Comment by Darwin Penda on December 5, 2009 at 10:39am

Anthropa Links:

http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/anthropa
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/anthropa
http://twitter.com/anthropa
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/anthropa
http://www.thinkatheist.com/group/anthropa

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 5, 2009 at 12:16pm

Thank you. :)

Comment by Darwin Penda on December 5, 2009 at 7:06pm

I've started this group because as a sometime attendee of UU, Humanist, Ethical Culture, etc. gatherings, I noticed that I'm a fan of UU's and Ethical Culture's positive celebration of life, but somewhat perplexed by it not taking a stand on superstition. Humanism on the other hand, has the right philosophical grounding, but in practice, all too often boils down to meetings that simply rail against superstition. I want a community with a solid non-theistic grounding and a hearty celebration of life, love, nature and community. It is a vision I have had for many years, but finally want to start a dialogue about it. For any of you interested in this idea, I call it Anthropa. I am looking for charter members, won't you join? Let's build a better way together!

Comment by Darwin Penda on December 14, 2009 at 9:32pm

Pagan Traditions + Humanism = Anthropa!

Comment by Little Name Atheist on December 19, 2009 at 2:54pm

Thanks for the brief description, Darwin. I'll link to the group on Celebrate!

Comment by Darwin Penda on December 19, 2009 at 3:02pm

We are in common cause with the group Celebrate, lead by Grundgetta; we both want a positive post-religious celebration of life! http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/celebrate

Comment by Little Name Atheist on December 21, 2009 at 9:21am

Let's hear it for our common cause!

Comment by Darwin Penda on December 26, 2009 at 10:56am

Fred: there are a series of those messages, some say "Confucianism + Humanism = Anthropa," they only mean to inspire people to look into the past before the hegemonic religions, and find customs that ties to a continuum bound with Humanism, in other words, in a strictly non-supernatural manifestation. In this way, Anthropa and Celebrate hold the same core values. In other words, "Pagans" are not in Anthropa, but certain accepted traditions that date back to Paganism can be. The idea is to strip off the dingy film of hegemonic superstition (typically Christianity or Islam), and find the remnant of tradition from your own culture, and manifest it in a non-theistic, Humanist, and modern way.

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