Nonbelievers striving for humanist connections

[rug]

By Mary Carmichael
Globe Staff / October 17, 2011

On a recent Sunday, as millions of Americans met to celebrate their belief in God, 18 people met in Harvard Square to celebrate their lack of religious conviction.

They had come, as they do most weekends, for meditation, philosophical jousting, and a potluck lunch led by Harvard University’s humanist chaplain, Greg Epstein.

Call it organized irreligion.

“Sometimes,’’ he said, “the discussion at these meetings can get pretty heated. That’s just our version of ‘Amen.’ ’’

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/17/harvard_universitys_humanist_chaplain_founds_a_church_for_the_churchless/