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Humanist Community at Rutgers. Serving Rutgers University since 2009. Events & Newsletter. COHE Online Humanism Course. Category Archives: Articles Archive. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: STAFF WRITERS FOR ‘APPLIED SENTIENCE’. Calling Applications for Staff Writers and Contributors. WARM UNIVERSE, COLD UNIVERSE: GRIEF, CONSOLATION & THE ATHEIST/RELIGIOUS DIVIDE. Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University. The two friends sit silently on the sand. (more…). ATHEIST & GAY: DOUBLE JEOPARDY… OR OPPORTUNITY? Then conside...
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Grappling with Comfort & Death as a Humanist | Applied Sentience
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A National Platform for the Next Generation of Humanist Thinkers. Grappling with Comfort and Death as a Humanist. April 23, 2015. In Religion and Secularism. Recently, I heard a story about a man who is in prison and has been denied a request to have doctors help him end his life. (This is in Belgium. Where there is a right-to-die for the terminally ill.) The reason I bring this up is because of my reaction. My first thought was that I can only hope that, in death, he finds some peace. The idea of eterni...
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Former Staff Writers | Applied Sentience
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A National Platform for the Next Generation of Humanist Thinkers. Harold Mesa was a Rutgers University alumnus who received his B.A. in 2013 in History. He was born in Medellín, Colombia and lived the second half of his childhood in New Jersey. His interests include post-colonialism, linguistics, Marxian political thought, feminism, and Buddhism—amongst other things. He enjoys playing and discussing soccer. Paul was a senior studying philosophy and computer science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick...
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Illini Secular Student Alliance: August 2014
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Friday, August 22, 2014. How NOT to Run a Bookstore: Secular World Edition. Posted by Katrina Halfaker. If there is one thing I hate about being an atheist (and a poet) living in central Illinois, it's feeling out-of-place, insulted, and gypped by local chain bookstores. I then began to roam the whole place, scanning keywords and cover art and, lo and behold, what do I see in the distance? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 2 This appears not to be only a Bloomington, Illinois issue. A reviewer of Evanston...
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2014 Speakers | FreeOK
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Events & Projects. News & Media. Steve Wells is the author of the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible. And Drunk with Blood: God’s killings in the Bible. He also created and maintains the website www.skepticsannotatedbible.com. And the blog “Dwindling in Unbelief.” When he’s not critiquing the “holy books”, he can usually be found with a field guide identifying insects/plants/birds, sailing, or auditing classes at the local university. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar is an. He is also a frequent contr...
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Speakers | PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference
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Seth Andrews, a video producer and former Christian broadcaster, now hosts “The Thinking Atheist”, one of the most popular online atheist communities in the world, a site which encourages all to reject faith and embrace doubt, curiosity and reason. Seth has chronicled his transition from believer to atheist in his autobiography, “Deconverted: a Journey from Religion to Reason”. And his weekly radio podcast downloaded 1.7 million times a month. Welcome to the Bar Room! Richard Carrier has a Ph.D. ...As we...
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Past Assemblies - Sunday Assembly Los Angeles
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May 14th Sunday Assembly. June 18th Sunday Assembly. Host a Service Project. Be a Humanist Inmate Penpal. Street Planting with the Tree People. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" Discussion Group Session 4. LA March for Science. Death with Dignity: A Human Right. Wine Tasting for Women's Rights. Pasadena Board Game Night 4/27/2017. SALA Pub Trivia Team - May. Venice Game Night 5/4. SALA Book Club - "A Confederacy of Dunces". SPLASH - Drinking Skeptically - May. A Conference Called Wonder 2017. Free p...
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Staff Writers | Applied Sentience
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A National Platform for the Next Generation of Humanist Thinkers. Leo Kozachkov is an undergraduate at Rutgers University, studying physics and mathematics. Inside of science, he is interested in statistical physics; outside of science, he is interested in literature and education reform. He enjoys writing, making music, going on long walks with his beloved dog, and reading/hoarding books. His grandest hopes are to discover a new physical law and to write many books. University of South Carolina). Harold...
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What I learned at Skepticon 7 | The Skeptical Seeker
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan. Who is the Skeptical Seeker? What I learned at Skepticon 7. November 24, 2014. I just got back home from Skepticon 7 late last night, and now is the time to recover and reflect. (If you don’t know what Skepticon is, visit http:/ skepticon.org/what/. Here are some of the main ideas and learnings that I took away from Skepticon 7. I learned that a careful analysis of studies...
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