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Lynchburg Area
Secular Humanists
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PREAMBLE:
Secular humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism,
affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
The following is a consensus of what we believe:
- Knowledge of the world is derived by observation,
experimentation, and rational analysis.
- Humans are an integral part of nature, the result
of unguided evolutionary change.
- Ethical values are derived from human need and interest
as tested by experience.
- Life’s fulfillment emerges from individual participation in
the service of humane ideals.
- Humans are social by nature and find meaning in relationships.
- Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.
We
work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society and find that humanity
has the ability to progress toward its highest ideals. The responsibility for our lives and the kind of world in which
we live is ours and ours alone.
February Events - February
3, 7:00 PM: Forest Library:
Film: "Afghan Alphabet""
- February 10, 7:00 PM: UU Fellowship Hall: Film: Flock of Dodos"
- February 17, 7:00 PM: Colonial
Hills Golf Club: Matthew Chapman; "Evolution v. Creationism"
- February
24, 7:00 PM: UU Fellowship Hall: "Things Darwin Didn't Know"
March Events
- March 3, 7:30 PM, Colonial Hills Golf Club, Group discussion of complexity theorist Stuart Kaufman's
"Reinventing the Sacred."
- March 10, 7:30 PM, Forest Library,
DVD: Argentina Latente
- March 17, 7:30 PM, UU Fellowship Hall, Ted Haggard's
demise: Audio of Larry King TV interview and Ted Haggard film.
- March
24, 7:30 PM, UU Fellowship Hall, DVD: Daniel Dennett film: "Breaking the Spell."
- March 28: Special Guest Speaker, Ellery Schempp
at CVCC details available soon.
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PURPOSE:
The Lynchburg Area Secular Humanist (LASH) is a private educational, not-for-profit
organization created to foster a community of non-theists dedicated to improving the human condition through empirical inquiry
and reflection unfettered by superstition or any form of dogma. LASH’s purposes are to promote the constitutional
principle of separation of church and state and to educate the public on matters related to non-theist beliefs. LASH
is not affiliated with any external organizations.
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GOALS:
- To provide a forum for respectful exploration and
criticism of ideas, including the theoretic and strategic, for those seeking harmony within an ethical, secular
community.
- To explore through open and respectful discussions secular morality and ethics,
to comprehend non-secular ethics from a secular perspective and to affirm secular ethical practices within the community
at large through programs, events, demonstrations, classes, and outreach efforts.
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project the secular humanist world-view, with particular emphasis on the respectful employment of the unique capacities
of humans towards each other and to encourage and demand the acceptance of citizens who are non-theists.
- To support and defend the principles of democracy, free speech, and the separation of church and
state as expressed in the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
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