I'd like to meet:
Secular humanists, atheists, agnostics, theistic and atheistic freethinkers in Lincoln and elsewhere. Feel free to join us at our weekly social night which starts at 7pm every Friday at The Coffee House, 1324 P Street, in the back room (Downtown Lincoln).
Contact Info:
info (at) lincolnsecularhumanists (dot) org
402-840-0781
1867 SW 31st Street
Lincoln, NE 68522
Event Schedule:
Weekly Social Hour
Feel free to join us at our weekly Social Night which starts at 7pm every Friday at The Mill, 800 P Street (Downtown Lincoln in the Haymarket). We meet in the back room or on the patio if it is nice outside.
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Midwest Humanist Conference
SIGN UP TODAY FOR THE MIDWEST HUMANIST CONFERENCE
Conference Changes:
The Conference has been scaled back by one day to make it more affordable, and more convenient. The conference will now be on Saturday, August 15th only. We are also moving the rally to Friday, August 14th at 4pm (on the North steps of the Capitol). Attached to this message is the schedule and other detailed information about the conference.
Our dedicated website is http://www.midwesthumanistconference.com, it is up and running already and content will be added by Monday morning.
We have seven outstanding speakers presenting on civil rights, activism, community building, and more!
SPEAKERS
Keynote:
D.J. Grothe
THE FUTURE OF SECULAR HUMANIST ACTIVISM
CFI’s Vice President and Outreach Program Director
Jason Frye
Humanism through Humanitarian Action
Humanist Life Celebrations
Gay & Godless
Building Free Thought Community
American Humanist Association Chapter Assembly Chair,
President Humanist Associaiton of San Diego & Thomas Jefferson Humanist Society, Humanist Society Board Member, Humanist Celebrant
Howard Menzer
SCOUTING FOR ALL
National President of Scouting for All
Eagle Scout who retired his badge until the day that the Boy Scouts of America no longer discriminate
Greg Lammers
TAKE ACTION!
American Atheists Missouri State Director
Organizer of the Columbia Atheists
Darrel Ray
THE GOD VIRUS
BA Sociology, MA Religion, and an Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology
Founder of Recovering From Religion
Cole & Kay
RECOVERING RELIGIONISTS
Two Kansas City Free Thought Activists
The costs of the conference are:
Exhibitors: $100 (If your organization is having financial difficulty please message us and we can work with you!)
Benefactor $100+ Both Banquets, Honorable mentions in print
Regular: $45
AHA members $30
Lunch ticket $10 Banquet $15 (both together: $20)
(lunch:vegetarian lasagna, dinner: chicken florentine or mushroom linguine + new york style cheesecake)
•Must reserve banquet meals by August 11th, 2009
Student/Scholarship $25
(valid with current student ID or application of financial hardship)
Donations (Just because you can’t come doesn’t mean that you can’t help!)
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Highway Clean-up Volunteers Needed
We are planning on making another trip out to our section of highway - Highway 55 from marker 0 - 2, near the village of Hallam - in July or August, to do some clean-up work. We will be setting up a car pool so only a couple vehicles will be driving out to the area. If you are interested in helping out either by providing transportation or by helping to pick up litter please let us know (contact info below) by July 1st. I will be sending out details (where to meet, who will be driving, etc.) to everyone who RSVPs to me by then. After the cleanup we will go out to eat somewhere to celebrate our second cleanup!
For more information e mail info at lincolnsecularhumanists dot org or call 402-840-0781.
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World Humanist Day 2009
Lincoln Secular Humanists will be hosting a picnic and celebration on Sunday, June 21 in recognition of World Humanist Day!
World Humanist Day is observed annually around the 21st of June to celebrate humanism, reason, and freethought.
Location: Cooper Park, 8th and E street
Date/Time: Sunday, June 21, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
LSH will provide: hamburgers, hot dogs,
vegetarian alternatives, chips, pop, and dessert
What to bring: yourself, friends, and food to share
For more information contact: [email protected]
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The Humanist Perspective on LCC-TV channel 13
LSH will be regularly airing The Humanist Perspective, a show produced by The Council For Secular Humanism, on LCC-TV, Channel 13 (Lincoln Time Warner Cable). The show airs Wednesdays and Saturdays at 5pm. Please tune in!
More about the program:
THE HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE is a half-hour weekly public-affairs program that examines issues of concern to America's secular community: secular humanists, atheists, agnostics, the unchurched, and anyone simply curious about the ways other Americans live without religion or a spiritual worldview. This group is one of the most rapidly growing minorities in American life — the percentage of Americans reporting no religious preference on surveys has doubled in the last ten years, making seculars America's second largest “belief group,†second only to Roman Catholics and soon to surpass Catholics in numbers. THE HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE highlights their concerns.
In each episode, a prominent secular humanist interviews one or more studio guests on a wide range of subjects. Recent programs have focused on the historical role of Thomas Paine; what scholars really know about the origins of Christianity and Islam; secular activism on college campuses; false claims of alternative medicine; church-state separation; the rights of nonreligious men and women in the military; and the civil rights of the nonreligious in an increasingly devout society.
