring about the feelings of the person affected, and seeing acknowledging our mistakes as a sign of weakness[xl].
Coldness:being emotionless, insensitive, hard, unaffectionate, unromantic and not noticing or caring about others’ feelings[xli]. Natural Humanists recognise that this is a fairly common trait in males, and is one of the characteristics of a ‘bad boy’, to which females are genetically-programmed to be attracted, however, they believe that this is a hugely unhealthy and potentially harmful trait, so they try to value and reward positive traits instead, like compassion, a caring nature and emotional intelligence.
Competitiveness:[xlii] Natural Humanists discourage this trait in each other, as they value each other as equals and celebrate each other’s skills, knowledge and achievements. They highly value humanity’s infinite variety, so they encourage collaboration, skill-sharing and open celebration of each other’s achievements, but they discourage competitiveness, jealousy or any form of hero worship, celebrity-culture or one-upmanship and they discourage bragging or any visible signs of wealth or status, such as designer labels and premium brands.
Defensiveness: not accepting our own weaknesses or failings, or trying to hide them, and refusing to accept others’ feedback and criticism[xliii].
Gaining pleasure from other people’s suffering:[xliv] something that’s very common in people of all genders, particularly from puberty onwards, whether it’s a schoolboy pulling the legs of a live cranefly, any type of bullying behaviour, spreading nasty rumours about somebody, laughing at violence in movies, sharing videos, via social media, of people or animals in distressing or situations, or doing anything out of spite.
Gaslighting:[xlv] a way of manipulating or psychologically abusing people by doing and saying things to make them question themselves and their reality, memory, and sanity.
Having a victim mentality: demanding other people’s time and attention, by making them feel sorry for us, in order to meet our own unmet need for affection, attention or love, or due to a need to be ‘mothered’ or cared for, instead of taking responsibility for our own lives, and also devaluing other people’s suffering and needing it to be seen as insignificant in comparison to our own[xlvi].
Inflexibility: Natural Humanists believe in always having their minds and hearts wide open, and in always being open to new ideas, to learning, and to personal growth, but recognise that inflexible people are ‘stuck in their ways’, rely on old, and often out of date, beliefs and opinions and behave and always structure their days and lives in the same old way. They’re not open to trying new things and fear or are resistant to change, and rarely, if ever, change their opinions or behaviour, making them stubborn, rigid and obstinate, often due to a need to dominate and control what’s going on, or due to a belief that changing their mind is a sign of weakness, or due to an arrogant belief that they’re always right and never make mistakes, so there’s no need to rethink or change from the well-trodden path[xlvii].
Jealousy: wanting what somebody else has and feeling negatively towards that person because they have it, whether it’s their achievements, attractiveness, income, material possessions, popularity, power, relationships, skills, social-standing, strength, success, or wealth. It may involve trying to disrupt these things or trying to reduce other people’s admiration of them[xlviii]. Natural Humanists consider everybody to be their equal, and believe in sharing, wherever possible, their possessions, their lives and their love.
Lacking compassion: lacking empathy or sympathy for others, and caring only about our own needs and problems, without any interest in, or wish to help other people with their problems[xlix]. Natural Humanists believe in having compassion for all human beings and all other living things, and in always trying to support, nurture and celebrate each other.
Lacking empathy: a failure to understand other’s views, or to care about them, or to imagine how they might be feeling in any particular situation, and a failure to anticipate their needs, or to change our own behaviour accordingly[l].
Lacking self-awareness: failing toassess our own thoughts and feelings, and appreciate how others see us, and how our behaviour affects others, failing to treat others as we would wish to be treated, and failing to challenge our own misconceptions, or overcome our own weaknesses, and improve as human beings[li].
Lying and secrecy: [lii] this goes directly against Natural Humanists’ belief in absolute honesty and openness, in all areas of their lives, and their belief that they shouldn’t value any relationship which isn’t based on these important things.
Narcissism: being vein, havingan inflated sense of self-importance, exploiting others, being selfish, lacking empathy and lying, cheating, deflecting and lacking accountability and self-control, or blaming the other person for our own bad behaviour, or even trying to harm their reputation[liii].
