Video of today's event: February 18, 2007
Tony Hileman - What Passes for Religion
Video of today's event:
Latasha McGriff - Health Insurance for Children
Society Offices Closed
Monday, February 19
The Joy of Personal Writing
Tuesday, February 20 (Monday a holiday)
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Socrates Café
Wednesday, February 21
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Room 508
Join Ken Gans and John Gurney for a stimulating philosophical discussion on humanism and basic philosophical questions. If you are interested, contact Ken Gans at 212-787-7000 ext. 1039. No charge and no reservations needed.
A Humanist Look At the Bible
Wednesdays, February 21 & February 28
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
This two-session exploration, A Humanist Interpretation of the Bible, will be presented by Anne Klaeysen, Leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island.
February 21: Anne will focus on Genesis. Creationists and “intelligent design” proponents would have us believe that the Book of Genesis provides us with all the science we need to know about the creation of the world. However, Genesis contains two conflicting creation stories. Which are we to believe? Reading and interpreting these stories as religious mythology gives us a much deeper insight into human nature than any scientific understanding. They can still speak to us today when we learn how to listen to them within their historical context.
February 28: Anne will discuss Jesus as Storyteller. Great moral teachers use stories, not theology or metaphysics, to communicate with people. They understand that stories work on our hearts, helping us to see ourselves in them and to gain wisdom from them. We will examine some of the stories Jesus told, as recorded in the gospels, both canonical and gnostic (authorized and heretical), and discuss how they affect us today.
Members: $10 per session, $15 for the series. Nonmembers: $15 per session, $25 for the series.
Great Books: Great Conversations I
Wednesday, February 21
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Room 507
Walt Whitman, Out of the Cradle Endlessly and Rocking. List for the season
The Joy of Personal Writing
Thursday, February 22
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Audio of Ethics on the Air: February 23, 2007
WBAI - Bernstein - African-Americans & EC
Mega Mixer Winter Barbecue
Friday, February 23
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Social Hall
Join us for summer barbecue food in the middle of winter! The Cultured Comedy Club will present standup comedy on the philosopshy "Freedom From Belief." Several groups will be coming together to socialize, meet others like themselves and laugh.
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The folowing groups are participating:
- NYSEC - *New York Philosophy
- Cultured Comedy Club - Philosophy NOW
- New York City Atheists - *Richies' List
- Center for Inquiry New York - *Fellow Brights of New York City
- Drinking With Atheists - Harlem Discussion Group
- Secular Humanist Society of New York - *New York Humanists
$15.00 will cover the admission, food and drinks. To RSVP please call 212-874-5210 ext. 113. Accommodations for 180 only - so RSVP.
All net proceeds to go to NYSEC programs.
Sunday Meeting, February 25
Early Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
Public Issues Committee (PIC) Meeting. Abe Markman presides.
Sunday School - Ethics for Children - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Rooms 507 & 508
Generosity and Celebrations
The New York City Labor Chorus - 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. - Concert Hall
Return Engagement "Lift Every Voice and Sing!" Songs of the Union and Black Freedom Movements.
Sunday Meeting - 11:30 a.m. - Concert Hall
"Intelligent Science: What You Don't Know Will Hurt Us!"
Judith D. Wallach, Ph.D.
Carol Nadell Presides
Afternoon Activities - 1:45 p.m. - Ceremonial Hall, 4th Floor
Life With Health: "Aging and the Human Body." Dr. Jacqueline Pope presides.
Video of today's event: February 25, 2007
Judith Wallach - Intelligent Science
The Joy of Personal Writing
Monday, February 26
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Ethics and the Theater
Tuesday, February 27
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
In honor of Black History Month, we’ll present one of the truly great American plays, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In the Sun. Raisin portrays the life of an inner-city Black family grappling with conflicting opinions on how to use the insurance money they received as a death benefit, and whether they should move into an all-white neighborhood.
Ms. Hansberry was only 29 when she wrote this extraordinarily beautiful and moving masterpiece. She was the youngest American, the fifth woman, and the first African-American to win the coveted New York Drama Critics Circle’s “Best American Play” award for it in 1959. Our own Barbara Fennell will join a cast of talented professional actors. There is no charge.
A Humanist Look At the Bible
Wednesday, February 28
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Ceremonial Hall, 4th floor
This session will be presented by Anne Klaeysen, Leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island.
Anne will discuss Jesus as Storyteller. Great moral teachers use stories, not theology or metaphysics, to communicate with people. They understand that stories work on our hearts, helping us to see ourselves in them and to gain wisdom from them. We will examine some of the stories Jesus told, as recorded in the gospels, both canonical and gnostic (authorized and heretical), and discuss how they affect us today. Members: $10. Nonmembers: $15.
