HUMANISM EXPLORATIONS
May 2021
🌟 HUMANISM EXPLORATIONS🌟 is part of the Center For Inquiry , CFI Rogue Valley Humanists and Freethinkers and RVUUF.
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 3 p.m. September 19 meeting:
🟢Zoom Link for 3 p.m. September 19 meeting:
(Please join about ten minutes before 3 p.m.)
(Please join about ten minutes before 3 p.m.)
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday September 3, 2021, 3 to 5 P.M.
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday September 3, 2021, 3 to 5 P.M.
The Good Life - What is it and how is it achieved?
The Good Life - What is it and how is it achieved?
The Good Life?
The Good Life?
How do we make the best life with what we are given?
How do we make the best life with what we are given?
Will fame and riches guarantee it?
Will fame and riches guarantee it?
Or ardent sacrifice for a holy cause?
Or ardent sacrifice for a holy cause?
How do friendship and gratitude play a part?
How do friendship and gratitude play a part?
We will explore these themes in this meeting.
We will explore these themes in this meeting.
RESOURCE LINKS:
RESOURCE LINKS:
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness (12 min)- TED Talk Robert Waldinger
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness (12 min)- TED Talk Robert Waldinger
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday May 16, 3 to 5 P.M.
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday May 16, 3 to 5 P.M.
Heaven and Hell - A History of the Afterlife
Heaven and Hell - A History of the Afterlife
The doctrines of Heaven and Hell play a central role in modern Christianity. Today 72% of Americans believe in a literal Heaven and 58% believe in a literal Hell. Yet historically up until the present time Christians have never held a consistent view of of these concepts. What did Jesus as a Jew believe and teach about the afterlife? Did he believe in the reality of eternal torment or endless bliss? How do the beliefs of the earliest Christians compare with those of their modern counterparts today and how have those concepts changed over the course of centuries? Our discussion will center on the scholarship of Professor Bart Ehrman's most recent book on this subject.
The doctrines of Heaven and Hell play a central role in modern Christianity. Today 72% of Americans believe in a literal Heaven and 58% believe in a literal Hell. Yet historically up until the present time Christians have never held a consistent view of of these concepts. What did Jesus as a Jew believe and teach about the afterlife? Did he believe in the reality of eternal torment or endless bliss? How do the beliefs of the earliest Christians compare with those of their modern counterparts today and how have those concepts changed over the course of centuries? Our discussion will center on the scholarship of Professor Bart Ehrman's most recent book on this subject.
Please see Zoom invitation link (above) and discussion resource links (below).
Please see Zoom invitation link (above) and discussion resource links (below).
See:
See:
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday May 2, 3 to 5 P.M.
Humanism Explorations Zoom Meeting for Sunday May 2, 3 to 5 P.M.
What is "Religious Naturalism" and how does it relate to Humanism?
What is "Religious Naturalism" and how does it relate to Humanism?
The Religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It will transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it will be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. –- Albert Einstein
The Religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It will transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it will be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. –- Albert Einstein
A religion that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge. -- Carl Sagan
A religion that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge. -- Carl Sagan
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