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We are a collection of humanists at Lancaster University who wish to create an official society promoting humanism in all of its forms. This group's initial aim is to gather support for the establishment of this society, and to form a solid base of members on which it can operate. We understand that humanist principles cannot, and maybe should not, be monopolised by just secular standpoints, and therefore wish to be open to students of all religious backgrounds.
We hope to provide an influential ethical perspective on campus without the need for religion.
We hope to provide an area for people to engage in discussion over ethics and society.
We hope to host engaging lectures on a variety of topics with prestigious guest speakers.
We aim to be an official affiliate of the British Humanist Society.
We hope to be an inclusive secular presence on campus performing many charitable roles which are currently provided by religious organisations, from hosting quiet nights during freshers week for those who do not wish to drink, to staging charity events.
We also wish to engage religious societies in debates over topical and ethical issues.
And of course, we aim to have a varied and inclusive social calender.
We hope to provide an influential ethical perspective on campus without the need for religion.
We hope to provide an area for people to engage in discussion over ethics and society.
We hope to host engaging lectures on a variety of topics with prestigious guest speakers.
We aim to be an official affiliate of the British Humanist Society.
We hope to be an inclusive secular presence on campus performing many charitable roles which are currently provided by religious organisations, from hosting quiet nights during freshers week for those who do not wish to drink, to staging charity events.
We also wish to engage religious societies in debates over topical and ethical issues.
And of course, we aim to have a varied and inclusive social calender.
If you wish to join our society, or even just the LUHA mailing list, please message us with your email address and we'll add you to our system.
Visit our blog to see articles written by Lancaster students. If you would like to contribute, just send an article you've written to either the facebook page or luhumanists@gmail.com , and we'll upload it unedited. It can be a topical item or it could be a feature, be creative.
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We are a small group of Lancaster students from different years who wish to set up a humanist society. This society does not intend to be exclusively atheist or agnostic, but instead to represent students from any background who have an interest in humanist thought. We have a series of aims for direction we currently intend the society to take. If successful, we wouldn’t be the normal humanist society which centres mainly around discussion with occasional activism, but instead to be a very active society in many fields including charity promotion, discussion of ethical issues, debates, and bringing experienced lecturers and public figures to speak on campus.
We predict that there will be different sects within the society, from the hard-line atheists to those who have religious faith in one form or another. However, we hope to bring everyone together under a consensus of rational discourse and free thinking. The last thing we want to do is be dogmatic, and attempt to provide a moral code to which we must all adhere.
We would love involvement from those who feel strongly about humanism, to those who are just curious of what it involves. At the same time we would encourage those who cant give up much time to join, as well as those who are really keen to have a strong involvement. The more people who join, the more we make a statement to LUSU that our society represents a large portion of the student population, it would also aid attempts to get higher profile speakers.
Here are a couple of our aims for the society:
We hope to provide an influential ethical perspective on campus without the need for religion.
We hope to provide an area for people to engage in discussion over ethics and society.
We hope to host engaging lectures on a variety of topics with prestigious guest speakers.
We aim to be an official affiliate of the British Humanist Society.
We hope to be an inclusive secular presence on campus performing many charitable roles which are currently provided by religious organisations, from hosting quiet nights during freshers week for those who do not wish to drink, to staging charity events.
We hope to provide an area for people to engage in discussion over ethics and society.
We hope to host engaging lectures on a variety of topics with prestigious guest speakers.
We aim to be an official affiliate of the British Humanist Society.
We hope to be an inclusive secular presence on campus performing many charitable roles which are currently provided by religious organisations, from hosting quiet nights during freshers week for those who do not wish to drink, to staging charity events.
We hope to promote the work of all charities across campus to a wider audience.
We also wish to engage religious societies in debates over topical and ethical issues.
And of course, we aim to have a varied and inclusive social calender.
If you wish to join our society, or even just the LUHA mailing list, please message us with your email address and we'll add you to our system:
If you wish to know more about us, join our facebook group:
Or alternatively, check out our blog, which we hope members would be willing to contribute to, in order to encourage well structured discourse over topical or general issues between Lancaster based students:
You can also follow us on twitter:
@LancUniHumanist
We hope to see you soon. We will hold our first meeting in Furness SCR at 3o’clock on Wednesday week 8 to see how many members we may have and what direction people feel the society should take.
Adam Henshall
President
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what do we think? continue discussion in comments and the post will be amended every time we come to a decision.
I think that generally this seems pretty cool though there may be a few things that might be worth considering.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that there is a need for the word 'like-minded' because no one has to think the same thing, though i see what you mean. it might just be a little confusing...
Also, i do not think that you need the part about the monopolisation of the Christian union. It could just be a case of changing it to say, as already provided by the Christian union, or just not mention it at all.
The rest of it seems pretty ace.
I'll comment on the email later, because im going out for a little bit now!
Billy :)
cool. i think you're right on those points. also my use of the word 'still' in the 2nd paragraph is grating on me because it implies we will destroy any remaining faith. which is not the aim of the organisation.
ReplyDeletei'll make some changes and repost it :)
Very good :)
ReplyDeleteAlso i am a bit unsure as to whether it is wise to say 'without the need for religion'. i think that maybe that could be changed to read something more like:
We hope to provide a non-bias, influential ethical perspective on campus.
But yeah, i really do like the email. i think more of that should be included on our info page! :)