Glos Humanists

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With X now stopping free access to XPro, we will be temporarily ceasing our Thought for the Day until we can find a suitable alternative.

"Enforced religion breeds precisely what it most fears: rebellion against religion, cynicism about religion, skepticism about its claims, and, as a consequence, indifference at best or outright antipathy at worst.” Langdon Gilkey #GlosHumsTftD

"Humanism involves far more than the negation of supernaturalism. It requires an affirmative philosophy ... translated into a life devoted to one’s own improvement and the service of all mankind." Corliss Lamont #GlosHumsTftD

"Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would anyone want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?" Sam Harris #GlosHumsTftD

"If there is anything worth fearing in the world, it is living in such a way that gives one cause for regret in the end." A.C. Grayling #GlosHumsTftD

"... the extraordinary fact of existence ... the existence of life. This breathtakingly powerful process, which is natural selection, has managed to take the very simple facts of physics and chemistry and build them up to redwood trees and humans." Richard Dawkins #GlosHumsTftD

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" Carl Sagan #GlosHumsTftD

"Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead." Kurt Vonnegut Jr. #GlosHumsTftD

"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." Anne Lamott #GlosHumsTftD

"An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support." John Buchan #GlosHumsTftD

"We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us but for ours to amuse them." Evelyn Waugh #GlosHumsTftD

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius Antoninus #GlosHumsTftD

"Strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true." Matthew M (via ReThink Prize) #GlosHumsTftD

"We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned." Lyman Abbott #GlosHumsTftD

"The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it." Oscar Wilde #GlosHumsTftD

If you would like further information on these events, please feel free to visit our MeetUp page (meetup.com/Gloucestershir…) or drop us a line here. Further information on our group can be found at: glos.humanist.org.uk

We have a bumper schedule of upcoming events, including: 13/08: Online breakfast; 27/08: In-person breakfast (Cheltenham); 03/09: Summer Picnic and Bake Sale (Stroud); 10/09: Online breakfast; 14/09: Zoom Talk: On Youth Homelessness; and 24/09: In-person breakfast (Cheltenham)

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." Maya Angelou #GlosHumsTftD