Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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This Weeks Coffee & Conversation – 2/6/10

1475 University Ave San Diego, CA 92103 Join us for Coffee and Conversation at The Bamboo Lounge at 6:00 PM Saturday, February 6th, 2010. What is Coffee and Conversation? Why, it’s the best damned discussion group around!  With it’s mix of academic scrutiny, intellectual curiosity,  humor, and compassionate community building, our philosophy... Read more »

Annual Conference in San Jose

We are pleased to announce that the 69th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association will take place June 3rd – 6th, 2010, at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California. Don’t miss one of the largest gatherings of humanists, atheists, and freethinkers from across the country! The Annual Conference will feature informative breakout... Read more »

Reel Humanism – 2/2/10

REEL Humanism has returned! Vernon hosts a film and discussion series relating cinema to ethical issues. Join us at Cafe Libertalia on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 for Schindler’s List at 6:00 PM. This time is subject to become earlier due to the length of the film at 3 hours and 15 minutes. Updates to come… Cafe Libertalia 3834 Fifth... Read more »

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How to Not Help the World

by Hemant Mehta, adapted from his blog “The Friendly Atheist.” For HumanistNetworkNews.org 1) Provide the U.S. military with Jesus Rifles: Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by Trijicon, a Michigan-based company, says an ABC... Read more »

Firm will remove Bible references from gun sights

By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press Writer Richard Lardner, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – A Michigan defense contractor will voluntarily stop stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights made for the U.S. military, a major buyer of the company’s gear. In a statement released Thursday, Trijicon of Wixom, Mich.,... Read more »

Helping Haiti

Haiti Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help UPDATE 01/15 4:12pm: Thanks to the generosity of over 300 members, Humanist Charities is sending $23,450 from the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund to purchase food and supplies for the people of Haiti. The AHA sent the donation via wire transfer to a secure credit union in the Dominican Republic, where the money... Read more »

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videos

Joss Whedon on Humanism

Joss Whedon receives the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at Harvard University’s Memorial Church. ~ 10 April 2009. Whedon is an American director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse. He has also written... Read more »

Comedian Steve Harvey and His “Gastrous Ball”.

On an episode of CNN’s Larry King Live, the comedian Steve Harvey states that Atheists are “idoits”. But how much can one really pay attention to anything he says when he asks, “Why we still got monkeys?”, referring to his disbelief in evolution. The audio on this is a bit muddy so you might want to turn this one up for... Read more »

Carl Sagan – A Glorious Dawn

A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn – Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and Stephen Hawking’s Universe series. Share Read More →

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