Welcome to the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara Website
Promoting Humanist Values and Critical Thinking on the South Coast
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We at the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara share the conviction that rational inquiry can provide the best foundation for human progress.
Explore our site to learn more about us, read our newsletters and check the calendar for future events.
Also, check out our links to other sites of interest to Humanists.
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For details of our upcoming events, or to hear audio of previous meetings, visit our calendar page.
News
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Next meeting,hear Barbara Forest talk about "Why the Term Academic Freedom is a Fraud, It Is a Disguise For Creationism"
Saturday May 19st at 2:30PM at Fe Bland Auditorium at SB City College
Click on the Photos link to check out our new photo album! If you have any questions about or suggestions for this album, contact Jim Balter at Jim@Balter.name
What is Humanism?
• Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion.
• Affirming the dignity of each human being, it supports individual liberty and opportunity consonant with social and planetary responsibility.
• It advocates the extension of democracy and the expansion of the open society, standing for human rights and social justice.
• Free of supernaturalism, it recognizes human beings as a part of nature and holds that values -- be they religious, ethical, social, or political -- have their source in human nature, experience, and culture.
• Humanism thus derives the goals of life from human needs and interests rather than from theological or ideological abstractions, and asserts that humanity must take responsibility for its own destiny.
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