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Outreach Booth, Across from The Prado at Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (2026)

Operating under the Humanist Fellowship of San Diego and the American Humanist Association, we are a gathering place for people that want to chat and get to know each other while letting folks know about secular groups in the San Diego area. We are a gathering place for people that want to chat and get to know each other, and we also like to let the community know that there are groups that they may want to participate in.

10/11/2026

Rainy atheisting today. Had a short day because we were melting in the rain 😭 You know, because we are so sweet. 🥰 Also, while not a gusty as last week. It was very windy.
We got a new tent. Bloody thing has a hole in it. Still, it is easier to set up than the old one.
Kind of funny. Tim and I went to get something to eat. When we got back, Maritza was talking to a guest. He was a biologist. He was a believer, just not the typical one. More along the lines of Intelligent Design. His daughter was an atheist. So he was familiar with some of the arguments. We talked a lot about near death experiences (NDE). He said he would bring me some of the studies. I told him about the Templeton foundations study that concluded it was cultural. We talked about the difference between science and pseudoscience. Why science cannot allow for the supernatural. I asked him " So, if you have one person that is sick. And someone prayed to Asclepius, Quan Yin, Bridged, Jesus and Allah. And the person was healed. Who to you attribute the healing to? And the old- why does god hate amputees argument. He never contemplated that before. I gave him a few more things to think about. He seemed to appreciate it. Good conversation.
We always get people telling us how happy they are to see us there. And I am always happy to hear it 🙂 A guy from Switzerland took a picture of the board and said he was going to show his friends to prove we are not all lost.
Got an interesting question from a fellow atheist. "Why does it seem like atheists are more moral than theists?" Good question. My reply was "Bias." It just seems like it because of the loud believers making all the noise. Humans are humans. And you'll find just as many immoral atheists as believers when you get right down to it. Meaning, that there are many believers that are just as moral as atheists. You just don't hear from them as much.
A lovely couple with a cute chi-chi doggo told us about how she gets along with her parents now. But it was a rough road. Hey, progress (Y)
From Tim: ""I arrived around 8:30 just in time to help Rob complete the setup. He had the new canopy setup already and it looked so much better than our last one. I don’t think we really completed setup until about 9:30 but after I finished writing today’s QOTD a young gentleman from Switzerland took a picture of the QOTD board to show his family and friends back home that there was still hope for the United States.
Soon, Rob and I went to grab some breakfast and left Maritza with Ruben and family to guard the booth. When we returned Maritza was in conversation with a gentleman named Franz sporting a black SDSU long sleeve shirt, Maritza’s face indicated she was not happy talking with Franz. Later we found out Maritza was creeped out by Franz.
Rob quickly put his breakfast aside to relieve Maritza and answer Franz’s latest question. He had just asked whether “atheism was red or blue?”. Rob gave him the simple description of what an atheist is, but it took a while for Franz to accept it. It seemed that the simplicity of it didn’t gel well his preconceived notion of “atheism”, People like Franz want to add additional characteristics. Eventually, they got into a conversation about documented near-death experiences and Rob brought up studies on the subject by the Templeton Foundation.

