Today’s Platform speaker was Gordon MacInness, President of the New Jersey Policy Perspective, a Trenton based think tank and one of the best sources I know for a progressive analysis […]
Platform (Gathering) Meetings
Everyone is welcome to attend our Sunday morning gatherings!
They are held at 11 AM (10:30 am in summer) in our building and also on Zoom. Non-members may obtain the Zoom link by emailing [email protected]. Our thought-provoking platform addresses cover a wide range of subjects relating to ethics in modern life.
Our speakers offer thoughts related to the philosophy of humanism or share their experiences and commitments in the struggle to foster peace, justice, economic fairness and racial and religious harmony.
The Ethical Culture Leader of Bergen County speaks on the first Sunday of each month, occasionally on the differences between Ethical Culture and other religious movements. Sometimes our meetings take the form of interviews or group discussions. Three times a year, special celebrations are held in conjunction with the children of the Sunday School.
Music, small discussions, coffee and socializing are also important elements of our Sunday morning experience.
If you would like to sample our programs before visiting (or if you are too far to visit) you may also choose from a large selection of our content on YouTube.com/EthicalFocus.
The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County welcomes people of all races, ethnic origins, religious backgrounds, and sexual orientations. The Society has a barrier-free front entrance.
Selected Addresses by Guest Speakers
New family inducted as members & Joe Chuman’s talk, “Is Nothing Sacred?”
Today we inducted a new family as members of the Society: Lindsay Siegal and Matt Kelley and their children, Toby and Geoffrey. We welcome them to our humanist community. In […]
What Can You Believe If You Don’t Believe in God?
By Michael Werner I grew up in an area so Catholic that I had never met anyone or didn’t even know anyone who wasn’t Catholic. One day a Protestant family […]
Reflections on “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?”
Friends, Michael Werner, past President of the American Humanist Association, gave a moving talk today entitled, “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?” which is also the title of […]
Reflections on Michael Thompson’s Talk on “Science, Technology and the Rise and Fall of Democratic Culture”
Friends, Today’s speaker was Michael Thompson who gave an absolutely fascinating talk entitled, “Science, Technology and the Rise and Fall of Democratic Culture”. Prof. Thompson took a fairly recondite topic, what is […]
Ethical Culture and the Vitalization of American Democracy
By Dr. Joseph Chuman We are inundated by a spate of books and a tsunami of articles, popular and learned, issuing their warnings about the decline of democracy in America. […]