{"id":19,"date":"2025-08-14T03:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:43:29","slug":"latest-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Latest Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <aside class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post theme-system display-default\" aria-label=\"List of the latest Bluesky Posts\">\n                    \n                \n                <ul class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-list\">\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanism.church\/post\/3monc672fnh2v\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreib65wc3ksckiv3p4lozkbfpmwj6bnqhwz2tpcxwgjri737jtaczly\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Humanism Church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@humanism.church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">48\u00a0minutes<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            It&#8217;s easy to become jaded to the wonders around us, that suffuse our daily lives. Familiarity can blind us to the joys of living by their mere repetition, but it never subtracts from their true wonder. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Humanism\">#Humanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Philosophy\">#Philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/JohnStuartMill\">#JohnStuartMill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanismChurch\">#HumanismChurch<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiczrrenlbc6ynxyoq5nnzdydrb6qfzpuhm7hfwo7sfjzufxkzxyci\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiczrrenlbc6ynxyoq5nnzdydrb6qfzpuhm7hfwo7sfjzufxkzxyci\" alt=\"The background is a photograph of wildflowers in an alpine meadow, a cloudy blue sky is overhead and snow tipped mountains are in the background.  In the middle of the image is a square with a quote that reads: \u201cIt is not understanding that destroys wonder, it is familiarity.\u201d Attributed to John Stuart Mill.  In the bottom left corner of the square is the Humanism Church logo and the bottom right has the web address humanism.church\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanism.church\/post\/3mokrpc6lyq2i\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreib65wc3ksckiv3p4lozkbfpmwj6bnqhwz2tpcxwgjri737jtaczly\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Humanism Church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@humanism.church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">1\u00a0day<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Allow yourself to be bored. It allows your mind to relax and pursue new thoughts and contemplations. Daily life and the external urging to be productive are antithetical to boredom and contemplation. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Humanism\">#Humanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/WalterBenjamin\">#WalterBenjamin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Philosophy\">#Philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanismChurch\">#HumanismChurch<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreig5o7w7occ226kcx3pfaenrcq66mjktb67lsvwdnkeq6l3jhkde34\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreig5o7w7occ226kcx3pfaenrcq66mjktb67lsvwdnkeq6l3jhkde34\" alt=\"The background is a verdant photo of a japanese garden with a moss covered stone lantern beside a still pond, and an orange carp swimming below the surface.  The quote is positioned in a square in the middle of the image. It says \u201cIf sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. His nesting places - the activities that are intimately associated with boredom - are already extinct in the cities and are declining in the country as well.\u201d It is attributed to Walter Benjamin.  At the bottom of the square to the left is the humanism church logo, and to the right is the web address humanism.church.\"  width=\"900\"  height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanism.church\/post\/3moibadpvju2g\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreib65wc3ksckiv3p4lozkbfpmwj6bnqhwz2tpcxwgjri737jtaczly\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Humanism Church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@humanism.church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">2\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Some truths cannot be elicited through inquiry or loud interrogation, but require us to be still and silent, and only when we are still will life reveal them to us. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Humanism\">#Humanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Philosophy\">#Philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HenriBergson\">#HenriBergson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanismChurch\">#HumanismChurch<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreifqoytkhuuexczmzbalknsxbofqmkrwzwrbz3gksqr5pnjwd5jxuy\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreifqoytkhuuexczmzbalknsxbofqmkrwzwrbz3gksqr5pnjwd5jxuy\" alt=\"Background is a photo of a forest covered in fresh snow with the sun shining through the trees casting long shadows. The text is centered in a transparent square. The text reads: \u201cIf a man were to inquire of Nature the reason of her creative activity, and if she were willing to give ear and answer, she would say \u2013 \u2018Ask me not, but understand in silence, even as I am silent and am not wont to speak.\u2019\u201d The quote is attributed to Henri Bergson. The Humanism Church logo is in the bottom left of the square and the web address humanism.church in the bottom right.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanism.church\/post\/3mofqrgceyf2z\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreib65wc3ksckiv3p4lozkbfpmwj6bnqhwz2tpcxwgjri737jtaczly\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Humanism Church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@humanism.church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">3\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            Ordered and rational thought empower our intellect just as tools empower us in the physical world. To try to think without them is like trying to plow a field by hand. Nearly futile. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Humanism\">#Humanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Philosophy\">#Philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/FrancisBacon\">#FrancisBacon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanismChurch\">#HumanismChurch<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiaep66i2gtdbvnqrtjmkkilgooz4dmw2cs6l5p5wlngxyre4kqihm\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiaep66i2gtdbvnqrtjmkkilgooz4dmw2cs6l5p5wlngxyre4kqihm\" alt=\"The background of the image is a photo of a dark night sky with thousands of stars of the milky way in the center. There is a semi-transparent square centered in the image. Inside the square, there is a quote that reads: \u201cIf men, for instance, had attempted mechanical labors with their hands alone, and without the power and aid of instruments, as they have not hesitated to carry on the labors of their understanding with the unaided efforts of their mind, they woul dhave been able to move and overcome but little, though they had exerted their utmost and united powers.\u201d The quote is attributed to Francis Bacon. In the bottom left of the square is the Humanism Church logo and the bottom right has the URL humanism.church.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                    <li class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-item\">\n\n                        \n                        <a title=\"Get to this post\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/humanism.church\/post\/3modaciv5ox2f\" class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to this post<\/span><\/a>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-header\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/avatar\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreib65wc3ksckiv3p4lozkbfpmwj6bnqhwz2tpcxwgjri737jtaczly\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar post-avatar\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-last-post-content\">\n                            <p class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-names\">\n                                                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-name\">Humanism Church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-handle\">@humanism.church<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-account-info-date\">4\u00a0days<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n                            \n                            There is never a better time to begin than right now. Our lives can pass us by as we wait for the opportune moment to begin, which may never arrive. Don&#8217;t wait. Begin now. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Humanism\">#Humanism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Philosophy\">#Philosophy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/Seneca\">#Seneca<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/hashtag\/HumanismChurch\">#HumanismChurch<\/a>                                <div class=\"bluesky-social-integration-post-gallery\" style=\"--bluesky-gallery-nb: 1\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiejglwvq3b74b6u3fulpfuqfahiiatzk3pd77tapdkvhpx7n3vmci\" class=\"bluesky-gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bsky.app\/img\/feed_fullsize\/plain\/did:plc:ht2p3cbpgtuvjlfnijwrucvr\/bafkreiejglwvq3b74b6u3fulpfuqfahiiatzk3pd77tapdkvhpx7n3vmci\" alt=\"The background is a photo of a beach with ocean waves crashing on the shore and then sun rising in the background. In the center is a semi-transparent square with text inside. The text reads: \u201cHow late it is to begin really to live just when life must end! How stupid to forget our mortality, and put off sensible plans to our fiftieth and sixtieth years, aiming to begin life from a point at which few have arrived!\u201d The quote is attributed to Seneca. In the bottom left of the square is the Humanism Church logo and in the bottom right is the URL humanism.church.\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                    \n                <\/ul>\n            <\/aside>\n            ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanism.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}