Franz apparently thinks that there’s enough documented evidence to suggest an afterlife actually exists, Rob pointed out that he wasn’t willing to jump to a supernatural conclusion and explained how such conclusions leave the door open so wide as to not be able to know much of anything, because one can’t test for it.
Later an older gentleman approached us who reminded me of Rowan Atkinson, you know “Mr. Bean”, who had one question. We all braced ourselves for the typical attempt at a “gotcha question”, but to our relief it was, “Why does it seem like atheists are more moral?”
Rob took the direction from a “louder bird gets the worm” perspective or whatever it’s called and I followed up from a “shifting societal morals and values over time” standpoint and that in older times atheists generally didn’t feel safe enough to let others know of their beliefs and that perhaps a combination of increasing safety that allowed for atheists to be more vocal coincided with the forming of humanist values. I don’t know how correct my perspective is, but modern day atheists tend to be drawn to humanism. It’s a correlation, not causation, but the two seem on the surface to line up in history. I’ll have to do some digging on this subject sometime. Either way, everyone listening to us were nodding their heads up and down in agreement.
A little boy named Reef and his dad, who frequent the park, came by to grab a lollipop and say hi to Carlos, but Carlos hadn’t arrived just yet. Carlos arrived about 15-20 minutes later and we notified him.
The wind gusts began around 11:45am and rain began around 12:20pm. We pulled in all the chairs, boards and signs under the canopy and huddled there for about 40 minutes and called it a day.
Afterwards Carlos stopped by my place to check out my Nintendo Classic Edition mini console (circa 2018) that I had hacked last weekend to install hundreds of NES games over the 30 it came with. We both enjoyed some Angry Orchard and he played The Legend of Zelda, Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl. We had a blast figuring out the controls for each game, relearning how the games functioned, and Carlos even scored a touchdown on his team’s first position of the football. Good times to finish up a raining day!
Additionally, Rob looked up from his at one point to notice that the “new” canopy already had holes in it. 😔
Women of Peruvian descent were performing a traditional dance near the fountain. The dance was traditional dance that was renamed to honor brave men who fought and lost their lives in a war with Chile. all wore red and danced while flinging around white hankies.
Oh! A le***an couple stopped by at the same time as Mr. Bean to express their appreciation for our presence and we had a positive conversation about our shared negative experiences regarding religious family members. The shorter of the two women was Latino and she felt that her atheistic knowledge sharing with her religious mom eventually led to her mom being more accepting of her non-religion. Several of us in the booth expressed having had similar impacts within our own families too.""
From Wayne: ""It was a pretty good day for me today, but short due to the rain. I had a couple of interesting and fun side conversations with various booth folks and I enjoyed the group conversations we had with some friendly visitors.""
From Carlos: ""Can’t complain because we live in paradise, but it had to rain on booth day. Woke up early yet still managed to get there late. We all kinda knew it was supposed to rain. Started around noon. We tried to wait it out but said f**k it and we packed up. All I saw was two sets of people give us positivity and didn’t really talk. Just rambled amongst ourselves. Nothing exciting. Oh well, c’est la vie…..""
((I have others give their view of what happened at the park. So you can an idea of what goes on from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy the different telling's of our day))
I was surprised at how many marks we got on the board for how short a time we were there.

10/04/2026

Atheisting in a hot park today. And very windy. Knocked the tent back about a meter. 🙂 We literally had to hold the posts so the tent didn't fly away.
This guy walked by with a cool logo on his shirt. So I asked him about it. Percy Jackson. He said he liked mythology. So we talked about myths we liked. We also had a good discussion on the Tudors/ Plantagenets. And some of the kings/ Queens of England. Fun to talk history other than the Bible.
Walking back to the tent after getting something to eat. A gentleman and his wife stopped me to ask questions. He wanted to know what I thought about mysticism? So I let him know that I thought there was probably a real Jesus that the origin of the Gospels was based on. I also let him know that in history, the bar is set very low for a person to be considered historical. Also that I think it is a moot point. Either way we'd end up in the same place we are today.
