The Humanlight symbol, a sunburst surrounding the figure of a person with upraised arms
• Skeptics & Atheists
LITTLE FALLS - It had all the trappings of a holiday party - decorations, candlelight, songs, and a message about the significance of the season. Some wore festive clothes, and dinner plates were piled high with turkey, meatballs, rice, chicken, and vegetables.
But the Humanlight celebration held Sunday was not about a divine birth in Bethlehem or candles burning for eight days. Humanlight, created by secular humanists who do not subscribe to religious doctrines, focuses on reason and intellect as the way humans can be nourished and preserved.