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SUMMARY:Greater Pittsburgh Association of Deists and Agnostics April Meetin
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DESCRIPTION:Deism Meetups > Pittsburgh Secular Freethinkers\n\nFor April\, 
 we will discuss an article Suzanne suggested on the Christian humanist site
  called "Christianity without God."\n\nhttp://christianhumanist.net/intro.a
 spx\n\nI find the article\, and the idea of Christian humanism in general\,
  to be very interesting. I think that exploring Jesus' life and his example
  of standing up for the oppressed\, and valuing kindness and forgiveness ov
 er anger\, violence\, and judgment is useful if we can separate those thing
 s from the 2\,000 years of hypocrisy that have distorted and contradicted t
 hese teachings.\n\nIt seems that this type of thing happens with most organ
 ized religion--the message of the founder or significant religious figures 
 becomes significantly changed and abused by the institutions that base them
 selves on these people. And while I do not think that one needs to focus on
  Christianity or any particular religion\, we have talked about how ritual 
 and religious community can be beneficial. I believe that one can be an ath
 eist or agnostic and still be spiritual\, and that there are important thin
 gs that are a part of religion that are being left out by modern freethinke
 rs.\n\nI am interested in your thoughts on these issues. Can we base our li
 ves on the models of religious figures while still embracing a secular\, sk
 eptical\, freethinking worldview? Can we\, and should we\, develop a notion
  of "secular spirituality\," something that doesn't have to be limited by m
 etaphysical speculation and dogma\, but which brings together rationality a
 nd reason with the abstract\, the intangible\, the mysteries of existence t
 hat affect us even if we can't explain them?\n\n--Andrew\n\nPittsburgh\, PA
   15237 - USA\n\nWednesday\, April 9 at 7:00 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.me
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 etails: http://deism.meetup.com/103/calendar/7473318/
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