A really nice couple sat and listened to me lecture on history. 😉 😉 I have a lecture on where the Bible and history actually do over lap. And where is does not. (Not my fault he brought it up 😜
They enjoyed listening to me babble on.
We had the cutest preteens come by. They were hilarious. And I couldn't even hear what they said. But the way they said it was funny. One girl says something about being atheist. And her friend shouts out something about Jesus. They both run off. And third one apologizes for them. And a short time later they all come back to get the lollipops. Then we did in a quick conversation. Just wanted to let them know to learn.
Had a guy stop by. Talked to Carlos for a bit, left. Then came back later to talk to sane people. Poor guy has a narcissist brother. And another one that is very superstitious. I have one of those. So we compared notes. Good conversation on the history of religion and why people believe. So, he says he is coming back next week. We'll see. 😃
From Wayne: Another very good day at the booth. Glad I went, even tho it was very hot, since I missed last week and may miss some others. I was there from about 9:30 to 2:30. It was pretty quiet at first and breezy too but I was glad I could help manage the tent as it frequently got blown around and materials blown down. As always, we had more visitors and booth folks later in the day. It was great to catch up with booth folks throughout the day.
I often buy a lunch in the Science Museum and then I can use the restroom throughout the day. It's always fun to go in and watch the kids playing at the various stations with their parents and today the cool air and cold drinking water were great too.
One visitor was looking at our handouts and asked what is our strongest argument. I suggested the one about the booth and he took that and maybe one or two others. But I think our strongest argument is that we have so many types of arguments, in various fields of study, with books in each: science, history, critical thinking, bible scholarship, etc.
A friendly visitor didn't care for our question of the day and I chuckled and explained that, yes, it's more of an essay question. He had a somewhat religious upbringing with a grandfather who was a preacher so we briefly compared our histories and agreed on reasonable ways to grow out of them.""
From Carlos: ""LosDogg….. We all thought the heat was done, but noooo! I live in east county, high was 102. The park high was 92. Why’d god have to make it so hot??? This is ID?? 🤣 Still beautiful day. I guess it got windy earlier in the day. I got there way later than usual. Holy s**t, it was dead for most of the day. Some positivity and appreciation. Then a 6th grader came in hot! Oh s**t! He looked at one of our displays and told us we were dividing people. I let him be a little snarky but questioned where he learned this info. And wouldn’t it be better to ask us atheists, what we think, instead of assuming? Made him think. Then his mom approached and the mood shifted a little. He asked us if we believe in the BBT. So I asked what his knowledge is of the BBT. He said “I’m a 6th grader, how would I know?” So I told him to go read about it and then come to a conclusion. Mom ended up tugging at him to leave. He wanted to stay and ask us more questions. The highlight was this young father and his family came by. The convo started really well. He was a theist that disliked church but was still in search of one. He kinda agreed that NDEs are a product of the mind. But tried to use his own experience of an NDE to justify his belief in a creator/higher power/god. The conversation took a shift when he said that SoCal/SD was demonized in the church system. I was like, OH S**T, please don’t got down this path. I asked what meant with an example. And as I mentally prophesied, and I quote “this town is weird with all its trans thing”. Again, oh s**t!!! His attitude shifted, so I mirrored, but I can be the angry atheist. It got heated fast. I am a hardcore advocate for trans rights. He literally told me, he pulled his two kids out of a school (3 and 5 y/o’s) because of forcing them to be trans and gay, and they were teaching them how to suck dick.🤦🏽‍♂️I f**king hate this false fake outlandish claim (heard it before, of course). So I called him on his bulls**t. That has never and will never happen. He wanted to send me proof. I was like “whatever”, some right-winged propaganda story that he took as truth. He became super passive aggressive and tried to avoid me. So I got snarky back and he didn’t like it. He got a tiny bit threatening with physicallness. I called him a s**tty dad, because he was totally avoiding his kid that was tugging at him. Probably a little too far on my end. But the dude was pi***ng me off. Teaching kids to suck dick?!?! Like WTF, guy! He was a transphobic bigoted as***le, and I called him out on it. I do not put up with that s**t. Regardless, always fun to hang with my family. End of rant."""
Did get a few people asking about the question. Not much though.

