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As mature adults Sherron and I have always viewed the “mind” as having a basis in the material world and the material processes of the brain as lending us our sense of selves and awareness of the world outside of our selves. For example: music, language, images and mathematics are “real.” They are brain processes within us which may be used to connect us to the broader world outside of us. They can transform the world and our experience of the world and one another. Humanism or freethought has optimism (O.K., maybe it is faith) about our nature and our ability to understand it and the universe in which we exist. We don’t experience a “god shaped hole” or lack of meaningfulness. Indeed, the failure of the “God Construct” to satisfactorily explain the greater reality of our experience and the universe around us, likely gives us our sense of meaning. We don’t need God, but we do love filling in God’s gaps!
Freethought: Filling in the God Gaps Fountain Street Church Sermon: 8/19/2007 Sherron and I found our way into Fountain Street Church 25 years ago with David Rankin’s arrival and found ourselves sitting in the left balcony looking across at DaVinci,… More »West Michigan Freethought Group on the Move
The West Michigan Freethought Association is making big changes. This thriving group of skeptics, non-believers and freethinkers in West Michigan has now become the official Michigan chapter of the Center for Inquiry, an international organization whose purpose is “to promote and defend reason, science, and freedom of inquiry in all areas of human endeavor.” This is a major step for an organization that has grown from only a few members to several hundred over the last decade.
West Michigan Freethought Group on the Move Ed Brayton Wednesday, October 3, 2007 The West Michigan Freethought Association is making big changes. This thriving group of skeptics, non-believers and freethinkers in West Michigan has now become the official Michigan chapter… More »
