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Happy New Year Twenty-Ten
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Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:07:11 -0500
From: Goanet News Service <[email protected]>
The group, founded three years ago, hosted an event Monday night in
which its members decorated a tree with covers from some of their
favourite books read this past year.
Being humanists, there were plenty of books that focused on science and
logical thinking; Charles Darwin's Origin of Species made an appearance
as did Al Gore's The Assault on Reason and David Suzuki's The Sacred
Balance.
Kevin Saldanha, the group's president, said the event wasn't designed to
denigrate people's faith. Rather, it was a way for the group to
celebrate and enjoy the season in a way that's in line with their beliefs.
Mario responds:
Happy Winter Solstice to all "humanists".
As Goanet's lone voice of reason, truth and peace, please let me know when you
humanists, all fifteen of you, actually start doing something to promote the
".... individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-actualization
through reason", instead of your stereotypical sympathy and support for
philosophies and political systems and politicians that end up achieving the
exact opposite of an "individual's dignity and worth and capacity for
self-actualization".
Here's a clue of what I mean: Adding a feckless politician like Al Gore's
intellectually-challenged book to your tree.
