Sat. May 31-Sun. June 1 Visit our booth at the Charles Village Festival
(to volunteer contact Emil)
Moveable Treats June 1 (also July 13 & Aug 3) See below. <#MOVEABLE_TREATS>
1st Saturday Coffee House, June 7 at 7:00 pm; musician Ryan Harvey .
Poetry . Music . Refreshments . Open Mic . Donation Requested
Newcomers' Meetings By Arrangement
Summer Sundays 10:30 am; Less formal than our regular meetings, these
discussions on social, philosophical, or personal growth issues last
about one hour. *Some with videos will last until about noon.
Jun 1: Platforms and Programs; what do you want next year? facilitated
by Stephen Meskin
Jun 8: Is There a Religion for the 21st Century? What Would it Look
Like? Would it be a religion? facilitated by Diana & Bob Corbett
Jun 15: Race; the discussion continues, facilitated by Karen Helm
Jun 22: Can There Be Too Much Democracy? facilitated by Dick Katz
Jun 29: A Celebration of Fritz Williams' Service to the Society; join us
to pay tribute to Fritz, followed by a community pot luck lunch.
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Jul 6: *A Brief History of Disbelief, Part 1; video followed by
discussion. See below.
Jul 13: Building a More Sustainable Maryland; urban sprawl and the kinds
of changes that could be made short and long-term
facilitated by Lena Pons
Jul 20: *A Brief History of Disbelief, Part 2; seeing Part 1 is not
required
Jul 27: Visit to Planned Parenthood of Maryland: facilitated by John
Nugent. See below.
Aug 3: *A Brief History of Disbelief, Part 3; seeing Parts 1 or 2 is not
required
Aug 10: The AEU and You; facilitated by Karen Elliott
Aug 17: Experience of Poetry; facilitated by Karla Mancero
Saturday Aug 23 at 9:30 am Society Clean-up Party *EVERYONE WELCOME*;
food, drinks, and soap provided, facilitated by Bob Corbett
Aug 24: Finishing Touches; facilitated by Bob Corbett
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Visit to Planned Parenthood --- July 27
We go on a short distance field trip around the corner to 330 N. Howard
St. where our discussion will be held after a tour of the facility.
Planned Parenthood is one block south of the Society on the NW corner of
Howard & Mulberry St. On street parking is available on Mulberry St as
well as Franklin.
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A Brief History of Disbelief --- July 6, 20, & August 3
Written and narrated by acclaimed British intellectual Jonathan Miller
--- author, lecturer, TV producer/host, director of theater, opera and
film, and neurologist. It is the first-ever historical look at the
controversial topic on television. "This series is about the
disappearance of something: religious faith," Miller says in the
opening. "It's the story of what is often referred to as atheism,' the
history of the growing conviction that God doesn't exist." A Brief
History of Disbelief combines an exploration of the origins of Miller's
own lack of belief with historical perspective and interviews with
leading authorities, including biologist Richard Dawkins, philosopher
Daniel Dennett, recently deceased playwright Arthur Miller, and
physicist Steven Weinberg. "In making this series I have inevitably
discovered that the history of faith and doubt is a great deal more
complicated that it might seem," Jonathan Miller declares. Among the
program's surprising revelations is that philosophy, not science as
often assumed, played a larger role in the gradual erosion of belief.
And contrary to what many Christian fundamentalists today consider
America's founding principles, the first presidents were actually
skeptical of religion.
Part I: Shadows of Doubt Miller meets Arthur Miller and the philosopher
Colin McGinn. He searches for evidence of the first "unbelievers" in
ancient Greece and examines some of the modern theories around why
people have always tended to believe in mythology and magic.
Part II: Noughts and Crosses With the domination of Christianity from
500 AD, Miller wonders how disbelief began to re-emerge in the 15th and
16th centuries. He discovers that division within the Church played a
more powerful role than the scientific discoveries of the period. He
also shows how politically dangerous it was to undermine the religious
faith of the masses.
The Final Hour The history of disbelief continues with the ideas of
self-taught philosopher Thomas Paine, the revolutionary studies of
geology, the evolutionary theories of Darwin, and Freud's view that
religion is a "thought disorder." Miller examines his own motivation
behind making the series.
The AEU provided some funding for this PBS show. However it was not
aired on WMPT or WETA.
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MOVEABLE TREATS
Sundays: June 1, July 13, and August 3
Please remember that Moveable Treats is a year-around Baltimore Ethical
Society commitment. Moveable Feast delivers meals to AIDS and cancer
patients and their families week after week, and they need year-around
support from community volunteers and contributors.
We'll be observing Moveable Treats Sundays on June 1, July 13
(because the first Sunday happens to be during the Fourth of July
weekend), and August 3. Bring your desserts with you to the meeting, and
place them on the table in the corner of our meeting room. Use sandwich
bags or snack bags to wrap your desserts in serving size portions, and
label them to indicate generally what they are. Mark your desserts if
they contain nuts or peanuts. Avoid desserts that have heavy icings or
that contain alcohol.
BES members and friends may contribute canned goods or dry goods for
Moveable Feast at any time. There's a box for them near the bulletin
board in our entrance area. Some suggestions:
canned fruits, vegetables, and soups, fruit cocktail, applesauce, dry
cereals, rices, muffin and pancake mixes, juices, peanut butter, jelly,
crackers, granola bars.
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