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Category: Exploring Humanism

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Exploring Humanism online discussions restart on October 6

After our summer break, we’re restarting our Exploring Humanism online discussions starting on October 6. We’ve been working through the AHA’s Ten Commitments and we’re picking up with the Humanist …

Events / Exploring Humanism

NJHN Exploring Humanism returns October 1 with new program (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 …

Upcoming Events

Jul
8
Tue
7:00 pm NJHN Monthly Dinner
NJHN Monthly Dinner
Jul 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN Monthly Dinner @ Omega Diner & Cafe
We meet on the 2nd 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 ...
Jul
24
Thu
7:30 pm NJHN Book Club
NJHN Book Club
Jul 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). To join (no registration), click this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619245436?pwd=T1NoOXNGMms3VXZBRWR2aklRenJOUT09 For information ...
Jul
27
Sun
1:30 pm NJHN Summer Art & Hobby Show
NJHN Summer Art & Hobby Show
Jul 27 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
NJHN Summer Art & Hobby Show @ Monroe Twp Public Library
We invite you to join us at our Summer Art & Hobby Show to share your artistic talents and creative hobbies for all to enjoy! This could be your music, ...
Aug
12
Tue
7:00 pm NJHN Monthly Dinner
NJHN Monthly Dinner
Aug 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN Monthly Dinner @ Omega Diner & Cafe
We meet on the 2nd 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 ...
Aug
28
Thu
7:30 pm NJHN Book Club
NJHN Book Club
Aug 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). To join (no registration), click this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619245436?pwd=T1NoOXNGMms3VXZBRWR2aklRenJOUT09 For information ...
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Freethought Quotes

  • “Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”
    by Jean-Paul Sartre
  • “As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.

    I'm an atheist, and Christianity appears to me to be the most absurd imposture of all the religions, and I'm puzzled that so many people can't see through a religion that encourages irresponsibility and bigotry.

    If we had put the energy on earth and on people that we put on mythology and on Jesus Christ, we wouldn't have any hunger or homelessness.

    They say the streets are going to be beautiful in Heaven. Well, I'm trying to make the streets beautiful here . . . . When it's clean and beautiful, I think America is heaven. And some people are hell.

    [a collection of quotes from different sources]”
    by Butterfly McQueen
    https://ffrf.org/outreach/awards/freethought-heroine-award/item/11976-butterfly-mcqueen
  • “I believe in mystery. I believe that we shouldn't pretend to know what we don't and that we should ask a lot of questions. I believe that we're all connected, that every human action affects each of us, that living well means making the world a better place. I believe honesty is more important than tradition, that fostering the common good brings more happiness than self-aggrandizement does. Life is full of meaning and frustration, joy and fear, love and uncertainty – and I enjoy wading into the midst of it all”
    by Mary Johnson, Humanist celebrant, former Missionaries of Charity nun, author of An Unquenchable Thirst: A Memoir
    https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2012/08/13/an-interview-with-mary-johnson-a-nun-who-worked-under-mother-teresa-and-later-became-an-atheist/
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