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My interest in philosophy
originally began because of my interest in religion. Religious
studies was even one of my related fields of study (along with cultural
anthropology) while I was getting my bachelors degree in philosophy.
Eventually my need for empirical evidence and rationality led me to my
current nonreligious status.
Recently I have become interested
in humanism and in those organizations and movements that support the social
and political rights of atheists, agnostics, nonreligious persons, and
persons of non-Christian faiths that are often marginalized and
discriminated against in the predominately Christian culture of the United
States. I am interested in supporting the separation that our founding
fathers, like Thomas Jefferson, intended to exist between church and state.
I am also interested in helping to dispel the erroneous, but commonly held
view that nonreligious people are typically, or (even worse) intrinsically
less moral and/or less patriotic than religious people.
The links below are to a number
of different humanist and other organizations dedicated to protecting and
advancing the interests of nonreligious people in the United States and
around the world.
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The American Humanist Association
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The mission of the American Humanist Association
is to be a clear, democratic voice for Humanism in the United
States, to increase public awareness and acceptance of Humanism, to
establish, protect and promote the position of Humanists in our
society, and to develop and advance Humanist thought and action. |
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The Council for Secular Humanism
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The Council for Secular Humanism is a
not-for-profit educational association, the Council supports a wide
range of activities to meet the needs of people who find meaning and
value in life without looking to a god. Its activities range from
magazine publishing to campaigning on ethical issues, from
conferences to support networks, from educational courses to
conducting secular ceremonies, from local groups to international
development. |
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The Humanist Society
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The organization works as a
subsidiary of the American Humanist Association to train and ordain
its own ministry, who upon ordination are then accorded the same
rights and privileges granted by law to the priests, ministers, and
rabbis of traditional theistic religions. The site has information
about how to become ordained as a humanist celebrant as well as a
list of non-religious celebrants throughout the U.S. |
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The Brights' Net
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A relatively new international internet
organization designed to bring together and coordinate the activism
of people who share a naturalistic worldview. The site is at
the center of the movement to introduce the new, more positive term
"Brights" to refer to all such people. |
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Philo: The Journal of the Society of Humanist Philosophers
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Philo is the only professional philosophy journal
devoted exclusively to criticisms of theism and defenses or
developments of naturalism. To facilitate discussion and debate,
Philo also publishes defenses of theism and criticisms of
naturalism. The journal is published biannually at the
Center for Inquiry
with assistance from Western Michigan University. |
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Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
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Americans United for Separation of Church and
State is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington,
D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the
importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious
freedom. |
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation
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The Freedom From Religion
Foundation, Inc., is an educational group working for the separation
of state and church. Its purposes, as stated in its bylaws, are to
promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and
church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.
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www.JHuger.com
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The website of Rev. Jim Huber. A site of
humorous, but thoughtful critiques of contemporary organized
religion, the stated goal of which is to strengthen religion by
driving superstition from it. The mocking character of some of the
articles, stories, and pamphlets might be seen as irreligious or
offensive to some people, but most are actually quite insightful and
thought-provoking. |
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www.DarwinFish.com |
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www.EvolveFish.com
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These two links lead to two different sites where
one can buy bumper stickers, buttons, signs, T-shirts and other
paraphernalia for naturalists, humanists, non-religious, atheists,
liberals, and those who support diversity. And, of course,
these sites are where you can get those plagues that you stick on
your bumper that have the word "Darwin" or "Evolve" inside of a
traditional Christian fish symbol that has "evolved" legs.Visit to
shop or to just browse and read for the wit and the humor. |
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