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Meetup time - Everyone please note we have a spe John Peltier May 12, 2012 11:13 AM
Thought of the Day - John Peltier May 8, 2012 12:00 PM
Meetup details changed: Let's have a Meetup! - Preview not available John P May 7, 2012 2:32 PM
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Thought of the Day - “The bible was written at a time when people thought the Earth was flat, when the wheelbarrow was high tech. Are its teachings applicable to the challenges we now face as a civilization?. . .” — Sam Harris (196 John P Sep 2, 2011 6:13 PM
Thought of the Day - “I am a retired Christian.” — Peter O'Toole, “Papal Robes, and Deference, Fit O’Toole Snugly,” The New York Times, July 26, 2007 John P Aug 23, 2011 11:44 AM
Meeting Notice - 21st Century Humanism meets THIS COMING SUNDAY, August 14, at 12:45 a.m. in the UUMAN Sanctuary. The topic will be the apparent dichotomy between what the Republicans and the Tea Party represent themselves to mean and what they John P Aug 11, 2011 11:21 AM
Thought of the Day - “Atheists pay taxes, too.” — Helen Thomas, Address to the American Humanist Asso John P Aug 4, 2011 5:20 PM
Meetup details changed: Let's have a Meetup! - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/events/26181901/ John P Jul 18, 2011 5:27 PM
Meetup details changed: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/events/17334330/ John P Jul 8, 2011 11:16 AM
Meetup details changed: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/events/17743551/ John P May 30, 2011 5:00 PM
New Meetup: CANCELLATION NOTICE - Announcing a new Meetup for 21st Century Humanism! What : CANCELLATION NOTICE When : Sunday, December 12, 2010 11:45 AM John P Dec 11, 2010 3:10 PM
Meetup details changed: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup - I've made changes to this series of repeating Meetups. For more details, check out our calendar. This Meetup repeats on the 2nd Sunday of every month. Where John P Nov 15, 2010 1:17 PM
Billboards shun religion, promote separation of church and state - I was wondering when they'd make it to Atlanta...   http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/billboards-shun-religion-promote-608792.html Woody Bass Sep 8, 2010 12:17 PM
AmericansUnited-Georgia July 31 meetup - Woody Bass Jul 31, 2010 11:23 AM
Meeting and Topic Notice - 21st Century Humanism will meet Sunday, August 8, at 11:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary. The topic will be "The Humanist Implications of the Washington Establishment's Disregard For the Unemployed." Everyone is invited. John Pelt John P Jul 22, 2010 9:04 PM
Re: Fwd: [AmericansUnited-Georgia] a separation of church and state blog - Nicely written, Woody. I wonder how invocations are handled in other counties. Makes me want to check on Forsyth County. Terry Terry Jul 21, 2010 8:21 AM
Fwd: [AmericansUnited-Georgia] a separation of church and state blog - FYI     ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeffrey Selman < [address removed] > Date: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:48 PM Subject: Woody Bass Jul 20, 2010 1:54 PM
Americans United - Ga Chapter Meeting Rescheduled - Woody Bass Jul 6, 2010 5:09 PM
New Meetup: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for 21st Century Humanism! What: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup When: Sunday, July 11, 2010 11:45 AM Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation 11420 Crabapple Rd. Sanctuary (First F John P Jul 3, 2010 4:56 PM
Meetup details changed: 21st Century Humanism Monthly Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/calendar/13497916/ John P Jun 9, 2010 2:52 PM
Fwd: Reminder: "Americans United meets the ACLU" is tomorrow, Friday, April 30, 2010 7:00 PM! - Preview not available Woody Bass Apr 29, 2010 1:26 PM
Cancellation of May 21st Century Humanism Meetup - Announcing a cancellation of the 21st Century Humanism May Meetup When: Sunday, May 9, 2010 11:45 AM Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation 11420 Crabapple Rd. Sanctuary (First Floor) Roswell, GA 30075 770-569 John P Apr 27, 2010 10:12 AM
Meetup details changed: 21st Century Humanism April Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/calendar/12873216/ John P Apr 5, 2010 2:46 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Fwd: [AmericansUnited-Georgia] New Meetup: Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Just wanted to send a reminder that we are meeting tonite at 6pm at Manuels. Looking forward to meeting everyone. W Woody Bass Mar 13, 2010 3:28 PM
Fwd: [AmericansUnited-Georgia] New Meetup: Americans United for Separation of Church and State - I wanted to forward this MeetUp event announced by the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State - Ga Chapter.  Everyone is invited and I look forward to seeing everyone there .. and of course at future 21st Century Humanism MeetUps.   Woody Bass Feb 16, 2010 6:51 PM
Lobbyist Dinner - Governor Sonny Perdue and Others Confronted - Please watch this video of your lawmakers in action: user 10577269 Jan 20, 2010 10:24 AM
A very special notice - 21st Century Humanism meets Sunday, December 13, at 11:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary. We will depart from our usual format by having guest speakers. The discussion will be "Inhumanity revisited: a Q and A with Holocaust survivors Marianne and John P Nov 19, 2009 5:27 PM
