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I'm the opposite - I miss the community and its events. There's a growing Humanist community where I live precisely for that reason. The vast majority of the po
by dd9990 11y ago
I'm the opposite - I miss the community and its events. There's a growing Humanist community where I live precisely for that reason. The vast majority of the population are Catholic so life revolves around Catholic rituals, whether we like it or not. It's great to have secular alternatives for marriages, funerals and baptisms.
- brandonmenc 11y agoI attend both religious and secular weddings and funerals, and no one seems to be missing a beat. As an agnostic, I've never thought, "we need an alternative." That probably has to do with the fact that marriages and funerals, even religious ones, are already highly personal, custom affairs. > secular alternatives for [...] baptisms An initiation ceremony for secularism? I find that bizarre.
- rch 11y agosecularism begins at conception :)
- dd9990 11y ago>An initiation ceremony for secularism? Nothing of the sort. It's a secular christening, .i.e. a party for friends and relatives after the baby is born. I think some European Humanist groups call them naming ceremonies but I haven't been to anything that formal.
- ptx 11y agoYes, my parents (who are not religious) did that when my siblings and I were born – a "naming party". I don't think there was any actual ritual or any organization involved, though.
- hiphipjorge 11y agoWhere do you live? What are the alternatives for someone who's curious about these communities?
- dd9990 11y agoIreland. The main humanist group [1] is in Dublin but there's a few smaller groups popping up, for example in Cork [2]. It's mostly an excuse for a chat over pints, but there's also some campaigning, e.g. for a secular education system. [1] http://www.humanism.ie http://www.humanism.ie [2] http://corkhumanists.weebly.com/ http://corkhumanists.weebly.com/