Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...
EASTHAM — Bill Opel grew up in Kansas, a meat and potatoes man, but he ended up in Eastham, serving as a selectman, and became known for the Chinese meals he learned to cook along the way, and has ...
Few people realize it, but secular humanism – the progressive crusade to improve life for all – may be the chief driving force of western civilization. Humanism means helping people, and secular means ...
It is a modern conceit that if we do not identify the unprovable first principles in our life, we have no religion. Religion, says this conceit, is something that others have. We have truth. All of us ...
A recent federal district court decision holding that Secular Humanist prisoners are entitled to organize a discussion groups focused on their beliefs on the same terms as theistic prisoners is easily ...
Houston group blends secular world view with contemplative practices in "spritual humanist" sessions
The sweet smoke of sandalwood incense spiraled ceiling-ward as the recorded drone of an aboriginal wooden trumpet filled the room. By the light filtering through louvered blinds, one could see Daniel ...
HAMBURG, Germany (RNS) In late 1945, after the end of World War II, Kurt Neumann began digging in his garden. During the previous eight years, under the brown soil, a bunch of documents and photos had ...
As humanism has tried to define itself over the years, one of the biggest challenges has been to develop an “elevator pitch” – a quick explanation that effectively explains humanism to the uninitiated ...
Asked to speak at a Christian church several months ago, Gil Shapiro of Freethought Arizona jokes that he needed smelling salts. The invitation came from Dan Grossenbach, a volunteer teacher of an ...
While the nation’s highest court and one of the two major parties have been busy normalizing the enshrinement of conservative Christian values and privileges, the rest of us broadly agree that the U.S ...
Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...
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