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The American Humanist Association advocates progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists and freethinkers in the United States. We work to promote humanism--the idea that you can be good without a god.

Website: http://www.americanhumanist.org
Location: Washington, DC
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Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around Feb. 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.

On this website you can find all sorts of information about Charles Darwin and the International Darwin Day Foundation. If you are hosting a Darwin Day event, you can post information about it on our events listing. You can also locate Darwin Day programs near you by searching our events section.

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The AHA is proud to hold its 72nd Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, May 30-June 2, 2013 at the Bahia Resort Hotel. More details will be added soon. http://conference.americanhumanist.org/

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Comment by mojo5501 on April 8, 2011 at 1:37pm: Wow...that was funny and shows how this sort of subtle humor doesn't always play well in a forum like this one. Sarcasm needs a bit of 'splainin'.

I looked up Ezekiel 23:20 out of pure curiosity from a biblical scripture website...because who knows where my old dusty bible from the '70's is at this exact moment... and, boy did I get a surprise. It was much more vague that a previously mentioned version but I must share it anyway:

"For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses."

THAT, my friends, is in the Bible. I must not have had a bible lession concerning that particular 'issue' when I was a kid.

Comment by David M. Beadle on April 8, 2011 at 1:33pm: Wow. Duped. I guess a better do more detective work next time. Nice one, Tim.

Comment by David M. Beadle on April 8, 2011 at 11:48am: Re: Tim.

Oops. Looks like we lost one.

Comment by Susan Stanko on March 26, 2011 at 5:23pm: How are those remotely the same? Now not only are you not interested in educating yourself about the very issues you claim to care about, you don't know logic either.

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 26, 2011 at 5:15pm: Samantha, go for whatever works.

Comment by Samantha Madison on March 26, 2011 at 3:44pm: Lmfao are u serious I cant listen to you because your from Wisconsin

Comment by Susan Stanko on March 26, 2011 at 3:16pm: If you are not willing to learn why things are the way they are then all you have are uniformed opinions that nobody should bother to listen to.

Comment by Samantha Madison on March 26, 2011 at 2:53pm: @ Everyone lol thanks for the feedback I was more so just venting and I have come to realize that it doesnt help to be positive-im more happy when I can talk about how bad life sucks and have people agree with me and tell me how bad their lives suck-lmao I guess thats just the gothic side of me. Happiness is a temporary ignorance-sadness, misery and pain is what controls our lives and makes us stronger. I prefer to live in darkness, I found it helps to reduce stress. and @susan history isnt really my thing-its in the past so I dont give a shit, but I hate anything to do with god and I dont like being part of a country that just fucking assumes all of its citizens loves GOD and jebus crust. So like I said Fuck America!!

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 26, 2011 at 2:29pm: The way I interpret life is that some people have no health or relationship, or wealth problems but they look, act, and sound miserable. So these factors aren't the requirement for happiness

Some people have poor health, bad relationships, and bad financial situations and look, act and sound happy. So these are not the factors for happiness.

If these two assumptions are correct, then happiness or lack of it resides elsewhere. Where? I don't know. Well, I don't know for sure. Attitude seems to be the difference. If one can get up in the morning, happy to be alive, take on the responsibilities of life with peace if not joy, and feel he/she has meaning in life, then that is the best one can hope for. I don't mean this in a Pollyanna way, but in a realistic way. One can choose to awaken with anger, fear, pain, resentment, jealously, and that kind of stuff, or one can choose joy, power, pain management, understanding, and compassion. It is a choice.

My very dear friend is a quadriplegic with MS. She is the light of my life. She radiates joy. She never brings me down with complaints. We now have to feed her, her husband takes full care of her and never seems burdened, except for a bad spell a couple of years ago. And it isn't that they, or people such as they, are in denial. It is more like they are in reality.

So! Life Sucks! That is the reality. Now what?

Comment by Sharon Stanley on March 26, 2011 at 12:26pm: Oh Samantha, I really relate to your situation and I appreciate your emotional expression of your frustration. I often feel that way, expletives included!

But wow, Fred, I love your response; '"Finding meaning in life" is simply discovering a struggle you enjoy."