{"id":12747,"date":"2020-08-01T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T10:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=12747"},"modified":"2020-08-03T23:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:48:36","slug":"2020-08-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2020-08-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Atheism Still a Dirty Word?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>General audience discussion<\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 a.m., August 2, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because of the coronavirus situation, this Forum will be held online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you don&#8217;t intend to ask any questions or make any comments during this Forum<\/strong>, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view the Forum as it occurs (in real time):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.echoplexmedia.com\/humanist\">https:\/\/www.echoplexmedia.com\/humanist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you may want to ask a question or make a comment during this Forum<\/strong>, then please click the below link on Sunday around 11 a.m. in order to view, and possibly take part in, the Forum as it occurs (in real time):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us04web.zoom.us\/j\/314247393\">https:\/\/us04web.zoom.us\/j\/314247393<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: If you don&#8217;t have the Zoom app installed on your desktop computer, then joining the meeting via the above link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer, and then take you to the meeting. 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