I've just joined, which is a bit odd, given that I'm an active member of an ecumenical partnership church, but I don't think it's necessarily inconsistent. You don't have to be an atheist to be a humanist: I think it's an ethical position, and one I broadly agree with. So now I'm a Christian Humanist (very liberal, as far as the Christian bit is concerned). Am I confused? Thoughts?
I don't think you're confused, Steve, though I sense you've had some trouble in the past over the 'realist' versus the 'non-realist' God question. I know the path is a hard one for anyone who has a strong ethical sense, and does not wish to abandon the life-enhancing aspects of the Christian tradition, and the real historical and cultural awareness that comes with maintaining such links.
As for the Christian humanist position - well, it's at least as old as Erasmus, though I think it's pretty well summed up in Hillel's version of the Golden Rule - "What harms you, do not do to your neighbour". No doubt many True Believers will criticise you for having chosen a human-centred rather than God-centred path, but human existence is all any of us can be certain about (and for me nowadays, all talk of 'God' is so much white noise).
No doubt you haven't lost the 'sense of wonder' towards at least many aspects of existence, and many atheist humanists would join you in that.
