RHS Secular Student Alliance

A club for sceptics, nontheists, and freethinkers!

Rutherford Secular Student Alliance

The purpose of our organization is to provide a forum and a community for students who are freethinkers, skeptics, humanists, agnostics, atheists, and rationalists. Any student is welcome to join as long as he or she has an open mind and is willing to intelligently and respectfully engage in the open exchange of ideas. Non-theists currently make up about one-third of the American population; in fact, a recent Harvard University study puts that number as high as 30-40%. Despite this, misconceptions about non-theistic students abound, such as the idea that students who do not espouse a belief in a higher power cannot have a moral compass or find purpose in his or her life. We invite students to join our organization regardless of whether or not they believe in a higher power because we want to change public perception of non-theistic students. What better way of doing this than by including as many divergent points of view as possible in our ranks? The Secular Student Alliance intends to contribute to our school and our community in a positive way, and by doing so, perhaps change the way non-theistic citizens are viewed by our society.

Quite simply, any student is welcome to join, as long as he or she has an open mind and is willing to engage in the free exchange of ideas with others in a respectful manner. All grades are welcome.

Annual membership dues will be $15, which includes dues and a club t-shirt. The last chance students will have to pay their dues will be our third club meeting, which will be on September 22.

Who can join the Rutherford Secular Student Alliance?

Useful web links for rationalists, sceptics, and freethinkers!

The web site for the national Secular Student Alliance is a great place to learn what the SSA is all about. Click on the Campus Groups link, scroll to Florida, and you’ll find Rutherford proudly listed!

Hermant Mehta is a high school math teacher who runs the blog “The Friendly Atheist.” His blog is a great resource for secular students or anyone interested in keeping abreast of what’s happening in the secular world.

Want to understand evolution? This site, hosted by PBS, provides a rich and enjoyable explanation of the theory of evolution. If you want to arm yourself against the pseudosciences of creationism and intelligent design, this site can help!

The anti-bullying sidewalk chalk campaign was a great success! Kudos to all who worked on making this happen! Here is a link to the News-Herald story on the project, complete with a great picture of Nick and Hedda. This is the kind of positive public face we want our group to have!