HUMANISM EXPLORATIONS
February 2021
🌟 HUMANISM EXPLORATIONS🌟 is part of the Center For Inquiry , CFI Rogue Valley Humanists and Freethinkers and RVUUF.
Former pre-pandemic Location: Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (under the balcony) *
Former pre-pandemic Location: Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (under the balcony) *
87 Fourth Street, Ashland, Oregon
87 Fourth Street, Ashland, Oregon
Meetings are on the first and third Sundays of the month, 3 to 5 p.m.
Meetings are on the first and third Sundays of the month, 3 to 5 p.m.
💡*NOTE: For the foreseeable future, due to pandemic precautions, our meetings will be held via Zoom free online video conferencing application.
💡*NOTE: For the foreseeable future, due to pandemic precautions, our meetings will be held via Zoom free online video conferencing application.
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🟢Zoom Link for February 21, 2021 meeting:
🟢Zoom Link for February 21, 2021 meeting:
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday February 21, 3 to 5 P.M.
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday February 21, 3 to 5 P.M.
Finding Common Ground: The Dying Art of Disagreement or how can we disagree productively?
Finding Common Ground: The Dying Art of Disagreement or how can we disagree productively?
With politics and religion becoming increasingly polarized we seem to be losing the art of productive disagreement. Yet disagreements are essential to healthy communication. We will explore ways to be open to opposing views and achieve respectful and constructive dialogue.
With politics and religion becoming increasingly polarized we seem to be losing the art of productive disagreement. Yet disagreements are essential to healthy communication. We will explore ways to be open to opposing views and achieve respectful and constructive dialogue.
See:
See:
How to Persuade Others with the Right Questions: - Big Think (4 min)
How to Persuade Others with the Right Questions: - Big Think (4 min)
Seek First to Understand and Then to Be Understood - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Habit 5) (4 min)
Seek First to Understand and Then to Be Understood - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Habit 5) (4 min)
10 ways to have a better conversation - Celeste Headlee TED Talk (11 min)
10 ways to have a better conversation - Celeste Headlee TED Talk (11 min)
Breaking Down Communication Barriers - Angela Graves TED Talk (11 min)
Breaking Down Communication Barriers - Angela Graves TED Talk (11 min)
Practicing Dialogue - Wikiversity
Practicing Dialogue - Wikiversity
Rapoport’s Rules to Criticize Someone Constructively - Right Attitudes - Ideas for Impact
Rapoport’s Rules to Criticize Someone Constructively - Right Attitudes - Ideas for Impact
How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide - by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide - by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday February 7, 3 to 5 P.M.
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday February 7, 3 to 5 P.M.
Varieties of Non-belief: Non-believers on the Meaning of Life
Varieties of Non-belief: Non-believers on the Meaning of Life
We will discuss the online article from The Guardian 24 Jan 2021 by by Harriet Sherwood: "Non-believers on the meaning of life". Around the world, growing numbers of people are rejecting traditional faiths and choosing their own spiritual path. Eight atheists and agnostics open up.
We will discuss the online article from The Guardian 24 Jan 2021 by by Harriet Sherwood: "Non-believers on the meaning of life". Around the world, growing numbers of people are rejecting traditional faiths and choosing their own spiritual path. Eight atheists and agnostics open up.
See:
See:
"Non-believers on the meaning of life" -- The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood
"Non-believers on the meaning of life" -- The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood
Understanding Unbelief -- Understanding Unbelief project, University of Kent in Canterbury (3 1/2 min)
Understanding Unbelief -- Understanding Unbelief project, University of Kent in Canterbury (3 1/2 min)
What is Humanism? -- The Humanist Channel (2 1/2 min)
What is Humanism? -- The Humanist Channel (2 1/2 min)
How can I be happy? -- Narrated by Stephen Fry - That's Humanism! (3 min)
How can I be happy? -- Narrated by Stephen Fry - That's Humanism! (3 min)
Meaning of life -- Wikipedia
Meaning of life -- Wikipedia
Related Links:
Related Links:
RV Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - A Freethinker Friendly Congregation
Center For Inquiry Rogue Valley Humanists and Freethinkers
The Jefferson Center - Ashland Oregon
Earthly Religion - Ashland Oregon
Religious/Spiritual Naturalism
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry