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NJHN November 19 Program: The Nature of Religious Experience with Ron Flannery

  We have an interesting program this month, which is via Zoom only. Find all the details on our event calendar. We hope you can join us! Published 11/8/23

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NJHN October 22 Program: The Latinx Secular Revolution with Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera

We have an interesting program this month, which will be a hybrid event, both in-person at the Franklin Twp Library AND online on Zoom. Find all the details on our …

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NJHN October 17 Monthly Dinner at Sabor Dominicano, Jamesburg

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, our Monthly Dinner on October 17, 2023 will be held at Sabor Dominicano, 48 E Railroad Ave, Jamesburg. For full details and to RSVP …

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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 …

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NJHN September 17 Program: Games Day at the Library

Bring your games and join us at the library for fun and conversation! Easy and popular board, cards and dice games that can be played at least once or more …

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NJHN Book Club selections chosen for September-December 2023

  Sep 28: Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America by Katie Worth (2021, 184 pgs. paperback, 4 hrs, 51 mins)  Oct 26: The Good-Enough Life by Avram Alpert (2022, 336 pgs. hardcover, …

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NJHN October Program with Avram Alpert: What Could a Good-Enough Future Look Like? @ Monroe Twp Public Library
                  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 ...
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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 ...
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Freethought Quotes

  • “At an 1870 Anti-Slavery Society convention, Frederick Douglass proclaimed, 'I bow to no priests either of faith or of unfaith. I claim as against all sorts of people, simply perfect freedom of thought.' Douglass' comments were in response to black preachers' insistence he 'thank' God for Emancipation. His failure to be appropriately devout elicited a firestorm. After his speech, a group of prominent black preachers passed a Resolution censuring him.... This rebuke was perhaps one of the first documented instances of the black 'authenticity police' trying to silence an eminent thinker. ”
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    Moral Combat: Black Atheists Gender Politics and the Values Wars
  • “How I try to live
    Here's what I tell myself every day: Life is a wonderful thing. Open yourself to the marvels of the world that surrounds you. Engage with life. Don't be afraid of making mistakes and always allow yourself to change your mind when new evidence presents itself. Open your heart to give and to receive. Become a person whose life has meaning. Love others. Love yourself. Live gratefully.”
    by Mary Johnson, Humanist celebrant, former Missionaries of Charity nun, author of An Unquenchable Thirst: A Memoir
    https://www.maryjohnson.co/lessons-loves
  • “I can think of few systems more dysfunctional than the Roman Catholic Church – Iran, Uganda, the followers of Warren Jeffs. It's hard to reform a dysfunctional system, especially one that's been around for two thousand years, reaches into nearly every country in the world, and claims divine infallibility.”
    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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