May 2011 Citywide Main Gathering

Our May 21 speaker will be Joe Zamecki, who is the Texas State Director for American Atheists and one of the three co-founders of Atheists Helping the Homeless, and has been an Atheist activist in Austin since 2006.

Joe's talk will be about protests of an annual National Day of Prayer event in Austin, expanding Atheists Helping the Homeless, and gathering ideas and help for future Atheist activist events in Texas.

Joe grew up in Houston and attended Holy Ghost School in Bellaire, and wrote a book about it, "Leaving the Quiet Room." Join us to take advantage of the chance to meet the author and purchase a signed copy!

Next HOH City-wide Main Gathering

Join us March 19, 2011 at Bayland Community Center for our main gathering beginning at 1:00. The address is 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas.

Our speaker will be Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. His topic will be "The Impact of Atheism on African American Religion."

Stop in a little early for refreshments and good conversation. We look forward to seeing you!

January 15 2011, Main Gathering

Join us January 15, 2011 at Bayland Community Center for our main gathering beginning at 1:00. The address is 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas.

Our newly elected Vice-President, Don Wright, will be making a presentation entitled "The State of the Union is not Great". He will also be discussing religion in the African American community.

Stop in a little early for refreshments and good conversation. We look forward to seeing you!

August city-wide Gathering

Please join Humanists of Houston for a presentation by Dr. Ed Uthman, who will be discussing Quackery. Ed has presented this information at the Houston Church of Freethought and is a very engaging and informed speaker - bring your questions, and be ready to learn about a fascinating topic!

Main Gathering Saturday, July 17

What would it be like to live in a truly secular country? A country where nonbelief is “normal, regular, mainstream, and common?” Does such a society create chaos and evil or does it succeed in spite of its godliness? These are the topics of sociologist Phil Zuckerman’s book Society without God in which he describes the year that he spent in Scandinavia seeking to understand how Denmark and Sweden became probably the least religious countries in the world, and possibly in the history of the world. Our fellow humanist and former HOH vice-president Dianne Vitaska will give a detailed report on Zuckerman’s book and lead a discussion afterwards.

HOH Main Gathering June 19 Saturday

This Saturday, we will be celebrating World Humanist Day. Please bring your favorite finger food or cookies and join us for fun, good food, and good conversation.

RSVP for this time only to whd-2010@hotmail.com due to limited space.

I hope to see you there!

Topic for the January 23 meeting is "Seven Common Misconceptions about Atheism.”

Please join us for a presentation on the topic of "Seven Common Misconceptions about Atheism" by Dr Keith Parsons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. (Dr. Parsons also did a well-received presentation for us last June.)

Critics of atheism have seldom treated it with anything approaching Christian charity--or even good manners. Probably no other doctrine has been so maliciously maligned. In this talk Dr. Parsons will consider and rebut seven of the most common charges against atheism and expose the prejudices lying behind them.

If you wish, read Keith Parsons's essay before the meeting at this web site: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/keith_parsons/misconceptions.html This may lead to a more lively discussion.

We look forward to seeing you at 1:00 at the Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet.Also, don't forget about our ongoing canned food drive. For more information, go to http://www.humanistsofhouston.org/cans.htm