Humanist Association

The Leisure World Humanist Association will meet Sunday July 2, in Clubhouse 3, Room 1, at 10:20 a.m.

The guest speaker will be author and religious scholar Bill Zuersher. The title of his talk will be “Consciousness: Brains, Minds and Souls.”

How is consciousness possible? Is consciousness the preserve of human beings only, or do animals, plants and even electrons participate? Can a rational worldview accommodate someone’s everyday concepts of the self, or does a person have a God-given soul to account for their subjective experience, free will and rationality?

Zuersher is an activist for the separation of church and state and the author of “Seeing through Christianity: a Critique of Beliefs and Evidence.” His interest in religion derives from a concern about the role of faith-based beliefs in American politics. Rather than engage in public policy debate about multiple disparate issues, Zuersher has focused on the root cause of all of them.

The Leisure World Humanist Association attempts to provide a forum for topics of interest and relevance for the community.

—Dave Silva