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No, it’s not the Unitarians. In the Salt Lake Tribune, “Godless ‘congregations’ planned for humanists<\/a>.” Just another sign the religious landscape is changing.<\/p>\n

The monthly schedule is church-like, with its parenting classes, guest speakers and small group meetings to hash out shared beliefs. But God isn’t part of this Cambridge congregation.<\/p>\n

Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain at Harvard University, is building a God-free model of community that he hopes helps humanists increase in numbers and influence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, it’s not the Unitarians. In the Salt Lake Tribune, “Godless ‘congregations’ planned for humanists.” Just another sign the religious landscape is changing. The monthly schedule is church-like, with its parenting classes, guest speakers and small group meetings to hash out shared beliefs. But God isn’t part of this Cambridge congregation. 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