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NJHN Press Release: New College or Trade School Scholarship Opportunity for Secular Students

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Lisa Ridge, [email protected], 732-425-5233 New College or Trade School Scholarship Opportunity for Secular Students (April 17, 2023) – The New Jersey Humanist Network (NJHN) is pleased …

Education / Fundraiser / Scholarship

NJHN Secular Student Scholarship Fund for 2023 a Complete Success!

We are pleased to announce that the fundraiser for our first Secular Student Scholarship has been a complete success! With contributions from more than a dozen donors, in less than …

Education / Humanism / Scholarship

NJHN Announces New Secular Student Scholarship

We are excited to announce our new campaign: a Secular Student Scholarship! In cooperation with the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), NJHN will sponsor a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to a …

Upcoming Events

Dec
17
Sun
11:00 am NJHN 2023 HumanLight Celebration
NJHN 2023 HumanLight Celebration
Dec 17 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
NJHN 2023 HumanLight Celebration @ Stoney Brook Grille
We invite you to join us for our 23rd HumanLight Celebration as we celebrate our positive Humanist values of reason, compassion and hope, and our secular vision for a better ...
Dec
28
Thu
7:30 pm NJHN Book Club
NJHN Book Club
Dec 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN Book Club @ Zoom
NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). For information on our book selections and full details, visit our ...
Jan
7
Sun
7:00 pm NJHN Exploring Humanism: Ten Com...
NJHN Exploring Humanism: Ten Com...
Jan 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
NJHN Exploring Humanism: Ten Commitments (Zoom)
For our new Exploring Humanism program, starting on October 1, 2023, we’ll be exploring the Ten Commitments, a set of Humanist values and principles that promote a democratic world in which ...
Jan
16
Tue
7:00 pm NJHN Monthly Dinner
NJHN Monthly Dinner
Jan 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN Monthly Dinner @ Omega Diner & Cafe
We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Omega Diner in North Brunswick for dinner with fellow humanists and atheists. It’s pretty informal and newcomers are always ...
Jan
25
Thu
7:30 pm NJHN Book Club
NJHN Book Club
Jan 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN Book Club @ Zoom
NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). For information on our book selections and full details, visit our ...
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Freethought Quotes

  • “Everyone is born with an inbuilt moral purpose. It springs from mankind's evolution as a social being, acting collaboratively, with altruism and good of the community hard-wired. It needs no orders from elsewhere to tell people to be good – they know it already as a part of the human condition. Conflicting selfish impulses tug in the other direction, a life-long tussle that the religious would call 'God and Satan'. But placing moral laws and rules in the hands of a book written by some external creator, judge, father, law-maker, infantilises us and makes us less responsible for creating a society around us that benefits everyone. Goodness is a social value, the effect you have on all around you and the wider society, not a secret or personal matter for the sinner to be privately weighed on the scales by a god after death. Humanism is not a mere absence of religion but a positive value that puts people and their societies at the heart of life.”
    by Polly Toynbee
    https://humanists.uk/about/our-people/patrons/polly-toynbee/
  • “I could no longer buy into a God that had the power to create the universe but couldn’t figure out how to keep us disease-free.”
    by Karen L. Garst
    Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life Without Religion
  • “Along with the usual secular values (such as appropriate tolerance/intolerance, morality, critical thinking, appreciation for reason and science), don’t forget to impart social graces, playfulness, and humor. Those go far in our short existences.”
    by Dale McGowan
    Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids without Religion
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