Steinbach Outreach 2018
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What’s Wrong with Private Schools?
We welcome back guest speaker Steve Lecce from the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the U of M, to address the issue of public funding for private schools in Manitoba. Did you know that public money accounts for over 90% of the funding of some private schools? (Winnipeg Free Press, 02 December 2017) The Al-Hijara Islamic school is funded at 99.7%; Poplar Point Colony School at 98.9%; and Lakeside Christian School (Killarney) at 93.2% - just to name…
Find out more »HAAM and Eggs Brunch
Our monthly casual get-together is a great way to meet and get to know your fellow HAAMsters. New? Curious about who we are and what we do? Come and ask us. Everyone’s welcome. New! If you’re not sure who to look for when you get to the restaurant, tell the hostess you’re looking for the group from HAAM (pronounced HAM). We’ll also have a sign on the table with our logo (shown at right). It’s not essential to RSVP, but…
Find out more »Stealing Reason: Christianity’s Theft of Human Values
click to enlarge If you look through collections of Christian apologetics you will inevitably find people claiming that Christians ended slavery and that Christianity is responsible for the scientific revolution. Whenever we have a moral or scientific advancement, you will find some Christian somewhere claiming that it was their god and his followers who initiated it and/or were responsible for it. On the contrary, the modus operandi throughout history is that, believing God to be on their side, Christian sects…
Find out more »HAAM and Eggs Brunch
Note that this brunch is on Saturday. Our monthly casual get-together is a great way to meet and get to know your fellow HAAMsters. New? Curious about who we are and what we do? Come and ask us. Everyone’s welcome. New! If you’re not sure who to look for when you get to the restaurant, tell the hostess you’re looking for the group from HAAM (pronounced HAM). We’ll also have a sign on the table with our logo (shown at…
Find out more »Steinbach Outreach 2018
Hey everybody - it’s summertime (almost), and that means Outreach season. With more volunteers we can do more Outreach. This year HAAM plans to attend three summer festivals, starting with Summer in the City in Steinbach. We are thrilled with the growth of the Eastman Humanist Community, and their volunteers will be largely staffing the booth this year. One might ask “isn’t outreach just evangelizing Humanism?" To that I say “not a chance.” Many people are tacit Humanists - they’ve…
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