Cracking the Codes

Freethinkers and Humanists of Colorado Springs

Saturdays, May 30 through mid-July, 2020

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Mountain Time

Online

Please join us to watch and discuss!

"Cracking The Codes asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity."

Pikes Peak Atheists and Pikes Peak Atheist Families

Recovering From Religion MONTHLY Meeting

VIRTUAL

Please visit the Pikes Peak Atheists and Pikes Peak Atheist Families Meetup page at https://www.meetup.com/Pikes-Peak-Atheists-and-Pikes-Peak-Atheist-Families/ for login information about this and other online events.

Freethinkers and Humanists of Colorado Springs

Secular Sunday Brunch

Online

Every Sunday, 9:30-11:30 AM

In Person

1:00-3:00 PM

7344 North Academy Blvd.

Goodbye Jan Brazill

Jan Brazill, a lifelong voice for women’s rights and for separation of church and state passed away on May 15th 2020 at the age of 93. Jan was a long-time member and enthusiastic supporter of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs.

Respect for Whose Life?

by Jan Brazill

March 1, 2017

Our newly elected president has just rushed to reinstate the “Mexico City policy,” otherwise known as the “global gag rule.” This prevents non-governmental organizations working abroad from receiving federal funding for family planning if they perform abortions or even talk to their clients about abortion. (The rule applies even though clinics are prohibited from using US funds for abortions anyway.)

Freethinkers of Colorado Springs

Potluck Social

Second Saturday of Each Month

6:00 to 9:00 pm

We apologize, but due to Colorado's statewide "safer at home" executive order, this Freethinkers of Colorado Springs event is cancelled until further notice.

TAKING ACTION

by Jim "Hawk" Hawkins

We are aware of the urgencies facing our nation and the world. The American Humanist Association publishes resolutions on key issuesⁱ which address the critical issues of climate change, affirming human rights, fighting for voting rights and the equal rights amendment for women’s equality, and protecting ourselves (especially our children) from gun violence. Such urgencies cause a variety of responses from each of us, from indifference to protest to outright civic disobedience, and the activity of the people will range from apathy to activism.

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The Freethinkers of Colorado Springs accept points of view verified by engineering, logic, mathematics, and science and advocate the use of reason, defend the separation of church and state, and support interpersonal dialogue, non-violence, human rights, civil rights, reproductive rights, and equality for all.

In this context, please remember to remain "safer at home" by minimizing time spent in public settings, wearing a respiratory mask when in public settings, maintaining social distance, and washing your hands regularly (especially after returning from public settings).

Please also review the scientific and public health information below

Propaganda, Prejudice, and Pragmatism

by Groff Schroeder

It is documented fact that the United States is enduring ongoing, sophisticated enemy propaganda attack designed to divide the American people against ourselves and destroy our trust in the institutions of American government. Simultaneously, we face serious problems, including accelerating environmental degradation, unresponsive leadership, and the painful sequelae of centuries of systemic racial prejudice and violence. Meanwhile, global pandemic aids the forces attempting to destroy America from within.

God’s Words?

by David Eckert

     Many religious belief systems represent their gods as benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent, and their religion's holy texts as "the word of God."

Fear, Faith, and Reason (edited)

by Groff Schroeder

Human bodies respond to threats trough the involuntary "stress response," a cascade of biochemical events that ready the body for "fight or flight" type activities. The release of adrenaline and other hormones increases muscle tone, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure in anticipation of physical exertion, and induces "tunnel vision" and hyper-vigilance that improve the ability to focus.

Triumph of Reason: the Vaccine

by Groff Schroeder

Living things are made of cells, highly complex, microscopic biochemical systems about one tenth the diameter of a human hair. Some organisms (like bacteria) exist as single cells, while complex organisms (like us) have multicellular biochemistry in which groups of cells work together. Bacteria can cause infectious diseases that interfere with nearby cells, clog up biological systems, and release toxins. Because bacteria are living things, chemicals that prevent them from reproducing (antibiotics) can overcome bacterial infections over time as individual bacteria eventually die off.

Humanist awakening

By Ken Burrows

The “Great Awakening” is a term used to describe the 18th century revival of religious activism and personal piety. It was often seen as a reaction to perceived Enlightenment secularism. Today a subtler “awakening” — a reversal of its namesake predecessor — is taking root as people drift away from religion. Surveys peg the U.S. percentage of people claiming “no religion” at about 25% and growing. The trend is most evident among younger age groups.

Some "Trial"

by Groff Schroeder

On July 27, 2016, a Candidate for President of the United States asked, "Russia, if you're listening..." on live television, requesting an enemy nation (to whom he apparently owes a great deal of money) to interfere in the election on his behalf. That particular nation was already engaged in a sophisticated propaganda attack on the United States designed to divide the American People against themselves and destroy the institutions of the American democratic republic. And Russia's dictator was listening and did interfere in the 2016 election in exactly the way he asked, and he became the 45th President of the United States. But that was just the first time he would ask a foreign nation for help getting elected - which is illegal under United States Code Title 52, Section 30121.