09/27/2026

Atheisting Balboa style 😉 One of the things I find a bit strange. But still happy about. Is that we can sit there for a few hours and talk among ourselves. And it can be some hilarious and interesting conversations. A lot of the talk is about movies, music, TV, politics, technology, etc. Sometimes someone will ask a religious question. Such as "Which is the most peaceful religion?" (imo) it is the Jains. Tim got it right.
Early on this guy comes up asking some odd questions and telling me his view on them. Not your ordinary Christian. Said he didn't like history or archaeology. Mostly because he did not want to challenge his beliefs. I expressed why I thought it was important. Used the Tower of Babel as an example of an etiological tale of why people talk different languages. It is perfect as a story that has an explanation for something. In this case language. He moved the goal posts to some kind of spiritual nonsense.
I gotta say, this was a new one. He had some really weird ideas of theology and the Bible. Unfortunately, there were too many to keep track of. Sorry.
Gotta say, I am not surprised that Karla didn't show up. Kinda hoping she would. Even though she was kind of annoying. She was still fun to talk to.
This young French lady told us about religion in France. Almost everyone there is atheist. and most people keep religion to themselves. She was really happy to talk to us. We had a few people chat with us about being atheist. I love when someone just runs up to us enthusiastically to tell us they are glad we are there. A lot of people say they have never seen an atheist booth before.
Ryan and his wife were a pleasure to talk to. Talking to fellow non-believers can be just as much fun as talking to believers at times. Lots we agreed on. We talked a lot about mythology. Several times today I mentioned Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. One of the few, where the video is better than the book. Like I tell everyone, we are there to get people to think. So, I challenged him. I used a Hindu version of the scorpion and frog story. (look it up) Then I asked Ryan- Is the story "true"????? He stars thinking about parts that could be true and parts that aren't. I made it easy for him. Depends on which definition of true you are using. Did it happen in real life? - No. Is there a truth to the story, the moral? - yes. Hopefully they will comeback and join us again.
The best part of the day was a visit from Robin and Paul from San Luis Obispo. They set up a booth every Thursday. Been doing this longer than we have 🙂 It was nice swapping stories about our booths. They have a 'question wheel.' Mostly science and Biblical questions for people to spin.
From Tim: ""I arrived around 10:30 when the weather was still quite warm and sunny.
Reuben, and his family... were already there with Rob conversing with a gentleman, so I quietly took a chair and chatted with Reuben.
And not much happened for a while. Carlos arrived and eventually Doug and John did too. An occasional guest would stop by, respond to the question of the day by marking on the board, and then toddle(?) off. Carlos tried to engage with a few before they left but didn’t have much success.
As it got closer to noon the weather started cooling down. Which was a great relief.
Soon a young French lady stopped by from Paris, and she was lively, kind, engaging and really thrilled to see an atheist booth inside the park. As she explained, they don’t really have such things just because the vast majority of people in France are not religious.
Someone asked if it was true France had anti- proselytizing laws and I’m not sure if she understood the question, but I think she answered in the affirmative.
I asked her about the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, where Muslims murdered magazine staff for drawing Muhammad.
Later, Paul suspected France might have been banned headscarves or hijabs in public.
She asked us several questions about us and glad to see us. It was a pleasure talking to her, and listening to the French voice was great. She wanted her picture taken of her in the booth, and so that’s what I did.
We started getting more guests approaching the booth while Rob had his nose in the book that I had brought. He eventually looked up to notice that there was like 6 or 7 people all of a sudden crowding the booth.
It was funny to watch his face light up with that realization.
The book “There are no gods” by David A. Spitz, published in 1988, was popular, despite lacking page numbers and labels for god depictions. Rob enjoyed it and would, occasionally come across something in it and ask the group a question regarding it. He thought he was being annoying, but I don’t think anybody was annoyed by the questions.
