1996 Newsletters

Music and the Art of Panhandling Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune This is a short summary of a lecture presented by Ardean Watts at the December meeting of Humanists of Utah. "…As I left Abravanel Hall following a recent concert, I...

Utah Centennial A record crowd turned out for the January 11th Humanists of Utah meeting. The enthusiastic response to Ken Verdoia's presentation regarding the Utah Struggle for Statehood indicated no one was disappointed. The senior director...

Feminist Economics Nilufer Cagatay, assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah, discussed the feminist movement at the February meeting of the Humanists of Utah. Professor Cagatay has participated in several international women's...

Religious Humanism April 1996 What is Religious Humanism? I can offer here only the sketchiest outline of the most salient features of this distinctive approach to religion, which originated in the U.S. among Unitarians at about the time...

Theodicy? The Idiocy! An airplane faltered, then fell from the sky;Eighty-nine died. A collective sigh,"It's God's will."A terrible flood, but all were savedby rescuers strong, fearless and brave."It's God's will."A child was starved, beaten,...

Earl Wunderli My Journey to Humanism I frankly don't know why I became a humanist. By this I mean that I have three younger brothers, and of the four boys, the middle two are active in the LDS church, while the youngest one and I have left...

Sandy Usry My Journey to Humanism Although I am not afraid of death, I am terrified of public speaking! Now you are in store for more information than you ever wanted to know about me! I guess I will start at the beginning. I was born October...

Scientific Thinking The following is a summary of Dr. Sherman Dickman's lecture to the Humanists of Utah at our July meeting. His subject was, "The Scientific Perspective: A New Way of Thinking for the non-Scientist." Science has been a...

Hugh Gillilan My Journey to Humanism Hugh came to humanism from a rather orthodox Christian background. As a child he attended a variety of Christian churches and says his fondest memories of his early religious experiences was the robust...

Marie Springer My Journey to Humanism Marie's pampered childhood made it easy for her to become a Humanist! She explained that she had a fortunate childhood, being much loved, her every wish granted by adults who adored her and respected...

Women's Rights in Utah "Women in Utah have made significant contributions to our nation's struggle for sexual political equality." That was Dr. Carol Madsen's core message when she spoke to our October 10th public meeting. Dr. Madsen, professor...

Courage to Live "Our society would rather lock people up than help them," said Glen Lambert, director of Odyssey House, when he spoke to the November meeting of the Humanists of Utah. Director Lambert said treatment programs for substance abusers...