In May we asked what is your ultimate concern, your ultimate question and answer, the center of your being? But we didn't get to the second part: some version of God has been central through human history -- what takes the place of God in a secular society? If not God...
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9/24 Bohm Dialogue — What Replaces God in Secular Society?
In May we asked what is your ultimate concern, your ultimate question and answer, the center of your being? But we didn't get to the second part: some version of God has been central through human history -- what takes the place of God in a secular society? If not God...
Spirituality and Personal Development Book Group
Our next get-together: Saturday, September 16 at 10:30am at FPS For our September meeting, we will be discussing "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer. Here is one description of the book: "Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted...
Spirituality and Personal Development Book Group
Our next get-together: Saturday, June 17 10:30am at FPS We got together for our first meeting on May 20, with great enthusiasm and lots of ideas for future books to read. The book we chose to read (or begin) by June 17 is "Dying to Be Me" by Anita Moorjani. This is a...
5/21 Bohm Dialogue — Your Ultimate Question — and Answer?
What is your ultimate concern, your ultimate question and answer, the center of your being? Some version of God has been central through human history -- what takes the place of God in a secular society? If not God then what? Join us to listen to what others think and...
4/23 Bohm Dialogue — A Sustainable World and Human Nature
What would it take to live sustainably on planet Earth and are humans capable of it? Humans obviously have to reduce pollution and consumption of resources to sustainable levels and give Earth's ecosystems, oceans and atmosphere space and time to recover. But that's...
2/19 Bohm Dialogue — Idealism
For this month we chose the topic: idealism /aɪˈdɪəˌlɪzəm/ noun 1. belief in or pursuance of ideals 2. the tendency to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are 3. any of a group of philosophical doctrines that share the monistic view that...
1/15 Bohm Dialogue — Heaven (on earth) or a Discussion of Same?
The old joke goes: "A Unitarian Universalist dies, and on the way to the after-life encounters a fork in the road. The left path has a sign “To Heaven” and the right has a sign “To a Discussion about Heaven” Without pausing, the UU turns right." In January you will...
12/11 Bohm Dialogue — How Do We Decide How to Vote
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. - Tony Snow Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid. -...
11/13 Bohm Dialogue — Automation and Us
All in all, I don't think robots and greater automation can bring about a utopian world as I imagined it would as a kid 50 years ago. - Stanley Druckenmiller Last month we had a very fruitful discussion about how we feel about Christian elements in UU services and...