http://www.iheu.org/calendar/feed IHEU upcoming events en http://www.iheu.org/node/3496 <p>Spring (Vernal) Equinox, northern hemisphere<br /> Autumnal Equinox, southern hemisphere</p> <p><em>See also</em> <a href="http://www.earthsite.org">http://www.earthsite.org</a></p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3496#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:31:27 -0500 admin 3496 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3493 <p>First Thursday in May each year; a counterweight to the National Day of Prayer.</p> <p>See <a href="http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/">http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/</a></p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3493#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:27:45 -0500 admin 3493 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3492 <p>Generally regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, David Hume (1711-1776) -- the last of the great triumvirate of "British empiricists" -- was also noted as an historian and essayist.</p> <p><a href="http://www.iheu.org/node/3492">read more</a></p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3492#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:26:06 -0500 admin 3492 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3505 <p>See <a href="http://www.wri-irg.org/co/15may.htm" target="_blank">this page</a>.</p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3505#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:53 -0500 admin 3505 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3502 <p>World <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/257"><acronym title="A person who adheres to or advocates humanism, a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives.">Humanist</acronym></a> Day is celebrated annually on June 21 throughout the world.</p> <p>Marking the day is a way to spread information and combat misinformation about the positive aspects of <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/203"><acronym title="Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality. See also the Amsterdam Declaration.">Humanism</acronym></a> as a philosophical life stance and means to effect change in the world.</p> <p><a href="http://www.iheu.org/node/3502">read more</a></p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3502#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:58:11 -0500 admin 3502 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3501 <p>This day was proposed by the International Committee against Stoning at the International Conference against Stoning, held in Naples, Italy on September 26, 2003, and was endorsed by the conference. July 11 should be the day on which people around the world reaffirm their rejection of stoning.</p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3501#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:57:24 -0500 admin 3501 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/iheu-general-assembly <p><em>See</em> the Notice for full details<a href="/notice-iheu-general-assembly-7-8-august-2010-hyderabad-india"></a></p> http://www.iheu.org/iheu-general-assembly#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:52:04 -0500 admin 3813 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3516 <p>Colonel Robert G Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) was an American political leader and orator, noted for his broad range of culture and his defence of atheism.</p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3516#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:08:15 -0500 admin 3516 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3515 <p>A strong international organisation is essential to increase the world-wide impact of <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/203"><acronym title="Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality. See also the Amsterdam Declaration.">Humanism</acronym></a> and to ensure that the world <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/257"><acronym title="A person who adheres to or advocates humanism, a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives.">Humanist</acronym></a> community benefits fully from the achievements of all its members. The <acronym title="IHEU builds and represents the global humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes humanist values world-wide. Founded in in 1952, IHEU is the sole world umbrella organisation for humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide. "><a class="" href="/glossary/term/407?Array">International Humanist and Ethical Union</a></acronym> (<a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/204"><acronym title="IHEU builds and represents the global humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes humanist values world-wide. Founded in in 1952, IHEU is the sole world umbrella organisation for humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide.">IHEU</acronym></a>) is the international organisation for Humanism.</p> <p><a href="http://www.iheu.org/node/3515">read more</a></p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3515#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:07:23 -0500 admin 3515 at http://www.iheu.org http://www.iheu.org/node/3514 <p>Autumnal Equinox, Northern Hemisphere<br /> Spring (Vernal) Equinox, Southern Hemisphere</p> http://www.iheu.org/node/3514#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:06:44 -0500 admin 3514 at http://www.iheu.org