Negativity: always having a pessimistic view of life and of other people[liv], which can be extremely emotionally draining and demotivating for other people in contact with that person, particularly if they themselves are positive, hopeful and optimistic, which Natural Humanists always try to be.
Neediness: frequently demanding other people’s attention, support, reassurance and encouragement, and prioritising our own problems over whatever is happening in other people’s lives, which can lead to unhealthy and unbalanced relationships. Needy people are often attracted to very caring or empathetic people, and vice versa, but such relationships can be unhealthy, unequal and emotionally draining, and can fail to meet the needs of such a caring person[lv].
Passive-aggression:[lvi] which is due to a fear of conflict, or a failure to communicate anger effectively, or to express thoughts and feelings honestly and clearly, which results, either consciously or sub-consciously, in somebody avoiding direct confrontation with the person they’re angry with and, instead, demonstrating resentment and opposition to their demands, or to what they say or do, which prevents the underlying issue from being sorted out, leads to bad feeling on both sides, and can weaken relationships[lvii].
Pretentiousness: an unhealthy need to be seen as ‘better’ than we consider ourselves to be, and often ‘better’ than other people, due to feelings of insecurity and a need to be admired or adored, or a competitive need to be seen as the ‘best’, whether this is in terms of intelligence, social-standing, wealth or life experience[lviii]. This is usually linked to an unhealthy belief that some human beings have value and some do not, which Natural Humanists believe is never the case.
Superficiality:valuing superficial, insignificant things, like popularity, physical appearance and wealth[lix], and not focusing on, or valuing, what really does matter, and what has true value. This results in a life full of possessions, wealth and unrewarding, superficial relationships and experiences, and prevents the full appreciation of each new person, experience and relationship, and it also rewards such superficiality in others, leading to a toxic ‘vicious cycle’ of superficiality that pollutes society and degrades humanity.
Vanity: [lx] which Natural Humanists are strongly opposed to, as they consider all human beings to be equal, and don’t value superficial qualities like beauty, even if they’re genetically driven to be attracted to them.
Vindictiveness: often due to a lack of empathy, or an inability to forgive, which results in us acting in cold, spiteful, unforgiving and malicious ways, or holding grudges, often for a long period of time, and having a need to assert our own dominance by getting revenge or causing the other person to be in fear of us[lxi], and finally:
Volatility:unpredictable and explosive anger, that’s easily triggered, and can lead to rage, and possibly violence and destructive behaviour[lxii].
Natural Humanists recognise that one very common toxic behaviour, in people of all genders, is the need to selfishly ‘own’ and control their own romantic partner, ‘punishing’ them for showing a romantic or sexual interest in anybody else and preventing them from spending time with, or sharing affection, emotional intimacy or nudity, with other potential partners.
Natural Humanists are polyamorous, so believe that all human beings should be free to love as many people as they wish, in whichever ways they choose. However, they believe that this should always be done openly, without any secrecy or lies, and that whenever somebody who is already in a relationship develops an attraction to a new person, both they and their existing partner should consider forming a loving, and possibly intimate relationship with that new person or that person’s existing romantic partner or partners, if all concerned are fully open to this, so that each relationship doesn’t, unnecessarily, have to be separate and self-contained.
They’re strongly supportive of making long-term loving commitments to one or more individual partner, but they believe that this should never reduce each partner’s freedom to develop meaningful loving relationships with additional partners, or their freedom to share affection and nudity with anybody else, or with everybody.
They believe that all Natural Humanists should ensure that all new friends and sexual and romantic partners know that they’re polyamorous, from the very start of each relationship, and should always treat all partners with kindness and respect, never just as sex objects.
They always open their minds to the possibility of forming a longer term meaningful loving friendship or relationship with each new friend or sexual partner, if this is what that partner wants, as spreading love widely and deeply, and valuing all human beings as their equals, is at the core of Natural Humanism.