So all around, a pretty decent book, though, uh, the author really, um, missed an opportunity to label each of the depictions of the different gods in the book. (Rob- it was annoying because I recognized most of the pictures. But could not identify them)
I know him and Carlos had a really long conversation with a nice atheist couple. Sadly, I didn’t get a chance to talk to them.
This was about the time a lot of noise was being made down the center of the park.
As it got closer, it got louder and louder and we realized it was some sort of protest march going on.
Come to find out, it was... a large group of people marching with signs angry about the mistreatment of dogs being used for scientific research and at the company, Marshals BioResources, that supplies the dogs to said reach .
Alex, who had previously claimed he didn’t have any strong opinions on either side of it of the issue, became annoyed by the loudness of the megaphones. At one point, he stood up, and he was like, “You know, I think I now have some questions.”
And... his questions were basically trying to find out where they drew the line in the Animalia Kingdom regarding scientific research. Noting some diseases are animals.
Sadly, we didn’t take the opportunity to ask someone in the march, some of those questions. That would have been intriguing.
And then, a little after the march, Paul and Robin arrived after winning a gold medal in a 250-meter dragon boat race in San Diego.
After speaking with Rob and Carlos at length they sat down with Alex and I and we exchanged information about our different atheist booths and how they got into dragon boating after a whale watching trip where they met a dragon boat racer.
They mentioned the obvious degradation of the booth’s tent. We couldn’t agree more and there was some discussion about getting a replacement; a new one is being sought for under $200. Hopefully we get something that, uh, lasts more than 6 months.
A young man, an atheist, discussed his journey, noting he had been convinced to return to Christianity 4 or 5 times, but it never stuck. At least that’s what I heard him say.
Only one person walked by negatively commented, saying “you’re spreading lies,” but no one reacted. I was the only one the heard him clearly. Rob and Carlos didn’t hear it as they were conversing with booth guests.
The outcome of the “question of the day” showed more “yese's” than “no's” regarding choosing belief, which surprised some members like Carlos, who expected more conversation. I kind of thought maybe it was because it’s kind of a deep question even if it’s simple.
After packing up, Alex, Carlos, Rob, and I went to Nishiki Ramen on University Avenue for nice meal.
Anyway, an all-around nice day at atheisting at the park.
Can’t wait for the next one.
Afterwards, the 4 of us that were still there, Alex, Carlos, Rob, and myself, we packed up, got everything into the, into the van, and then head over to the Nishiki Ramen. on University Avenue for some good ramen.""
From Losipher (aka) Carlos: ""Arrived earlier than usual, felt like I’m missing out on some early conversations. It was a gorgeous day. Glad I wasn’t at home, roomie told me it was 101. Balboa is relatively close to the ocean so that cooler air helps. Eye candy was wonderful, as usual. But geez, slow for a good 3/4 hours. The usual onlookers that peep from a distance, happens every weekend. And some positivity smiles. Then a couple couples talked to us, more likeminded thinking. Both couples were great to talk with. A granma and her 2 adult grandkids were super happy for us to be there. A beautiful French lady from Paris was super pleasant to talk to. We agreed on basically everything. Her accent was such a pleasure, music to the ears. Another young couple from north county celebrating his Bday stopped by. Rob talked to him and I talked to his wife. We jokingly said that next time we will have to switch it up. They were both so amazing to talk to. I love when convos get real. It shows trust in sharing with a stranger. The highlight was when our buddies from SLO showed up, Robin and Paul. They have a booth up there at a farmers market. Been around longer than our booth has been around, but only by a year or so. Truly some great people. We swapped booth stories and other random s**t. We made a “partial” commitment to take a road trip to Obispo to visit them. Maybe even take the train. And of course, the usual hilarious banter between us when it’s a slow day. Afterwards, Rob, Alex, Tim and I went to get some ramen with more fun talks. I wouldn’t trade my Saturdays for anything. This group is like my family now. I am very fortunate to have these people in my life. Time to chill with my fur kids and have a couple beers. You stay classy, San Diego….😜""
I really thought we'd get more conversations from our question. Oh well 🤷

