1715: George Ongere Quotes on African Humanism, Skepticism, Social Justice, and Critical Thinking
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/07/14
“There was no pressure to have me full indoctrinated into religion. Even though I grew as catholic child, where I was taken to a Sunday school, then to a primary school where we could worship and pray in the assembly, and finally to an Anglican sponsored high school, I still found my way into humanism.”
“From my experience, as I demonstrate in the below engagement, reading widely, and having an open mind is the key to rationality and scepticism.”
“My family did not have any person subscribed to Secular humanism or scepticism, but the divergence of religious beliefs within the extended family helped me develop my skepticism at a younger age.”
“I received the first humanist materials. It is where I got to learn about humanist ideals. Excited with the knowledge I got from the magazines from CFI, IHEU and other humanists organizations, I declared myself a humanist.”
“A good number of Kenyans who have declared themselves as Atheists and humanist in Kenya got the inspiration from my work with the campus groups and CFI Office in Nairobi.”
“CSI and CFI have supported all my projects in Kenya. By publishing my articles, they have made my activities visible to many people who have continuously supported my endeavours.”
“Science, rationalism and skepticism is needed in Africa more than any part of the world. Irrationality that is prevalent in the continent has led to major human rights crises.”
“Science and reason needed to respond to such unreason.”
“When I was introduced to CFI, I believed it was the organization to respond to the problems Africans faced and it had the capabilities to take action to the irrationality in Africa. That is how I started running CFI Kenya!”
“Declaring a child to be a witch is the easiest way relatives avoid the burden of protecting vulnerable children who have lost their parents. Killing children because they are a burden is hurting and that is why the humanist message is important.”
“CFI Kenya’s program The Humanist Orphans Project is a strong humanist message responding to the plight of children.”
“They believe the only way for Africans to be free is to delete the dogmas of religion and embrace, science, critical thinking and rationalism.”
“Humanism as a life stance compels many African humanist to work for Social justice.”
“To me, being a humanist is to respond to the many unreasons in Africa and trying to help the situation through advocacy and social justice.”
“What African humanists need to do is to empower Africans. Critical thinking is one of the areas that need to be explored.”
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