What does Humanists do at meetings?
These vary in content; some are talks by guest speakers; either prominent Humanists, a member who has a knowledge of Humanism in other countries, etc; a ceremonies worker talking about their work, or someone with strong ideas on Humanism in education, etc. Sometimes we have speakers on general social issues; such as Euthanasia, views on pornography, etc; and we may have discussion based seminars which are similar to speaker led events, but less formal, with more emphasis on questions and answers. We generally throw in lightweight subject matter between more serious subjects to stop ourselves getting pompous and over-serious. So some meetings are about humor, fun, Science Fiction, etc. Other meetings are purely social gatherings, parties, etc. Hopefully, there is something to please everyone. In Manchester, our meetings are public meetings, not just open to members of the group.
