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Berry goes “Beyond The Grave”, so we don’t have to!

In December, fellow NOSHAins Rose and Chad, and my wife, Sharon, ventured down to the Victory Fellowship Church on Airline Highway to watch the “multi-media” production, “Beyond the Grave” (add an echo effect). The show is basically a play with some video excerpts channeled through a massive sound system, defective sound system I might add, that is designed to scare Billy Hell out of teenagers and perhaps even younger minds judging by the audience. I know you’re probably asking […]

Nye Deserves Thumbs Up

In spite of criticism from scientists and secularists, who advised that debating a creationist just gives a bully pulpit to mental defectives, February 4th’s debate between Creation Museum Director Ken Ham and “Science Guy” Bill Nye was a secular success. Nye did a good job of sticking to the facts, and although he probably went quickly above the heads of his largely creationist audience, he managed to score some key points in favor of logic and observation. Just as importantly, […]

What I Believe

Former NOSHA board member Will Hunn recently read this personal essay at our January 2014 meeting. *********************************** It seems particularly appropriate to me for two reasons to have at this point in my life an opportunity to make a statement of what I believe. The first reason is that, at 42, I have entered into what is commonly referred to as “middle age,” and by now should have formed some definite opinions. The second reason—the more important one—relates back to […]

Selling Out the Good Way!

If you buy from Amazon, then you can support NOSHA by using this link. NOSHA will get credit for the sale if the URL you used to get to Amazon.com contains our identifying tag. This is true whether or not you can see the whole URL on the screen. You can use the link here or go to to the button at the upper right corner of the NOSHA.INFO website, both contain the correct identifying tag and ought to work fine. […]

Greenberger Delivers Humanist Invocation at New Orleans City Council Meeting

We’re very proud that Harry Greenberger, NOSHA president emeritus, was invited to give the invocation at a regular meeting of the New Orleans City Council on September 26, 2013! He has been a guest on several occasions to deliver proclamations for Day of Reason 2012 and Darwin Day in 2010. You can see his presentation below. Bravo, Harry!

There’s Always Room for Research

Child Cognition Lab at Boston University is conducting a study that compares how religious vs. non-religious adults think about nature. They have collected data from religious participants and now need non-religious participants to make the comparison. Would you be interested in helping us with our research?Your participation in this research is voluntary. If you decide to participate, the participation only requires you to visit our study webpage to look at a series of pictures and make judgments about them, and then complete […]

Are You a February Baby?

Harry wanted to pass along this interesting information that he dug up from CNN about what the summer solstice really means for our recent NOSHA picnic: (CNN) — In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice has a history of stirring libidos, and it’s no wonder. The longest day of the year tends to kick off the start of the summer season and with it, the harvest. So it should come as no surprise that the solstice is linked to fertility — […]

The Bible and Sex….a non-theist review

This year NOSHA Vice-President, Jim Dugan, attended the annual Greer-Heard Forum. This is his report: ******************** The 2013 Greer-Heard Forum took place at the Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans on February 15th and 16th. The forum is an annual event designed to present a diversity of opinions on broad religious issues, and often includes a point-counterpoint between a theist and a non-theist. This year’s forum was probably of less interest to most non-believers, as the various […]

By Any Other Name….Vouchers Wouldn’t Smell Sweet

By Jim Dugan, NOSHA Board Member If you’re not up on Louisiana’s new voucher system, let me start by filling in a few details. The voucher program is supposed to expand parental choice as to which schools their kids can go to. A parent who wants to send his or her child to a private school can get a voucher for a fixed amount from the state. The parent can give the voucher to the school in payment or partial […]

There’s still time to attend the AHA conference!

If you have delayed registering for the American Humanist Conference in New Orleans, here are the rates for June 7-10. If you want to attend but can’t swing the full registration, there’s an “a la carte” price list: $179 = Full Registration Only (access to all breakout sessions, no meals) $60 = Day Pass (access to all breakout sessions for one day, no meals) $20 = Single Session Pass, Award Ceremony Pass (attendance at one session or one award ceremony, no […]