Be Human
(White) Friends, family, neighbors, and fellow citizens, I’ve seen your posts and heard your arguments speaking against the riots and destruction, against those who disrespect the flag and the country, and against the ideas of “socialism” and wealth redistribution. As someone who has been fortunate enough to have had access to (tax payer funded military) […]
This page offers a number of resources to help newcomers to the discussion on racism begin to learn about and reflect on the variety of related issues. This list is not all encompassing, but something to get you started. As a humanist, it’s your responsibility to better understand the world you are a part of […]
Editor’s note: I’m a man who benefits from white privilege. In the wake of the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, my wife broke into tears as she struggled to comprehend the enormity of the problem and her perceived powerlessness to affect it. The key piece that affected her most profoundly was that the […]
As I watch the SpaceX launch and contrast it with the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, I am reminded of a quote in a story about the 1968 Kerner Commission that examined the causes of the 1960’s race riots. “When John F. Kennedy declared that an American would reach the moon by the […]
We’re all stuck on this same planet. There are no teams. There is no us versus them. We are all human. We will survive together or die divided. Think about it this way. The Earth as a Village Instead of 7.5 billion people on the planet, there are only 75 people and they all live […]
Humanism is advancing the human story Being Human Church Humanism enjoys a variety of definitions an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters (Google definition) a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism and empiricism) over […]
Let’s talk about forgiveness and why religions seem to be so big on it. Venkatesh Rao explains, in great detail and using an esoteric technical example, why forgiveness has to be built in to our culture going forwards. Basically, technology will make it impossible to forget, which means we will have to be able to […]
The phrases “choose your battles” and “don’t die on that hill” and “live to fight another day” are all getting at the same thing. Whatever is important at the moment probably isn’t important enough to die for. Events happen whether or not anyone is alive, but events don’t mean anything unless someone is alive to […]
Andrew Sullivan wrote in The Intelligencer that “It is impossible not to have a religion if you are a human being…By religion I mean…a way of life that gives meaning…We are a meaning-seeking species.” However, he seems to mean that it is impossible not to seek meaning, but that it is possible to fail to […]
By Matt Maier We get asked a lot: “why a church”? It’s a fair question. Who starts a new church anyway? The idea sounds crazy, or at least grandiose. Humanity First We want to prioritize the best interests of Humanity above anything else. Humanity first. What kind of organization does that? Our scope is broader […]