Arrogance and Vanity
Natural Humanists acknowledge that both arrogance and vanity have routes in natural instinctive behaviour, so they try to avoid negatively judging or criticising other people for exhibiting them. However, they believe that both are hugely toxic in today’s world and that they have a moral duty to discourage all arrogance and vanity in each other. They believe strongly that all human beings are beautiful, lovable and special and that all are of equal value, both to each other and to all other living things, and that nobody is ever superior, and nobody is ever inferior.
Examples of arrogance, which Natural Humanists try to discourage in themselves and others, include[lxiii]:
- Acting like an expert, even if somebody else has more knowledge or experience[lxiv].
- Assuming that everyone looks up to you and is interested in you or attracted to you[lxv].
- Being competitive, including at work or school, and on social media, and choosing to take part in competitive sport, while belittling anyone not on the ‘right’ team[lxvi].
- Being intolerant of difference, including intolerance of people who are of a different sexuality, cultural background, religion or belief system, age-group, nationality or race[lxvii].
- Being patronising and condescending, and belittling and criticising others’ decisions and actions[lxviii].
- Being unwelcoming of immigrants, and people not from your town, region or country, because you consider them your inferior, and don’t consider them worthy enough to share the location or experiences that you freely value and enjoy.
- Believing that other people should have to treat you as ‘special’ and should spoil you, pay for your meals or drinks on dates, impress you and live up to your high standards, in order to ‘deserve’ to be in your presence, while also believing that you can treat them in any way you choose, including patronising, criticising or humiliating them.
- Believing that you’re always right or never admitting that you’re wrong.
- Belittling other people and refusing to acknowledge their qualities[lxix].
- Bragging about your own achievements, while ignoring or down-playing other people’s[lxx].
- Bragging about your wealth, strength, popularity, achievements, physical attractiveness, sexual skill and number of sexual conquests and about your latest possessions and experiences, which is extremely common on social media[lxxi].
- Buying expensive and luxurious possessions, which demonstrate your perceived superiority, and then bragging about them[lxxii].
- Considering that problems must be due to other people and denying or minimising your own contribution to them[lxxiii].
- Considering yourself to be the most important, most intelligent or most attractive person in any situation[lxxiv].
- Correcting other people’s small mistakes, or making them feel inadequate because of them, thereby highlighting your own perceived superiority[lxxv].
- Deliberately asking somebody something to highlight their lack of knowledge or talking about your own area of relative expertise and criticising others for being uninformed about it[lxxvi].
- Dismissing experts’ opinions and advice, even when you know little about the subject yourself[lxxvii].
- Dominating conversations and not allowing others to speak[lxxviii].
- Drawing attention to other people’s errors, flaws, failures, comparative weaknesses or perceived inferiority, and making them feel bad about it[lxxix].
- Ensuring that people believe that, whatever they’ve achieved, bought, done or experienced, you’ve done or owned or experienced something much better; never allowing others to think that they’ve ‘beaten’ you[lxxx].
- Expecting others to live their lives in ways that you believe to be right, or in ways that benefit you, [lxxxi] which commonly occurs in schools, workplaces and friendship groups, where one person dictates what is ‘cool’, acceptable or appropriate and manipulates others to ‘fit in’ and follow suit, making them feel ‘weird’, an ‘outsider’ or ‘weak’ if they don’t.
- Expecting a sexual or romantic partner to be ‘loyal’ to you, denying them the right to have whichever friends they choose, to have as many sexual or romantic partners as they wish, and to share affection or nudity with any of them. Also, controlling your friends’ and your children’s social, romantic and sexual freedom in similar ways.
- Forcing advice on other people, when it’s not been asked for and isn’t wanted, and ignoring requests not to get involved[lxxxii].
- Giving unsolicited advice, because you believe only your opinion or beliefs have value[lxxxiii].
- Ignoring other people in your day-to-day life, considering them to be irrelevant and of no value to you, or making them work to gain your attention and interest, as if it’s their duty to entertain you or service your needs.
- Ignoring rules or conventions, thinking they don’t apply to you[lxxxiv].
- Interrupting or talking over someone while they’re speaking[lxxxv].
- Looking down on people[lxxxvi] because of their background, where they live, how they speak, what job they do, or how much they earn.
- Making fun of someone’s accent or the way they speak or behave.