Take Action Against Mandatory Vaccination in Georgia - Preview not available user 10577269 Oct 15, 2009 2:35 PM
Meetup details changed: Potluck Dinner - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism-googlegroups-com/calendar/11179894/ When: John P Sep 24, 2009 10:47 AM
Meeting Day - Please note we have changed our meeting day from the first to the SECOND Sunday of each month. Most Sunday holidays tend to be on the first or last weekend of the month, and members are often aw John P Jul 25, 2009 3:56 PM
Hey - Preview not available Marcia Jul 13, 2009 2:41 AM
Change in June 7 Meeting - Humanist members and guests, 21st Century Humanism's June 7 meeting time and place have been preempted by the UUMAN Congregational meeting. We have several alternatives open, and I am posting this notice on all available mailing lists because John P May 20, 2009 11:26 AM
21st Century Humanism May Meetup - I've the topic for our May Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://www.meetup.com/21st-Century-Humanism/calendar/10119877/ When: May 3, 2009 11:45 John P Apr 9, 2009 1:57 PM
Your comments on the mailing list - Hi everyone, See the link to the Humanist Manifesto III on our web site at https://sites.google.com/site/21stcenturyhumanism/Home/links Best w John P Apr 2, 2009 4:26 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Humanists and Atheists - If anyone is interested Bertrand Russell has a good counter argument for "disproving the existence of God". Search for Russell's teapot on the web.   Amit   On Amit Mar 23, 2009 12:56 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Humanists and Atheists - dcolanduno Mar 23, 2009 12:43 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Humanists and Atheists - I'm new to this group as well, but IMHO Humanism doesn't speak to the possibility of god at all. It's simply about affirming the essential nature of p Ros Mar 23, 2009 12:16 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Humanists and Atheists - Derek, Like you, I consider myself an humanist and as a humanist, I think that I must respect all forms of beliefs. I'm also agnostic, because nobody has prove of the existence or non existence of a God. Helene ------------------------------- Helene Moreau Mar 23, 2009 10:30 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Humanists and Atheists - Many Humanists do not label themselves as Atheist. I do not think there is a requirement in that regard. Some of the leading folks say the same. Some of the problems I've seen in recent times surrounds this question though. Myself, I consider mysel dcolanduno Mar 23, 2009 10:11 AM
Humanists and Atheists - Thanks for sending this notice of Dawkin's appearance in Atlanta. That's going to be a hot ticket. I haven't yet attended any of this Meetup's events but hope to do so in the future. I do have a question: In the opinion of the members of this gr Terry Mar 23, 2009 9:04 AM
National Convention - http://atheists.org/events/National_Convention American Atheists National Convention April 9, 10, 11 and 12th, 2009 | Atlanta, Georgia Emory Conference Center Hotel/Emory Inn Keynote speaker: Richard Dawkins Don Mar 22, 2009 9:37 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Darwin Day celebration - I am going to attend a group meeting for GUST (Gwinnett: Understanding Secular Truths) on Feb 11th at 7pm at UUCG, 12 Bethesda Church Road, Lawrenceille, GA 30044. I found this group on meetup.com. Thanks, Danny --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Amit dannyboy4walden Feb 3, 2009 6:28 PM
Darwin Day celebration - Does anyone know any places that plan to celebrate the Darwin Day this year? If so, please let me know. I have been looking online, but haven't found much here in Atlanta. Amit Feb 2, 2009 10:17 PM
Notice of Meeting and Subject - 21st Century Humanism meets this Sunday, February 1, at 11:45 a.m., in the Sanctuary. The topic will be: Jefferson's dilemma: The problems inherent in owning one's family . For more information on this or subsequent meetings see John Peltier John P Jan 26, 2009 12:18 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Hello Group Members - I love this group and this email but the meetings are so far away! I wish the location was somewhere in Marietta! On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Erol < Jessica Almariri Jan 21, 2009 8:32 PM
Hello Group Members - Hello All, My name is Erol. I am so exciting to know this group and do something to create di Earl Jan 21, 2009 1:46 PM
Meeting Notice - 21st Century Humanism next meets Sunday, January 4, at 11:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary. The topic will be: California's Proposition 8: the end or just the beginning of the fight for gay civil rights? For more information on this or su John P Dec 17, 2008 3:04 PM
Quote of the Day - “I didn't think you existed.” -- Julianne Moore (paraphrase), when asked by James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" what she would say to God at the Pearly Gates. John P Dec 3, 2008 3:33 PM
Atheist Sign Part of Holiday Display - Atheist Sign Joins Capitol Holiday Display This Year POSTED: 7:57 pm PST November 29, 2008 UPDATED: 12:22 pm PST December 1, 2008 OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheistic sign is included in the state Capitol's holiday display that inclu John P Dec 2, 2008 11:19 AM
