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JOSEPH R. SIMONETTA

HUMANIST Author/Speaker
Informed by science and void of supernatural beliefs, humanists seek to build a more humane, just, compassionate, and democratic society based on knowledge, experience, and reason.
Humanists seek to reduce ignorance and suffering, expand knowledge and justice, sustain and advance our civilization, and work for humanity to succeed as a species.

BOOKS FOR HUMANISTS, PROGRESSIVES, FREETHINKERS, AGNOSTICS, ATHEISTS, SKEPTICS, AND THE LIKE.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION

SCIENCE is a very formal, rigid, evidenced-based discipline that requires testing and retesting to arrive at its principles and theories.

WHAT IS RELIGION?

Religion may be defined as a belief in and worship of a god.

The notion of a god raises many questions and problems such as what and who’s god or goddess.

HARVARD, YALE, AND HUMANISM

When I studied at Yale and Harvard Divinity Schools (Master of Divinity, Harvard, ’93)...

FICTION, FANTASY, AND PROBLEM SOLVING

We advance technologically easily but not so socially, politically, or intellectually.