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NJHN November 23 Program: Carol Simon Levin Portrays Frances Perkins, Mother of the New Deal

  Our program this month is a live portrayal of Frances Perkins, considered the Mother of the New Deal, by Carol Simon Levin, a librarian, historian, author and storyteller. Frances …

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NJHN October 26 Program with Avram Alpert: What Could a Good-Enough Future Look Like?

  Our speaker this month is Avram Alpert, author of The Good-Enough Life.  In 2022, Avram Alpert released his book, The Good-Enough Life, in which he explores how an acceptance …

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NJHN Summer Art & Hobby Show on July 27

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, …

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NJHN June 22 Program with Kate Cohen: Why America Needs Atheists Now More Than Ever

  This month we’re hosting a talk by journalist and author Kate Cohen titled Why America Needs Atheists Now More Than Ever. Kate will speak about her decision to stop …

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NJHN May 18 Program – Seth Andrews: Dissent Is Our Duty (video of presentation via Zoom only)

For our program this month we’ll watch a video of a presentation given by Seth Andrews at the Western Canadian Reason 2025 Conference on May 3, 2025. His talk is titled Dissent Is Our …

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NJHN April 27 Program [Hybrid]: Kenny Biddle on What Does a ‘Chief Investigator of Paranormal Claims’ Actually Do?

  Our speaker this month is Kenny Biddle, the Chief Investigator for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). This presentation will cover several aspects of his work for CSI, including lectures, …

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NJHN March 23 Program [Hybrid]: Dr. Julien Musolino on The Problem of Free Will: Seeing the Forest for the Trees

  Our speaker this month is Dr. Julien Musolino, whose talk is titled The Problem of Free Will: Seeing the Forest for the Trees. The problem of free will has vexed philosophers …

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Freethought Quotes

  • “The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
    by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • “When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don\'t think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.”
    by Ann Druyan
  • “Does the Lord really work in mysterious ways, or does he just not work at all?”
    by Anonymous
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