Alden Hamblin

I told a colleague of mind once that if it wasn't for my belief in the Book of Mormon, I'd be an atheist. Science caused me to start questioning my religious beliefs. Isaac Asimov's book, In The Beginning...Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis was very instrumental in opening my eyes to the first eleven chapters of Genesis. I had already dismissed the stories of Adam and Eve, the Flood of Noah, and the Tower of Babel as ancient myths. I cam to realize that not accepting these ancient stories as factual events created major problems in accepting the factual events created major problems in accepting the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, and other LDS scriptures and writings.

I came in contact with some secular humanist literature, and then subscribed to Free Inquiry and the Skeptical Inquirer. I decided I was a humanist at this point. I joined the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism as an Associate Member. Later I found a copy of the Humanist in the Uintah County Library, and sent for a membership and subscription. Then I received a letter from Anne Zeilstra informing me that I was not the only humanist in Utah. Would I be interested in joining the newly formed Humanists of Utah?

Only recently have I listened closely to the words of John Lennon's song Imagine. It sounds like a pretty good humanist song to me: