Connections Humanist Community - New York

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I like to say “if we don’t help each other, who will help us?” Wouldn't it be great to have friends that want to help you, and whom you can be helpful to? Come meet those of us who do. We're a community of such people.

Let's talk about what it means to be your best self, seek truth, and be fair. Can anyone find a reason this isn't a good thing to strive for / use as a north star in life? Do you want to surround yourself with people who want to do these things, and who help you do these things? If so, this is the place to come! We'd love to meet you and introduce you to our free thinking community.

Same life Karma is essentially a description for the idea that if you are kind and considerate to others, and emanate positivity, that people are more likely to be positive in return. Whereas if you emanate negativity, they’re more likely to reflect back that negativity. The more you help others, the more likely they will help you back (I like to say “If we don’t help each other, who will help us?”). I’ve seen and experienced this my entire life.

But sometimes bad things happen to good people. Metaphysical karma tries to explain why this type of thing happens. I will try to explain a logical a priori argument defending metaphysical karma. We can try to walk through some scenarios of how things may play out in metaphysical karma, and we’ll try to clarify some misunderstandings – some common misunderstandings are things like “Well if something bad happened to them, they must have done bad things, so we shouldn’t help them” - which flies in the face of my saying above.

I look forward to and expect people to give honest feedback on my assertions, and also feel free to come up with their own - in the spirit of the free thinker institute’s transparent sharing of all our opinions, and I hope we’ll all be coming to the table with an open mind (I know I will even though I’ll be presenting!)

Format: Lecture and discussion

Note: social time for our community 15 minutes before the presentation.

Host:
Garrett is a programmer turned award-winning software inventor turned entrepreneur (PlateRate.com is his company). His hobby is writing and discussing practical philosophy, and he does life coaching on request to help people live happy, moral lives. He is also the executive director of The Free Thinker Institute (http://freethinkerinstitute.org/), which aims to create a community that helps members increase happiness and decrease harm for themselves and those they can influence.

To get familiar with our past events, feel free to check out our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmixGB9GdrptyEWovEj80zg

After registering via zoom, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

By attending this event, I allow Free Thinker Institute (FTI) to use all recordings for educational and business purposes and in addition agree not to sue the FTI for any claims or liability.

Globalism is a hot button topic for many. I generally hear more negativity towards it than positivity, most of that negativity coming from my right wing friends. I’d like to sit down and really clearly articulate what globalism is, and what the pros and cons of globalism are, so each of us can make up our open mind using our critical thinking skills to decide if globalism is a good or bad thing, after we have a clear picture of what is meant by globalism.

Format: Lecture and discussion

Note: social time for our community 15 minutes before the presentation.

Host:
Garrett is a programmer turned award-winning software inventor turned entrepreneur (PlateRate.com is his company). His hobby is writing and discussing practical philosophy, and he does life coaching on request to help people live happy, moral lives. He is also the executive director of The Free Thinker Institute (http://freethinkerinstitute.org/), which aims to create a community that helps members increase happiness and decrease harm for themselves and those they can influence.

To get familiar with our past events, feel free to check out our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmixGB9GdrptyEWovEj80zg

After registering via zoom, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

By attending this event, I allow Free Thinker Institute (FTI) to use all recordings for educational and business purposes and in addition agree not to sue the FTI for any claims or liability.