At our December dinner social Flo Wineriter discussed his recent humanist presentation to a Jordon School District teachers' conference on religion. One of the ideas he was asked to discuss with the teachers was his response to the question "What would be different in Utah if your members represented 70% of the population?"

Among the changes Flo presented to that conference were: public education would be tuition free through a college degree, sex education K-12 would emphasize responsible sexual expression, and public housing would be available for the homeless.

Flo asked those in attendance at our meeting to share their thoughts on how Utah would be different if humanists dominated our culture. Several societal improvements were expressed including: higher degree of tolerance, Utah would be a political blue state, families would have fewer children, there would be better funding for children's day care, liquor would be sold commercially,

The audience responded with laughter when Flo summed up the suggestions saying, "Ironically, Utah would be heaven on earth if humanism dominated the Utah culture."

In conclusion Flo said the exercise demonstrates the philosophy of humanism is much more than simply a non-belief in the supernatural.

--Flo Wineriter