Meeting on December 7 - 21st Century Humanism next meets Sunday, December 7, at 11:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary. The topic will be: Decelerated aging: the practical and ethical implications of greatly increased longevity. (If the local children come in to decorate thei John P Dec 1, 2008 12:27 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - To clear confusion, we meet December7. John On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM, John P < [address removed] > wrote: John P Nov 19, 2008 3:53 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - J: In case no one else has replied to your inquiry, the group meets this Sunday, Nov. 1 at 11:45 a.m. at the Unitarian Unive Carmen Oct 31, 2008 10:37 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - Pardon me for asking, where and when will this group meeting be held ? On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Carmen < [address removed] > wrote: Jack Oct 30, 2008 8:49 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - Hey, Brick, I was going to ask you if you could arrange a blind date with me with the fellow in your story but I see he's already taken...j/k & Carmen Oct 30, 2008 8:33 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - I'm with Carmen, I am from Spain, have lived in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Jordan, Syria, visited Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey and Canada. (I may have forgotten a place or 2) I live in the USA obviously, but having been to so many places I like to beleive Jessica Almariri Oct 29, 2008 9:08 PM
Bill Maher on The Daily Show - This is from his appearance back on Sept 30th while promoting his movie "Religulous" and is well-worth watching again: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=186755&title=bill-maher-pt.-1 http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml? Don Oct 29, 2008 6:52 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - I look forward to meeting the group, if they can accept me. I'm opinionated perhaps to a fault and I've been sick. I'm almost to the place where I can get out a brick taylor Oct 29, 2008 4:20 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - Brick: For whatever it's worth, I share your negativism and also feel that this country is spiralling down real fast and the Carmen Oct 29, 2008 3:46 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - As an outsider to America, I can bring a different perspective to this discussion. Americans in general can be categorized in 2 groups: 1. extremely smart and knowledgable people 2. totally ignorant people. Somehow, I do not see people in between Amit Oct 29, 2008 2:45 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - Thanks Carmen! When we won World War 2 we came home and started partying. We haven't stopped, and we are so spoiled. I'm glad you see this too. The thing that g brick taylor Oct 29, 2008 2:35 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - Brick: I couldn't agree with you more. As someone who was born and raised in a different society where mere survival d Carmen Oct 29, 2008 8:47 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Time - The debate concerning individual goodness is so typical of the American mindset of personal , self-indulgent, narcissism, when a "collective goodness" is the on brick taylor Oct 28, 2008 6:57 PM
Meeting Time - We meet this Sunday at 11:45 a.m., at the same place. Best wishes, John John P Oct 28, 2008 1:52 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Libertarianism - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 6:31 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Libertarianism - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 6:26 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 6:16 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Libertarianism - I am not against a capitolistic system at all, just to note. I am against no social systems. This is against human nature I think. Human beings are tribalistic. Part of our problem is we are losing our humanness. Jessica Almariri Oct 24, 2008 4:36 PM
Libertarianism - Travis wrote: Your expanded assessment of the crisis is correct.Though, in our current system, credit came from the top-down, rather than from within the system itself. In a free-market system, credit would be generated as it is needed, not the othe Jack Oct 24, 2008 3:40 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Travis, it's hard to argue with you when you redefine the terms halfway through the discussion. I would define harm as anything that prevents or inhibits life. Aggression is different subject. Here's another conundrum for you. Suppose your Jack Oct 24, 2008 3:22 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 3:09 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 2:55 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Travis Jones wrote: The mass media recollection of the mortgage crisis is dead wrong. The housing crisis occurred because the Federal Reserve and the government flooded the market with lots of cheap credit and encouraged lending institutions to make Jack Oct 24, 2008 1:58 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Travis Jones wrote: I'm confused. "Minimizing" harm seems to me to allow degrees of harm, whereas "doing no harm" is allowing no harm at all. Reply: It is not possible to go through life without causing harm. Only in Jack Oct 24, 2008 1:34 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 12:53 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 12:44 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Agreed. However, eradicating greed