About us
Welcome to the Freethought Society (FS)!
The Freethought Society (FS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization advocating the separation of church & state, freedom of religion for all, freedom from religious intrusion, freedom of expression and freedom of choice. As freethinkers, our minds are not constrained by superstitions or prescribed dogmas that tell us what we may or may not think. We are a group of atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, et al. who are interested in preserving the wall of separation between religion and government. We value critical thinking, the power of reason, we reject superstition/religious dogma.
FS advocates nontheist thinking because we have looked at the many theological systems that have been around since the beginning of time, and we have found them lacking. The goals of the Freethought Society are to raise awareness and acceptance of the non-theist community and provide fellowship and unique services to non-theists throughout the US and Canada.
Through a variety of events and activities, as well as monthly program meetings, FS serves as a forum in which freethinkers can learn, socialize and exchange ideas.
Our services include:
- Meetings - free & open to public (Social and Educational)
A quarterly newsletter, available for free by pdf to supporters and all interested. Just send an email to [newsletter@FtSociety.org](mailto:freethought@ftsociety.org) to add your name to the distribution list.
You can learn more about the Freethought Society’s many services and programs by visiting our website at www.ftsociety.org.
Would you like to volunteer and work with us? Email [volunteers@ftsociety.org](mailto:volunteers@ftsociety.org) for more information or to sign up.
Please visit our website at http://www.ftsociety.... for information, events, photos, services and newsletters.
This FtS meetup: https://www.meetup.com...
Our online discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.c...
Email: [freethought@ftsociety.org](mailto:freethought@ftsociety.org)
Phone 610-793-2737
As a non-profit educational and service organization, we can exist only with your generous support. You can donate online at http://www.ftsociety....
This meetup group will include all FS events. You do not have to be a member of FS to attend events or be a member of this meetup.
Upcoming events
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How Valentine's Day Became Secular
·OnlineOnlineOur Program: Valentine's Day is currently not a religious holiday, yet its origins were religious. Thomas Dixon will take us on a Valentine's Day journey: how it started, the path the holiday took, and what our celebrations of love on Valentine's Day look like now. He will talk about how holidays are far from static and how they change over time.
Our Speaker: Thomas Dixon is the author of a memoir, I'm Sorry... That's Awesome!: Inventing a Solution for Memory Loss.
The Zoom link for this event is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88193881833
Note the start time. It is 3:00 PM Pacific Time/6:00 PM Eastern Time
In November 2010, Thomas was out for a run when he was struck by a car sustaining life-threatening injuries. Since that day, his episodic memory hasn’t been the same– specific, autobiographical details like where he was, who he's met, what he ate and the like – has been compromised by the traumatic brain injury he sustained that afternoon.
He invented [ME.mory](http://me.mory/) – which is a digital memory mobile application/service which he uses in his own life. Thomas speaks and writes on the role of technology's benefits for faulty episodic memory. His memory challenge has not slowed him down! Thomas enjoys spending New Year's Eve in a new country each year to make sure he travels the world, learning along the way what he has been mistaken about.
While living in his native city of Philadelphia he continues to explore the intersections of cultures and memory. He has taught ESL in South Korea.
He appeared on a television show The Doctors, where he impressed viewers with his rationality and the way he went about creative problem solving to overcome his memory difficulties.Since then, his writing has appeared in a range of publications – including the American Humanist Association magazine, The Humanist, and the journal of American Mensa.
Thomas has written pieces for Global Vantage, the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the American Humanist Association and others. He has presented and/or taught at institutions including the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania, Temple University, Pennsylvania Council on Brain Injury, Penn Museum, and the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Media pieces about his life have appeared through a variety of groups including American Mensa, No Barriers, BuzzFeed, The Pulse, NewsWorks and DIRECTV.
As a world traveler he has been to over twenty countries and looks forward to visiting many more. This event is co-sponsored by the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara and the Freethought Society.
22 attendees
Past events
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