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World Humanism Day June 21st
June 21st is World Humanism Day. It’s a day to publicize the positive values of Humanism and to share the global concerns of the Humanist movement. There are many areas on this planet where people are...
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Isn’t Atheism Plus Another Name For Humanism?
In the wake of some very public and nasty debates about diversity and lack of respect for women in the freethought community, Jen McCreight, author of the blaghag blog on the Freethought Blogs Network...
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Happy International Blasphemy Rights Day
Protests by Malaysia Muslims over Innocence Of Muslims film September 2012 September 30th is designated as International Blasphemy Rights Day. This is when we bring awareness to efforts to censor...
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It’s Okay To Celebrate Christmas Or Not
A positive Humanist holiday Being that Humanism is a non-theistic philosophy some people think that celebrating holidays like Christmas is something we either can’t or don’t want to do. That is false....
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After Newtown, Where Were The Humanists? Just Look Harder
It has been a couple of weeks since the tragic mass shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school where 26 people were murdered by a man with a gun on December 14th. No one, who is human, can not feel...
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Social Contract Alive And Well With President Obama
President Obama giving 2nd Inauguration speech 01/21/2013 President Obama had his public inauguration today (1/21) and he gave his 2nd inaugural speech on the West Front of the US Capital. As I...
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Unique Freethought Conference Coming July 19th
A unique online conference for freethinkers, sponsored by the Freethought Blogs network, will take place July 19th through the 21st. ‘FtBConscience: Atheism with a conscience‘ will be entirely online...
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Humanism Isn’t Just Humanitarianism
Helping at the soup kitchen It is fairly easy to make the mistake in thinking that Humanism is just a fancy name for humanitarianism. It is part of Humanism, but even people who label themselves...
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Skepticism: A Tool For Humanism
One tool humanists should have in their tool box of life is Skepticism. It’s the notion that we don’t accept something without testable evidence to back it up. It can lead us to the truth of something...
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Oprah Disses Atheists
Earlier this week Oprah Winfrey interviewed endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, who recently completed the swim between Cuba and the US at age 64. Nyad said she is an atheist who appreciates the awe and...
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Nelson Mandela: Reconciliation And Forgiveness Was His Motto
Former political prisoner and President of South of Africa Nelson Mandela passed away on Thursday December 5th. He was imprisoned for 27 years for battling against apartheid in South Africa. He was...
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Make The Most Of The Dash
Came across this image in my Facebook feed the other day and I thought it was an excellent Humanist sentiment. Your Life Is Made Of Two Dates And A Dash. Make The Most Of The Dash Humanism is all about...
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Michael Brown Was A Human Being
Why would police in Ferguson, Missouri need a sniper on an armored truck for an unarmed non-violent protest? Michael Brown was shot by a police officer on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri. His...
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Crowdsourced Commandments Fit Humanism
A new book titled ‘Atheist Heart, Humanist Mind‘ by Lex Bayer and John Figdor, included a set of 10 ‘non-commandments’ for the non-believer. The authors also held a contest to crowdsource an...
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Would You Risk Your Life For Your Principles?
As a Humanist, in a generally liberal western nation, the most I ever have to worry about is being called names, smeared as un-patriotic, or being blamed for the ‘ills of the nation’ like abortion and...
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Humanists Helping Nepal
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Disaster Recovery drive and the Freedom From Religion are raising funds to help victims and families affected by the Nepal earthquake. Those are at least two...
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Humanism Can Be A Vehicle For Change
I’ve officially been a Humanist for more than 20 years and I can say that “Creating Change Through Humanism” by Roy Speckhardt is a compliment if not an update of the classic introductory book “The...
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4 Holiday Tips for the Non-Religious
November through early January there are several major holidays celebrated in the US. Most of them have some kind of religious context but that shouldn’t hold back the non-religious. Here are four...
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Religious Freedom Should Be For All Of Us
January 16th is National Religious Freedom Day in the US. The day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly’s adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January...
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Science Isn’t A Matter For Public Opinion
This past week, the Tribeca Film Festival tried to show a film about the ‘bad effects’ of vaccinations on children. The film was written and directed by the scientist who was rebuked for making false...
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