Humanists of North Puget Sound

NOT 2nd Sunday (Mothers Day), But on 1st Sunday, May 3rd - sHNPS Meeting!

Sun, May 3 · 11:00 AM PDT

757 Haggen Dr, Burlington, WA, US

PICTURE to the right above - 16 attendees (one behind camera, & Tim Church stepped out), Sunday April 12th, 2026.
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Topic 1) Consciousness - the more you study it, the weirder it gets!

Thank you Clint Miller for this topic! Here's a fascinating 1.5 hr YouTube video to watch from Clint.

The More You Study Consciousness, the Weirder It Gets | The Ezra Klein Show

No need to view video to join discussion. Just think about CONSCIOUSNESS from your own experience and readings and share your thoughts on our short list of popular subjects!
*******************************************************************************Topic 2) "MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!"
I know, I know! I'm a day early! I will be wearing my May the 4th T-shirt, spoofing the mysterious dualistic spiritual "FORCE" in the Star Wars Universe, with Darth Vader and its DARK SIDE!

Let's have fun with humanity's wishful thinking of a spiritual force that connects all in the cosmos. But if you're so inclined, we will happily, with humility and open mindedness, allow you to persuade us that "there is something out there" deeper than mere thoughtless matter and energy.

And of course we will "seriously" entertain real in your face issues of our turbulent Mad Maxx World of Idiocracy regimes and their current foibles!
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WELCOME ALL SKAGIT, WHATCOM & SNOHOMISH COUNTY FREETHINKING SKEPTICS & SECULAR HUMANISTS!
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These are just suggested, along with our usual interest in Current Events or attendee's latest personal happenings, activities or passions to share, we have the following topics to cover:
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Car Pools Available. Contact me by text (360) 510-2501 or by email:
- SecularWorld@aol.com -.

Our Bellingham car pool location is in a shared business parking lot area with Starbucks - 3101 Old Fairhaven Pkwy, on the SW corner of lot.

Take last south Freeway Exit #250 (Old Fairhaven Pkwy), turn right (west) onto Old Fairhaven Pkwy, and immediately turn right into parking area, or immediately right past Starbucks, and right again into parking area.

We leave 10:25 AM from that parking area to Burlington Haggen meet.
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For those driving strait to meeting location:

Take I-5 exit 230 - Hwy 20 exit, take a right and very briefly head east and take a right on Hagen Dr to the store.

To find the room, enter the Main entrance to Hagen's Grocery Store, turn left, walk down past the registers, and to your left will be the community meeting room with big glass windows and a door in at the end of the windows. ALWAYS, THANK YOU CLYDE ALLEN FOR FINDING THIS VENUE FOR US!

Hagen provides the community room at no charge, so in kind feel inspired to pick up hot or cold lunch and and drinks in the Hagen food and beverage area - both are welcome in the meeting room. Or, on the way out, pick up some needed groceries.
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FOR THOSE WHO'VE PROVIDED THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS, THEY WILL GET UPDATED TOPICS IN A FEW DAYS BY EMAIL.
Email me at - SecularWorld@aol.com - if you wish to add your name to our email list!
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THANK YOU ALL FOR SUGGESTED TOPICS!

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If you have a topic for us to consider for this meeting, please email me at - SecularWorld@aol.com -. If you have an article to share or a short video to watch, send me the link to both. Feel free to bring and share the latest book you may have read to the meeting!
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Monty Vonn - Event Coordinator for 3 local counties
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We encourage attendees to share their life story that lead their journey to the 'Land of Freethought', Free Inquiry and Skepticism towards cultural norms, traditions and stories.

Freethought encourage creative solutions, but then this group uses reason, evidence and the scientific method as the only reliable means to prune down answers to our probing questions and common sense solutions to humanity's current problems.