is probably impossible as it is inextricable from humanity. To eradicate greed is to eradicate the greedy. For obvious reasons, this would not be a good course of action for any society to take. I too work for corpora Travis Jones Oct 24, 2008 12:15 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Heather Oct 24, 2008 7:30 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - The do no harm creed definition of a moral person does not take into consideration something that philosophers, poets, psychotherapists, etc. have been telling us for thousands of years. Using Carl Jung's terminology we all have shadow sides. We're all pr Nerissa Oct 24, 2008 6:21 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - I'm not comfortable with the phraseology "Do no harm". It really does not make any sense. It's easy to envision endless scenarios where it would be ethical to select the lesser of two evils. If you think about it, it's better to say Jack Oct 24, 2008 5:34 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Travis if you are referring to the fall of the Roman empire #II then we will have to include the eradication of human greed in this discussion in the meaning of what is 'do no harm' while trying to survive/making a better life for yourself your fa Jessica Almariri Oct 23, 2008 11:06 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Travis Jones Oct 23, 2008 10:26 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Judy Woodruff one of the news anchors at NPR has asked the country to video their vote. The machine, in control of so many states, is already trying to hold dow brick taylor Oct 23, 2008 3:54 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - If you want to speak in broad generalities and say we must separate the the religious from the good, that is certainly a part of the CAUSE the modern atheist mu brick taylor Oct 23, 2008 3:42 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - We all know that religion does not equate with morality. On the other hand we all know that being an atheist does not make you a moral person either. Many Christians are very good people. They accomplish this by starting off by being good people and selec Jack Oct 23, 2008 8:39 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Anyone can feel superior because of any belief, but if a person it truly enlightened then they will not feel they are superior, even if they realize that some of their thoughts are more advanced than those of others. I see a lot of people who ar Jessica Almariri Oct 23, 2008 8:16 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Preview not available Heather Oct 23, 2008 8:09 AM
Re: [humanism-168] Atheism Requires a Better Person? - I have a question, is everyone in the group an Atheist or is this a requirement or preference? I like free thinkers and prefer a group that is diverse in beliefs. So this question is very important to me. On Tue, Jessica Almariri Oct 22, 2008 8:29 PM
Atheism Requires a Better Person? - Atheism Requires a Better Person? http://atheism.about.com/b/2008/10/15/discussion-atheism-requires-a-better-person.htm © Austin John P Oct 21, 2008 12:17 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Suit against God tossed out - I wonder if the opinion ackowledges the non-existence of a god or gods. If it does, this case could be bigger than life! Carmen Oct 15, 2008 3:39 PM
Suit against God tossed out - Published Wednesday October 15, 2008 Chambers' may appeal after his suit against God is tossed out BY CHRISTOPHER BURBACH WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER John P Oct 15, 2008 1:19 PM
An event on evolution - Heard it on NPR today. Emory is hosting an event on evolution. Here is the link https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/EMR/events/EMR Amit Oct 15, 2008 11:51 AM
Meeting date and time: PLEASE READ - 21st Century Humanism next meets Sunday, November 2, at 11:45 a.m. The discussion topic will be "Politics, economics, and religion: The most important presidential election since 1932" . Mark your calendars. Bring your friends. John P Oct 13, 2008 3:59 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Date and Topic PLEASE READ - OK, I finally get a response from you folks and thanks. Now lets look at the questions. (1) The first real question is the premise I'm going to share brick taylor Oct 13, 2008 8:34 AM
Re: [humanism-168] UCLA study casts doubt on effectiveness of the "surge" - Hello. I just got back to the states, could some one plea user 7934865 Oct 12, 2008 4:42 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Date and Topic PLEASE READ - Preview not available Heather Oct 11, 2008 6:57 AM
UCLA study casts doubt on effectiveness of the "surge" - "By the launch of the surge, many of the targets of conflict had either been killed or fled the country, and they turned off the lights when they left." John P Oct 10, 2008 6:03 PM
Re: [humanism-168] Meeting Date and Topic PLEASE READ - Hello Folks, I'm working right now on the problem of intellectual smugness and the application of the problem to the advancement of our cause. I am a form brick taylor Oct 10, 2008 8:24 AM
Meeting Date and Topic PLEASE READ - 21st Century Humanism meets Sunday, October 5, in the Sanctuary at 11:45 a.m. The discussion topic will be "Does human protection of endangered species interfere with the evolutionary process of natural selection?" Thanks to Barb John P Sep 29, 2008 2:38 PM

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