Unless state_electrician was doing Kegels, the dudebro was wrong.

The article points that out:

While humanism is often a non-religious philosophy or a worldview, federal courts have ruled that it qualifies as a religion.

That’s a hell of an assumption you’re starting with.

There are quite a lot of philosophers who would say that free will doesn’t exist (we call them determinists). I’d wager that plenty of them would posit that consciousness exists. It’s hard to talk about our experience of the world without consciousness.

Imagine having such a fragile faith that you have to kill anyone who makes an offensive comment about it.

People who are strong in their faith can hear and discuss challenges without resorting to violence.

How long until the Christian Nationalist Republican Party imposes the death penalty for offenses against Supply-Side Jesus?