09/20/2026

Atheisting in the park: Wonderful day today. As usual. Although, it helps to have patience. As we can sit there and just talk among ourselves as we wait for someone to show up and talk to us. 🙂
The first person I talked to was a young Catholic guy. His friend talked to Maritza. She had fun talking to the guy. (doesn't usually engage) Anyway, He said he was interested in having a conversation, as he never talked to an atheist before. I told him he probably has. I don't usually wear it on my shirt (pointing to my 'foxhole atheist' shirt. The guy was very receptive to information. So it was a pleasant conversation. We went over a few issues I have with the Bible. And Pascal's Wager. I like to ask "What if we are both wrong? And then told him that perhaps the Zoroastrians had it right. At least with them we only go to the first stage of Hell. Where we are taught properly. And if accepted we get to cross the chinvat bridge. (If you are a good person it is wide. If you are a bad person it gets really narrow). Not surprising, he had never heard of that before.
A nice couple from Israel had a Pastafarian wedding and were honeymooning in San Diego. They were delighted to see us.
So, I guess today was National Talk like a pirate day. We had a bunch of people dressed as pirates running around the park.
Super good conversation with a gentleman that had a degree in history. We really nerded out. Talked about everything from The first recorded wall built by the Sumerians to keep out the Martu. And why it didn't work. Up to modern times. And then discussed movies and series that had to do with history. I really enjoyed that conversation.
So, there is an on going joke we have at the booth. And that is at the end of the day, we will sit there for several hours without talking to anyone. Decide to pack up. And sure enough, someone will come up and it'll be one of 'those' conversations.
Karla and her friend come up and she starts asking a bunch of questions. But never lets you answer any of them. As soon as you start to answer one question, she askes you another one. (lots of fun) She was also Catholic. But a not very educated one like earlier today. Most of the questions I was asking her, she had no idea of what I was talking about. Such as when she was talking about reading the Bible. I asked her what tools she used to understand the text? Her reply was the text and God. We had a short discussion about conformation bias. I'm sure she didn't know what that meant. When I asked he if she was reading the Bible with univocality? She didn't know what that meant. Denied she did. Then demonstrated the opposite. Most of that conversation was on Carlos.
From Carlos: ""Absolutely beautiful weather. Little breezy but it’s the perfect SD weather I love. Got there late, like noonish. It’s hard to get up early when you work at a bar the night before….. Nobody came to the booth for a good couple hours. Some waves and smiles. Then I talked to navy guy new to SD. I saw his Perfect Circle shirt, so we talked about music for a while. Told him about the lyrics from a song “Judith”. Great and yet tragic song. Go read the lyrics. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they are a rad band. Rob ended up talking to him for bit then he joined us sitting down to continue. He was a good guy.
Spoke to two separate atheist couples. One just got married and the other was here for date night from LA to have some Brazilian steak.
Still slow and I was itchin to talk to someone. Anyone that was remotely close, I’d wave hello and tried to be friendly. Then the masterpiece. A nice catholic lady approached, boy was she frustrating, but yet nice. She was all over the place. One of those types that says ‘exactly’ way too much. Like you agree with me, but yet don’t, so you say exactly??? I kept teasing her about it, but it went right over her head. She said she was listening but she wasn’t. Circular statements, no true Scotsman and a few other fallacies. I challenged her on her ‘just gotta have faith’ claim, but she didn’t get what I was saying. You know, the whole ‘is there anything you can’t believe is, based on faith?’ scenario. But her gem of a claim was telling me ‘don’t learn too much knowledge because it will lead you down a rabbit hole’. I was WTF!!! She was so convinced that catholicism was 100% true. We tried to explain to her since she doesn’t believe a muslim experience, is the same reason we don’t accept hers. It was kind of comedic. As she left, she said she was coming back next week to discuss more. Yeah right! We’ve heard that a thousand times. But I could be wrong and kinda hope she does.
Then we finished out with a bit of an oddball. The weirdest thing he said was ‘can you be an atheist without being an atheist?’ Another WTF!!! I flat out told him, that is the wrong question to ask. It just didn’t make sense. I think he was just trying to be edgy and a philbro.
All around slow day, but the last hour or so was really fun. That happens a lot. Right when we start breaking down, a good conversation starts. Good gracious, I love our booth and the family that is there….❤️""
From Tim: ""I arrived at 1:30 PM, seeking refuge from a particularly dreadful work week by connecting with friends. Before I could settle in, Rob called me out for showing up despite my usual absence when my teenage son visits. He's right. I typically skip these gatherings when my 18-year-old is home enjoying his YouTube ritual, but my mental health demanded the companionship of these wonderful people I've grown to love at the booth.
Just as I began explaining my unexpected appearance to Rob, a newlywed couple approached the booth, proudly announcing they'd married under the noodly appendage of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. We all erupted in laughter, chiming in with our favorite FSM witticisms. I, of course, contributed "R'amen." The woman seemed surprised that one could be both agnostic and atheist simultaneously, so I seized the teaching moment. By the time her husband finished chatting with the others, he'd joined our conversation and received the same enlightenment.
Returning to my explanation about my uncharacteristic attendance, I found the booth's welcoming atmosphere already working its magic on my work-related anxiety. Soon we drifted into our signature free-flowing conversation, topics ebbing and flowing naturally—movies, politics, MTV, AI-generated content, voting, and religion. We hit a particularly perplexing debate: whether Mortal Kombat's Raiden preceded the strikingly similar Lightning character from Big Trouble in Little China. Rob, ever the cultural historian, noted the character's roots in actual Chinese folklore. I had to verify later, but it turns out the inspiration comes from Japanese folklore's thunder god, Raijin. Daniel settled the debate with his phone—confirming the 1986 movie came first. These are the important questions in life.
Our cinematic knowledge faced another test when we debated which animated film featured the memorable scene of a fly helplessly drawn to a bug zapper. I knew the scene I was remembering the was from A Bug's Life but lacked full confidence in my answer. Carlos suggested it might have been Wreck-It Ralph, though I've never seen that film, so it couldn’t be that.
All told, it was a leisurely afternoon at the park from my arrival until my departure at 2:30 PM. Perhaps things picked up after I left.""
From Wayne: ""Another very good day at the booth. Even though it was a slow day. I had a couple good side chats with friendly visitors; one was a young man who said people tried to insult him by calling him an Atheist and we agreed that's nonsense as we're just being reasonable, etc.; another was a Buddhist and he said that that means Atheist and Humanist and we agreed (I also pointed out I like to do Mindfulness Mediation and we agreed that isn't religious).
We had multiple good conversations within the group:
I enjoyed learning about one booth person's complicated and involved journey thru various religions and harmful family dynamics and how books and learning to value atheism and self-interest helped.
I talked with various people about the current version of the Critical Thinking write up that now has some updates suggested by other boothers and some of my own. I left a pamphlet with a QR code to access it. It's available at https://humanistbooth.github.io/critical_thinking.txt .
More than one person talked about work overload, job changes and stresses. Sympathy was shared and the idea that overwork is OK for a while but we need to take care of ourselves too if we are going to take care of others (and a good way we do that is to de-stress at the booth).
Some of us also talked about e-MCs, and folding e-bikes, etc; fun stuff""
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Got a few people asking about the question. Some people Felt they could not answer it. As it didn't apply to them. I am one of those people.

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