Benito Juarez: The Necessity of the Secular State
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(Sunday March 21st, 6pm Joyce Beers)
Join the Humanist Association as we celebrate Benito Juarez’s Birthday.
Juarez, who not only was Mexico’s First Flood Blooded Indian President, but was also the man who Took Mexico back from the church.
Join us as we discuss the nature of a secular state, its features, necessity, and how to ensure it.
As always our 3rd Sunday events are potluck, and open to the public (suggested donation $5
The Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center is located at off University and Vermont Avenues in the Uptown Shopping Plaza, Hillcrest San Diego, CA 92103
The God Virus with author Dr. Darrel Ray 3-18
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March 18, 2010
7:00 pm
Join us for an evening with Dr. Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus.
The Mission Valley Resort, Salon Ballroom
875 Hotel Circle South
San Diego CA 92108
Controversial Look at the Psychology of Religion Gives Practical Legs to the Revolutionary Idea That Religion Is an Infection of the Mind
New framework for understanding religion offers useful guidance on how to deal with religious infection in yourself or others
The idea that religion is like an infection that damages or shuts off certain mental abilities is not new, but in The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture, author Dr. Darrel Ray brings it down to a practical level.
Dr. Ray explains that the methods by which religions propagate in society bear a remarkable resemblance to the way viruses, parasites, and bacterial diseases propagate.
In some cases, biological diseases infect the brain and direct the infected organisms behavior. Religions also seem to infect mental functions, Ray asserts, and direct behavior in ways not necessarily good for people.
While biological propagation strategies spread diseases such as malaria, HIV, and rabies, Dr. Ray discusses religious infection strategies such as fear, guilt, hypnosis, and the need for security as avenues to inject the god virus and propagate it to others.
An extension of the concept of ‘viruses of the mind’ discussed by Richard Dawkins in his book, The God Delusion, Dr. Ray’s, The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture details the practical consequences of religious infection in personalities, families, and culture.
If you are non-religious, this book may help you understand the behavior of those who are infected with religion. If you are religious, it will give you tools to understand your infection and maybe how to control or eliminate its detrimental effects in your life.
Tickets may be purchased by clicking below, for the suggested donation price of 8.00 on line, or 10.00 at the door. If you pay online your tickets will be held for you at the door. Thank you.
Any questions about this event call Jennifer at 347-512-0501
$8 in advance
$10 at the door
Jason’s Birthday Dinner
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Jason’s Birthday Dinner is at Bamboo Lounge at 9:00 pm.
Join us in celebrating Jason’s 30th Birthday.
Bring yourself and your new friends from Darrel Rays talk.
After Darrel Ray we are goining over to Hillcrest to
1475 University Ave, near Normal Street, 92103
Benito Juarez: The Necessity of the Secular State 3-21
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(Sunday March 21st, 6pm Joyce Beers) The Joyce Beers Community Center is Located in the Uptown Shopping Plaza, just off University and Vermont Avenues
Join the Humanist Association as we celebrate Benito Juarez’s Birthday.
Juarez, who not only was Mexico’s First Flood Blooded Indian President, but was also the man who Took Mexico back from the church.
Join us as we discuss the nature of a secular state, its features, necessity, and how to ensure it.
As always our 3rd Sunday events are potluck, and open to the public (suggested donation $5)
Victims of Violent Crime Memorial Oak Garden maintenance and Picnic 3-14
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Join Jim Knott, Vernon, Cody and Melanie, Sunday at The Victims of Violent Crime Memorial Oak Garden.
About 1:00 pm and into the afternoon
The San Diego Victims of Violent Crime Memorial Oak Garden is a beautiful quiet garden started after in memory of a beautiful young woman, Cara Knott, who was murdered. Since then with it’s planted young oak trees and a gazebo, nearby trails, memorial rocks, small brick paths, the Oak Garden has become a place for reflection and coming together of community members for support, a quiet picnic, gardening and peace.
Join us in routine maintenance , reflection and community. Lunch, Potluck, food to share is always welcome.
Jennifer
Directions:
get off on Mercy Rd from either the North or South I-15…then head east for just a half a block and hang a U-turn…you need to get right over into the left lane as you get onto Mercy Rd. or you will miss the U-turn…then you’ll see Cara Way on the North-East corner of Mercy Rd just a few feet west of Wendy’s…then drive all the way to the end of Cara Way and you will see the Oak Garden.
Directions: Interstate 15; Exit Scripps Poway Parkway and go east; Make a u-turn at Scripps Highland Drive; First right into garden entrance at Cara Way.
GPS:
N 32° 56.670 W 117° 06.405
UTM: 11S E 490021 N 3645139
Mourners and Supporters of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois may also reflect and find comfort and community here.