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All events can also be found on our events & calendar page .
- Add LSH events to you own calendar!
Links:
Nebraska Freethought Groups
* www.lincolnsecularhumanists.org
* www.reason.ws - Omaha, NE freethought group
* http://www.unitarianlincoln.org/ - Lincoln, NE Unitarian Universalist Church
* http://www.nebscience.org/ - Nebraska Citizens for Science
Campus Groups
* www.secularstudents.org - Secular Student Alliance
* http://www.campusfreethought.org/ - CFI on campus
Humanist Links
* http://americanhumanist.org - American Humanist Association
* www.humanist-society.org - The Humanist Society
* http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm - Religious Tolerance’s piece on secular humanism
* www.americanhumanist.org/3/HumandItsAspirations.htm - Humanist Manifesto III
* www.secularhumanism.org - The Council for Secular Humanism
* http://humanisteducation.com
* http://www.humaniststudies.org - The Institute for Humanist Studies
* http://www.harvardhumanist.org
* www.humanism.org.uk/ - British Humanist Association
* http://www.humanists.net - Free Webhosting for Humanist sites
* www.iheu.org - International Humanist and Ethical Union
* www.aeu.org - Ethical Culture Movement ~ American Ethical Union ~
~ Ethical Societies in the United States
Freethought Media
* www.rationalresponders.com - Rational Response Squad Radio Show
* www.infidelguy.com - Infidel Guy Radio Show
* www.hellboundalleee.com - Hell Bound Alleee Radio Show
* www.freethoughtmedia.com - Freethought Media
Jesus Myth Links
* www.jesusneverexisted.com
* www.jesuspuzzle.com - The Jesus Puzzle by Earl Doherty
* www.thegodmovie.com - Did
Jesus really exist?
Science
* http://nrcse.creighton.edu/ - Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education
* www.RichardDawkins.net - The Evolutionary Biologist's Website
* www.centerforinquiry.net - CFI
* www.pointofinquiry.org - CFI’s podcast
Biblical Criticism
* http://biblebabble.curbjaw.com/laws.htm - Strange laws of the Bible
* http://www.cygo.com/bible.html - Bible bloopers
* http://www.luminary.us/russell/agnostic.html - What Is Agnosticism by Bertrand Russell
* www.evilbible.com - Exposing the bible’s bad side
* www.christianorigins.com
* www.skepticsannotatedbible.com - The Skeptic's Annotated Bible
* http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/ - No Answers In Genesis
Islamic Criticism
* www.apostatesofislam.com - Apostates of Islam
* www.jihadwatch.org
Scientology Criticism
* www.scientology-kills.org
* www.xenu.net - Operation Clambake – Exposing the church of Scientology
Skepticism / Quackery Watch
* www.skeptic.com - Skeptics Society
* www.quackwatch.org
* www.csicop.org - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
* www.csmmh.org - The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
* www.sram.org - The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
Atheism* www.atheists.org - American Atheists web site
* www.atheistalliance.org
* www.atheistactivist.org
* www.atheistfoundation.org.au - Atheist Foundation of Australia
* www.ethicalatheist.com - Ethical Atheist
* http://www.4atheists.com/atheist-market.html - Atheist businesses - for and by atheists
* www.maaf.info - Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
* www.atheistactivist.org - Atheist Activist
* www.celebatheists.com - Famous atheists and agnostics
Freethought / Secularism
* www.rationalrevolution.net
* www.secularseasons.org - Dedicated to the celebration of secular living
* www.infidels.org - Secular Web
* www.freethinker.co.uk - The Freethinker
* www.iransecularsociety.com
* www.freethoughtforum.org
Civil Liberties / Freedom from Religion* www.aunebraska.org/ - Nebraska Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State
* www.aclu.org - American Civil Liberties Union
* Military Religious Freedom Foundation
* www.defconamerica.org - Fighting for Separation of Church and State
* www.au.org - Americans United for Separation of Church and State
* www.theocracywatch.org
* www.ffrf.org - Freedom from Religion Foundation
* www.hrc.org - Human Rights Campaign
* www.secular.org - Secular Coalition for America
* WWW.GODOFFMONEY.COM
Religious Tolerance
* www.religioustolerance.org
Spirituality / Pantheism
* www.pantheism.net
Satire/Humor
* www.invisiblepinkunicorn.com - Invisible Pink Unicorn
* www.venganza.org - Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
* www.normalbobsmith.com - Satire, Depraved Humor
* www.thebricktestament.com - The Bible Illustrated in Lego Art - Hilarious!
* http://www.edkrebs.com/herb/index.htm - HERB - had enough religious bullshit?
Evolution
* www.talkorigins.org - Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
* www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/humankind/ - Human Evolution
* www.evolutionhappens.net
* www.explore-evolution.unl.edu/ - The Nebraska Museum's exhibit on evolution
* www.darwinday.org - Darwin Day
Secular Groups for Help with Addiction
* http://www.cfiwest.org/sos/index.htm - Secular Organizations for Sobriety
* www.rational.org - Rational Recovery
* www.smartrecovery.org - SMART Recovery
