This group has been sending Berkshire Humanists their Newsletters and we have been reciprocating. How do you feel about a more formal twinning arrangement?. It seems to be the near equivalent of our Thames Valley group.

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1. Humanism and its Aspirations: Humanist Manifesto III
   A summary of HM III is below. We’d like you to read the full version, and hope that you’ll contribute your endorsement, at
2. http://www.americanhumanist.org/3/HumandItsAspirations.htm
3. Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
   The following manifests a consensus of what we believe:
   O Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis.
   O Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change.
   O Ethical values are derived from human need and interest as tested by experience.
   O Life’s fulfillment emerges from individual participation in the service of humane ideals.
   O Humans are social by nature and find meaning in relationships.
   O Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.
   We work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society and find that humanity has the ability to progress towards its highest ideals. The responsibility for our lives and the kind of world in which we live is ours and ours alone.

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From one of their reports :-

Our Humanist Community now has the chance to play an important role in promoting humanism.