National Day of Reason, Thursday, 5th May 2022
Although this is mainly an American-based celebration, I think it's a rather good one for everyone internationally. It was originally created to give non-religious Americans an alternative to the National Day of Prayer, which has the status of being a statutory observance despite the secular obligations of the American constitution. So National Day of Reason is the secular equivalent for humanists, secularists, freethinkers, agnostics and atheists! 🥳🎊🎉🎊🎉🍰🧁🥧🥂 It's definitely a day for me, personally as well as a philosopher! I am all of the above, except that I am more specifically an Humanistic Jew as well as a secularist, freethinker and agnostic. I've discussed my stance on atheism, agnosticism, and freethinking in previous posts on this blog, as well as my being an Humanistic Jewish philosopher. As freethinkers, I think Spinoza, Shepherd (Mary) and Cavendish (Margaret) would be in on this celebratory day too! As well as Hume, J.S. Mill & Harriet Mill, Arend...