North Quabbin Humanist Society

03/27/2026

The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

Gene Roddenberry

01/16/2026

Issac Asimov, 1980.

01/16/2026

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing mounting criticism from faith leaders and civil liberties groups over claims that he is attempting to impose a narrow form of Christianity within the armed forces, raising concerns about religious freedom and pluralism.

02/27/2025

A Humanist is someone who always tries to do the right thing, even though no-one is watching.
Rick Gervais

02/20/2025

The Pew Research Center survey shows a major discrepancy between our people and our Republican-controlled government

02/20/2025

One ought always to ask oneself what would happen if everyone did as one is doing.
John-Paul Sartre

01/29/2025

The good news from Thailand!

Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding events

01/25/2025

Take just a moment NOW to urge your representative to join the Congressional Freethought Caucus (CFC).
Co-chaired by Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the CFC is the gathering place for every Member of Congress who wants to lead the fight for church-state separation - whether they’re Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or Humanists.
Here’s why our work to establish and build the Congressional Freethought Caucus matters:
• It’s our way of bringing together the national leaders who care most about church-state separation, and making sure they have the information they need to defend it.
• It helps us demonstrate that church-state separation is an issue supported by people of all faiths - not just humanists and atheists.
• It helps us encourage Members of Congress to advance legislation and advocacy that protects nonreligious people - both in the US and worldwide.
The more members we have in the Congressional Freethought Caucus, the stronger our movement for true religious freedom in America will be.
And your Member of Congress is most likely to join the CFC if they hear from their constituents - from you.

01/23/2025

Sunday Assembly is an interesting idea.

A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community – serving many of the same purposes as religious churches.

01/23/2025

Bare-bones explanation of Secular Humanism.
From the page...
In 1851 George Holyoake coined the term "secularism"[13] to describe "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with questions, the issues of which can be tested by the experience of this life"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

01/11/2025

I was never a religious person. I had friends who were and even explored a few beliefs myself…Christianity, Buddhism, Wicca, Norse, Pagamism, Mithras, and the Great Spirit to name a few. The one th…