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The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, in Teaneck, NJ, was founded in 1953 as a progressive, ethics-centered community and is part of the Ethical Culture movement which was founded in New York City in 1873 by Felix Adler. Ethical Culture puts ethics, human flourishing, social justice and political action at the center of the search for a meaningful life.
Join this Meetup group and, better yet, come for a visit! All our Meetup group meetings are open to the public and include more than just Meetup members. Members participate in social justice and community building projects. There's also plenty of opportunities for fun and games through our community wide celebrations.
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Sunday Gathering: Too Good to be True
Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA, Teaneck, NJ, USWe often remember remarkable people by polishing away everything that made them human. Their doubts, contradictions, failures, and misguided choices gradually disappear, leaving behind heroic figures who seem wiser, braver, and more virtuous than any ordinary person could ever be. This may appear to honor their achievements, but it can also place meaningful lives beyond our reach.
In this talk, Leader Curt Collier will invite us to look behind the statues and familiar stories to consider the complicated human beings who became our heroes. What might their frailties, blind spots, and failures teach us about courage, integrity, and moral growth? Perhaps heroism does not require perfection. Perhaps it arises when imperfect people, people much like us, struggle with their limitations, learn from their failures, and nevertheless choose to act. We are all simply human, but that has never prevented a human being from doing something heroic.
This Gathering is at the meetinghouse and on Zoom. To receive the Zoom link, please email admin@ethicalfocus.org by noon on Friday.
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