- Making unilateral decisions and not asking for, or valuing, other’s input[lxxxvii].
- ‘Name-dropping’ as a way of publicising your status, and other’s inferiority, including the designer or premium labels on your clothes, cars, tech and other belongings, your ‘premium’ postcode, the fancy restaurants, events and exotic locations you’ve visited, the school or university you attended and the ‘important’ or popular friends you have[lxxxviii], or even the number of social media ‘friends’ you have and the number of people you’ve had sex with.
- Never apologising, or always doing so half-heartedly or insincerely, due to a belief that others don’t matter[lxxxix], or that you’re too good or important to have to apologise to them, or to care about them.
- Not acknowledging or celebrating others’ successes, or valuing the effort they put in, unless they ‘win’, or you benefit[xc].
- Not admitting when you’ve made a mistake[xci].
- Not asking for, or not accepting feedback, and automatically dismissing criticism[xcii].
- Not being open to new ideas, new beliefs and new ways of doing things[xciii].
- Not bothering to learn people’s names, unless that person is of ‘value’ to you[xciv].
- Not bothering to prepare or put in effort[xcv], because you think you’re already perfect.
- Not caring about, or mocking others’ ambitions, hopes and dreams[xcvi].
- Not caring about other people’s feelings[xcvii], or any negative effects that you have on them.
- Not giving people eye-contact, as a deliberate or subconscious sign that they don’t matter to you.
- Not listening to others during a conversation, but just using the conversation as a way of saying what’s important to you[xcviii].
- Not making an effort in relationships or friendships because ‘everyone is expendable’. [xcix]
- Not performing tasks which you consider to be ‘beneath you’, and degrading others by paying them to do some or all of these things for you.
- Not respecting other people’s personal space or boundaries[c].
- Not seeking or valuing other’s opinions[ci].
- Not valuing other people’s time or the effort they put in[cii].
- Ordering for somebody in a restaurant or making decisions for other people without consulting them[ciii].
- ‘Owning’ and controlling animals as your ‘pets’ and denying them natural freedoms.
- Refusing to admit you’re wrong[civ].
- Refusing to listen to other’s ideas or instantly dismissing them without considering their merit[cv].
- Refusing to queue or wait your turn.
- Repeatedly doing things which you know annoy somebody, even though you know it upsets them, makes them feel uncomfortable, or goes against their values or personal preferences.
- Seeing asking for help or asking for directions to be a sign of weakness, or automatically assuming that others will be incapable of helping[cvi].
- Spending lots of time admiring your appearance, and lots of money trying to ‘enhance it’[cvii], because you’re ‘worth it’.
- Sticking to your established beliefs and ways of behaving without questioning them[cviii].
- Talking about yourself and expecting others to be interested or requiring them to listen[cix].
- Talking at people rather than having reciprocal, two-way conversations, and rarely if ever asking others’ opinions or experiences, or asking about their lives[cx].
- Taking more than your fair share[cxi], for example of food, or sitting on a double seat on a bus or train, in a way which gives the other person less room.
- Treating employees of businesses as your inferiors[cxii], such as cleaners, waiters and customer service staff, and also seeking out opportunities to degrade or humiliate them, including visiting 5 star hotels or restaurants, where staff have to meet your needs, put up with your behaviour and be seen to treat you with respect, and then treating them as your inferiors and with disrespect, rudeness or aggression.
- Treating new people as either irrelevant or as ‘competition’, with the main focus of any contacts with them being to assert your dominance and superiority[cxiii].
- Treating your partner, and their body, as your possessions, and attempting to control their life, behaviour and beliefs[cxiv].
- Using jargon, when you think others won’t understand it, to make you look knowledgeable and them look ignorant[cxv].
- Wanting everybody to notice, and expecting them to care, that you’ve arrived at any location, including by deliberately speaking loudly, making a ‘grand entrance’ or being (insincerely) gregarious and the centre of attention[cxvi].
In addition to this arrogance, Natural Humanists consider vanity to be a toxic trait, in people of all ages and genders, particularly because they believe that all human beings are of equal value and should be loved and appreciated for who they are, rather than for how they look.
