A humanitarian isn't the same as a humanist, but either way, funny joke, haha.

All jokes are about fear or tension, you build up the tension during the story, then the punch line releases it. The observational joke by reminding you that you have successfully faced the same threat many times before. The racist, sexist, ageist etc. joke, by telling you the threat is made to someone you don't care about. The ridiculous joke by making the threat seem silly. And so on.

@Fernapple Thank you. A good analysis, but IMO Humanism prefers not deal with ridicule.Is that good or bad?

@Mcflewster It is the threat which is seen as ridiculous. So you would make a joke such as.
"Hostile aliens from another planet are cominng to get the Humanists, and have set out across space, armed with their highly advanced weapons, to exterminate us all. They will be here in just two billion years." It may not be very funny but it shows how it would work.

@Fernapple I can understand the perceived threat of dogma once you have lived under controllers of personal attitudes from presidents,,PMs etc down to vicars ,imams and neighbours who constantly peddle dogma. We have nothing to fear but fear itself someone once said so it really is a case of understanding biblical texts and what dogma really is. Then examining Humanist writings and see if there really Is a real comparison..

I personally do not think that philosophers could be regarded as dogmatic and Humanism is a world view or world philosophy covering every one and thing living, who are all given their their chance to speak up and be heard . Trouble with philosophy is that it is using too many words , a phenomenon which is happening to me. So I will, if I can, shut up.

@Fernapple re your joke example. I can forsee a possibility that in the distant future , there will be a time when little green men climb out of their crashed spaceship and say to the first human they meet "Take me to your Alienist Leader". Care to write the novel?