EHST will celebrate humanism and friendship at Crossties Barbeque in Carrboro (201 E. Main St, NC 27510).  They serve BBQ and other items; here is their menu.  We welcome atheists, agnostics, deists, and other non and post theists as well as the merely curious to join us!

Dr. Haider Warraich, author of Modern Death, will speak about his book.  Dr. Warraich is a cardiologist at Duke University School of Medicine.  According to Goodreads.com, the book "uses science to understand death all the way from a cellular level to what it means to us as a society, uses research to trace our relationship […]

Gay conversion therapy has been touted by conservative Christians as an effective tool to reverse homosexuality, and is legal for use on minors in 41 states, with only nine states banning its use on minors.  "The Sunday Sessions" documentary film (94 min) by Richard Yeagley chronicles the turbulent journey of a religious gay man as […]

What have we learned, and what can we do, after seeing "The Sunday Sessions," last week's documentary film?  We will break into small groups to consider these two questions, and then reconvene, at which point each group will be given an opportunity to share its findings.  I should have included this link in previous announcements […]

Hal Herzog, author of "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals," will speak about the intersection of psychology, moral philosophy, and how we treat animals.  Mr. Herzog is a professor of psychobiology at Western Carolina University, and a leading expert on the psychology of […]