Events at the Ethical Society of Austin

Dr. Matthew les Spetter was a member of the Dutch Resistance, an Ethical Culture leader, and advocate of “militant humanism.”

I need truth,” he wrote, “because I was an eyewitness to the premeditated murder of children. The killers were men and women of a nation much akin to my own. The children were ours. I need truth because my generation allowed the ultimately impermissible and because such killing continues. Men everywhere, while protesting their abhorrence, are still willing to permit the impermissible, still willing to kill as ‘a necessary evil,’ still willing to appease their conscience with justifications which fasten the tyranny of evil upon their souls. . . I have seen this [atrocities] and speak of it, not with sentimentality but with outrage and I will not permit it to be locked from your heart.”

This will be a virtual meeting.

The purpose of Colloquy is to help participants, in a communal setting, “delve more deeply into the depths of their own being and to develop the habit of self-reflection, to live in a closer conformity to their stated beliefs and to find a source of inspiration.”

During a Colloquy, participants reflect on a theme introduced by a facilitator. Sharing about the session’s theme often promotes deeper insight.

After the program, there will be a pot luck luncheon.

This is a hybrid meeting.

This will be a virtual program.