Humanists Chat at Lunch (online)
Details
Cross posted from our sister site "The Atheist Odyssey".
ONLINE ZOOM meeting -- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82322948586?pwd=ZVhWU2M0c3JtLzVMZ2oyUGxLSTE5Zz09
Meeting ID: 823 2294 8586
Passcode: 159986
All meetings are online, until further notice.
---To attend the online Zoom meeting, use the regular Zoom link given above. You can test the Zoom link before the meeting if you like. Let me know if you have any problems. (message through Meetup)
If you’re a progressive humanist/atheist/agnostic/freethinker/(other label!) and want to enjoy the company of other free-thinkers, you are warmly invited to have lunch with us. We’ll talk about whatever interests us, make new friends and make sense together using rational discourse and wisdom garnered from our lives. Our purpose is social, our philosophy is skeptical humanist, and our politics are progressive. What is a Humanist? Read it here: https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/humanism-capital-h/ We support the Humanist Manifesto III. Read it here: https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/manifesto3/
Humanism - Informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion. Natural answers to natural questions
TOPICs : It's nice to have a topic or two to discuss as a starting point. Although impromptu subjects and general conversation are good too! This is a social conversation. Please write your suggestions in the comments. If we don't get to it this time, I'll collect them for later.
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1. Short introductions, check-ins (how are you?) and rants -
----- How long have you been an atheist/agnostic/humanist/any other classification you give yourself?
----- You can rant about anything. Just do it! You'll feel better
2. Do you do anything for Halloween? Have you ever done a corn maze?
3. Elections results
4. Gov't shutdown
5. What's your favorite paradox?
6. Do the Democrats have a viable plan?
7. What is most provocative video you've seen lately?
8. Supreme Court and tariffs
9. Have you seen any movies? What are you watching?
10. Are you prepared for an emergency?
11. People around the world are having less kids - good or bad?
13. Data scientists perform last rites for ‘dearly departed datasets’ in 2nd Trump administration https://apnews.com/article/census-bureau-data-scientists-trump-doge-7558df32c4ff7d2152aa5d8b02c0ae57?_gl=1*p8yiw4*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiKzIBhCOARIsAKpKLAP6d9gqlUKlXtLAPYMnVZ-i5EIsdwPbPb9a-CX92mCDfu0THbizyKUaAthgEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAAC5L6PCjlISAAQi9y2MfiRfrIhDWi
14. Problem with virus collection now that we're not in WHO. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5589176/with-fewer-samples-from-other-countries-cdc-has-dimmer-global-view-of-flu-and-covid
15. Any others you have.
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