Examples of vanity, which Natural Humanists try to discourage in themselves and others, include: [cxvii], [cxviii]
- Always needing to be seen as ‘up to date’ and in fashion, or as a style-leader, or ‘influencer’ and to always use the ‘latest’ tech, listen to the ‘right’ music, use the latest slang and follow the latest social trends[cxix].
- Always needing to be seen to be right as right, as well as hiding your mistakes[cxx].
- Always needing to publicise your achievements[cxxi] and anything impressive or ‘cool’ you’ve done.
- Being self-obsessed, focussing heavily on your own appearance, behaviour and public image, and possibly inaccurately assessing your own physical beauty and attractiveness[cxxii].
- Competing for others’ attention, admiration or affection, even if this means belittling ‘competitors,’ to make yourself look better[cxxiii].
- Focussing on constantly improving and maintaining your superficial attractive image, to the expense of working on true self-improvement and personal development[cxxiv].
- Focussing on your own physical beauty, more than your personality, values, beliefs, intellect and character[cxxv].
- Frequently checking and maintaining your appearance, in a mirror, a shop window, or on a phone camera, and never wanting to be seen in any situation which doesn’t show you at your best, or most physically attractive, even if this involves missing out on taking part in fun or meaningful experiences.
- Frequently talking about yourself and possibly exaggerating your own attractive qualities and hiding things about yourself that do not fit in with the image that you try to project[cxxvi].
- Lacking in self-esteem or having an over-inflated ego[cxxvii].
- Lacking self-awareness and often caring more about yourself than about other people[cxxviii].
- Needing to be seen and adored, including on social media[cxxix].
- Only choosing jobs, friends and leisure activities which fit in with your image and show you in a positive light[cxxx].
- Only mixing with and dating people you consider ‘good enough’ for somebody of your perceived level of attractiveness[cxxxi] or deliberately choosing to spend time with ‘less attractive’ people, to obtain their praise and admiration, or so that you look or feel even more attractive in comparison.
- Refusing to admit that you’re wrong or admit to things that show you in a ‘bad’ light[cxxxii].
- Seeking out others’ praise and compliments[cxxxiii], which is again common on social media.
- Wanting others to be envious of you[cxxxiv].
Detoxification
Natural Humanists don’t believe in judging or criticising people for doing wrong, or for having ‘faults’, but believe it’s the duty of every human being to maximise the peace, love and happiness in the world and to minimise hate, suffering and harm, which requires the gradual ‘extinction’, from the whole of humanity, of all toxic traits, beliefs and behaviours.
Natural Humanists always try to draw attention to each other’s toxic behaviour, but only in caring, supportive, non-judgmental and constructive ways and they also try to encourage, support and celebrate people’s efforts to replace this toxicity with positive, constructive attitudes and behaviours.
They believe that children and adults of all genders play a part in causing and sustaining this toxicity in each other, and that we all have an equal responsibility for both discouraging other people’s toxic behaviours, and rewarding and nurturing their positive behaviours, because, to Natural Humanists, all human beings are part of one global family, and, ‘if one fails, we all fail‘.
A particularly toxic behaviour, deliberately taught to many children by their parents, is prejudice and aggressive language and behaviour towards, or about, people that they themselves dislike or are prejudiced against. For example, in the 20th century, many children were actively raised to be anti-gay, and also to be anti-German, due to memories of the evils of Nazism during the Second World War.
Today, in place like the UK, children are almost always groomed to believe that the immoral ownership, abuse and murder of animals is moral and decent, even though there’s absolutely no truth in this at all. They’re also often taught to be unwelcoming of, or even aggressive towards immigrants and, in many western countries, towards Muslims too, as was demonstrated by the arrest of numerous children as young as 12 years old in the British riots that were started by neo-Nazis and Islamophobes, following the murder of 3 primary-school aged girls, in Southport, by the son of 2 former immigrants, parents who were, wrongly, believed to be Muslims.
In short, Natural Humanists believe strongly that the whole of humanity is well overdue a ‘detox’ and that we all have a strong responsibility to actively detoxify both ourselves and each other.
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