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SUMMARY:National Day of Reason
DESCRIPTION:The National Day of Reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day_of_reason) (NDoR)\, endorsed first in 2003 and honored by U.S. secularists\, occurs on the first Thursday of May. NDoR is a response and counterbalance to the National Day of Prayer\, designated by the US Congress since 1952. On this day all humanist Americans can join hands to celebrate rational thinking—a concept all can or should support. The goal: to raise public awareness of the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the sphere of private worship. For details\, and to learn about events in your area\, see http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/ (http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/). Other organizations such as the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia (http://www.phillyethics.org/) have designated this the Rational Day of Care\, a day to donate home-cooked meals to the Aid for Friends project\, or perform other acts of humanistic charity. On January 23\, 1808\, in a letter to the Reverend Samuel Miller\, our Founding Father Thomas Jefferson had these words: “Fasting and prayer are religious exercises; the enjoining them an act of discipline. Every religious society has a right to determine for itself the time for these exercises\, and the objects proper for them\, according to their own particular tenets; and right can never be safer than in their hands\, where the Constitution has deposited it. …civil powers alone have been given to the President of the United States and no authority to direct the religious exercises of his constituents.”  The National Day of Reason is a movable secular holiday. It can occur any time from May 1 to May 7.    (http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/)
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SUMMARY:Towel Day
DESCRIPTION:Towel Day (http://towelday.org/) is the annual celebration of the life and writings of Douglas Adams (1952-2001)\, humorist\, humanist\, conservationist\, science fiction writer\, and social critic. On that day\, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honor. Why a towel? Don’t panic\, go to the website to see – or better yet\, read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(novel)). It’s a great book.  
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SUMMARY:Opposite Day
DESCRIPTION:Some say the proper date is May 26\, some say April 30\, some say March 27th — can you ever be sure? When someone says “Today is Opposite Day\,” he might be lying!  Opposite Day is a day to say the reverse of what you mean\, with a wink\, with a nod; a day when “no” means “yes” and “shut up” means “keep talking;” a day to be nice to your boss\, teacher or enemy\, and a complete jerk to your best friend; a day to turn words on their head; a day to tie knots in logic. Celebrate with care. It might get you in trouble!
URL:https://wp.aofonline.org/event/opposite-day/
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SUMMARY:Birthday of Science
DESCRIPTION:The Birthday of Science marks the day Thales of Miletus (in 585 BCE) correctly predicted a solar eclipse. A better choice might be the discovery of fire or the wheel\, but we don’t know exactly when that happened\, or who did it. We do know about Thales. His prediction was significant because the idea of cause and effect (causality) applies to all science. Given any phenomenon\, with the exception of purely random quantum events\, in principle we can trace its cause or causes\, and the cause of those causes\, back through time — until all cause-tracks merge at the “Big Bang\,” beyond which\, presumably\, no tracks remain. The seeds of our life and future were sewn then. The Large Hadron Collider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider) is an effort to re-create those first moments. Science desires a beginning that applies to the big picture\, and a sense of order and predictability.  That is where causality leads us.
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