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Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

Thu 21st September 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Free

Lunchtime Debating Club – September 2023

by | Sep 4, 2023

Dine, Discuss, and Debate in a friendly environment!

Join us for our popular Lunchtime debating Club for an afternoon of friendly conversation whilst dining at a local restaurant.

Our next meeting will discuss two articles:

  • Is Preaching Ever the Right Thing to Do? by Nick Green
  • Naming Secular Liberal Humanism by Roger Heppleston

The topics we’ll be discussing can be seen on the Reading Humanists web page: Debating Club – Reading Humanists. You can also read previous contributions and make comments to join in the discussion.

We’ll be informally discussing ideas about human progress, social issues, and human fallibility. If you’re open minded, enjoy a good debate, and interested to learn from the ideas of others, come along to dine and discuss in a local pub. We believe that everyone has something valuable to contribute to the conversation and we would love for you to be a part of it.

The discussion will cover any socially relevant issue. Participants will decide on the topics for discussion based on their interests. From evolution to anthropology, from economics to psychology, from the environment to . . . anything that catches your interest.

If you want to contribute, we’d ask you to prepare something that has fired up your imagination. Contributions might be sharing ideas from a book or article you’ve read, or simply an idea that you’ve researched. Individuals will submit a written summary of their idea before the meal.

On the day, the group will question, debate, and assess the implications. If you want to come along to listen and comment, that’s fine too. The aim is to engage a group of like-minded people who enjoy understanding and challenging each other’s ideas.

David Good (Reading Humanists)

Roger Heppleston (Windsor Humanists)

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Date:
Thu 21st September 2023
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.meetup.com/reading-humanists/events/295893004

Organiser

Humanists in Berkshire

Venue

The Shinfield Arms
Shinfield Road
Reading, RG2 9BP United Kingdom
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