This episode features guest speaker Jim Helton talking about issues involving the separation of church and state in Grant County Kentucky and what the Tri-State Freethinkers are doing to defend the rights of non-believing citizens there. Also, we talk about some weird Christmas traditions and how non-religious families celebrate the holidays.
One weird holiday tradition we talked about is the ‘caganer’ that is displayed with Nativity scenes in Catalonia, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It doesn’t get much weirder than this.
“A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: [kəɣəˈne], Western Catalan: [kaɣaˈne]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas with Catalan culture such as Andorra, Valencia, and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most popular and widespread in these areas, but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia), Portugal, and southern Italy (Naples).
The name “El Caganer” literally means “the crapper” or “the shitter”. Traditionally, the figurine is depicted as a peasant, wearing the traditional Catalan red cap (the barretina) and with his trousers down, showing a bare backside, and defecating.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer
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Tom Flynn, Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism
Monday, December 19, 2016
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Sat Dec 10, 7:00 PM
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Monday, January 23, 2016, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
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Cincinnati Atheists, Mondays 6:30, Ruth’s Parkside Cafe, 1550 Blue Rock Street, Cincinnati
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