I. Mexico, Cesar Verduga VÉLEZ, Latin-American Association of the Free Thought: I would like to congratulate you, as well as my old friend Antonio Vergara Lira and all those whoorganize the meeting at Oslo for an important initiative such as the creation of the InternationalAssociation of the Free Thought. Ten Read more…
Message of Greetings Dear Friends Free Thinkers, With this greeting, a great number of American Free Thinkers express their feelings, as they havesupported enthusiastically the Appeal for the foundation of the International Association of the FreeThought. While distance and some other difficulties have not facilitated our presence, theconveners know our Read more…
President of Secular Institute of Contemporary Studies of Argentina Life offers a number of pleasant situations. One of those situations was to prepare a contributionfor a high quality Congress such as the one we are attending. There are some difficulties, and the first attempt should be sufficient as well as Read more…
Secular Institute of Contemporary Studies (ILEC) The concept of the divine origin of power, founding postulancy of all religions, was defeated forgood on the American continent in the first half of the 19th century. Nevertheless the prevalence ofthe civil power in the governmental and public institutions’ decisions is neither an Read more…
Dear Friends of the International Association of Free Thinkers Since July 2010, I have had the pleasure of working in South America, by thespecial request of the Free Thinkers of France, to promote the above congress, asking for the advice of local free thinkers and for their support for this Read more…
A Councillor of a local authority in a small seaside town complained to us about prayers being on the agenda of meetings. He thought that they were inappropriate, finding it both uncomfortable and offensive to sit through listening to his colleagues invoking a higher power to guide the Council in Read more…
All political authors have asserted that the goal of any political society is happiness for the people. This happiness does not only mean complete satisfaction of the citizens’ human needs, but rather Liberty on all forms, and in the first place freedom of conscience, that is freedom to belief in Read more…
Chers amis, En tant que présidente de l’IHEU, je suis heureuse de vous souhaiter la bienvenue à Oslo. Ce sera une semaine importante, riche en événements pour les Libres Penseurs, les Humanistes, les Laïques,… En effet : aujourd’hui commence un programme de formation à destination des responsables des associations membres de Read more…
Cultural Centre “Valentín Letelier” – Cultural Centre “Pythagore” Dear friends: I am thankful for the invitation that the President of the founding convention of the InternationalAssociation of Free thought sent me, so that in the opening session, I could convey the messageof support of an important part of women living Read more…
Opening address by Marc BLONDEL President of the French National Federation of Free Thought Ladies and Gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs, Citoyens, citoyennes, camarades et amis, Brothers and sisters, compagneros et compagneras, As the President of the French National Federation of Free Thought which is at the origin of this meeting, Read more…