The goals of this group are fourfold:

1) To promote and practice a healthy skepticism in all things, including the open, rational, and scientific examination of the universe and our place in it.

2) To promote a humanistic morality based on reason and compassion for others, rather than on holy books or divine revelation.

3) To foster tolerance and understanding for people who have a secular worldview through education, and to provide a community for atheists, agnostics, humanists, and other secularists.

4) To advocate for the separation of church and state.

SSM is an affiliate of the Secular Student Alliance: http://www.secularstudents.org/

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WHAT DOES "SECULAR" MEAN?

A simple definition of "secular" is "not religious". More specifically, secularists reject belief in the supernatural, the divine authority of certain people or texts, etc. Secularists don't all agree on everything, and they may consider themselves atheists, agnostics, skeptics, deists, humanists, jews, unitarians, or many others, but they all have secular worldviews. (read less)

The goals of this group are fourfold:

1) To promote and practice a healthy skepticism in all things, including the open, rational, and scientific examination of the universe and our place in it.

2) To promote a humanistic morality based on reason and compassion for others, rather than on holy books or divine revelation.

3) To foster tolerance and understanding for people who have a secular worldview through education, and to provide a community for atheists, agnostics, humanists, and other... (read more)