As nontheists, we know that we only have one life to live. Nontheists do not believe in an afterlife, but when we die our legacy lives on. Our legacy is our afterlife. We live on through the relationships we formed, the words that we wrote, and the life values we leave behind.
A Secular Day of the Dead event provides the nontheist community a way to actually celebrate life – our own and the life of our dead loved ones.
The Secular Day of the Dead maintains important cultural traditions – sans religion. With more and more people abandoning their religious beliefs, the Secular Day of the Dead outreaches to the Hispanic community offering such things as a Honoring Table (Ofrenda) and an opportunity to be with like-minded individuals who appreciate culture, traditions and celebrations of life.
The Freethought Society is providing a Secular Day of the Dead Toolkit. Also included in this section of the website you will find articles about past events.
Please notify the Freethought Society should you or the group you are affiliated with host a Secular Day of the Dead. The Freethought Society would like to see this celebration of life expand to many more locations.
Secular Day of the Dead Toolkit
SDoD Toolkit will help you start a secular celebration in your area
https://www.ftsociety.org/sdod-toolkit/
Secular Day of the Dead Articles
- 2018 Secular Day of the Dead Los Angeles
- January February 2015 FS Newsletter DoD Article
- January February 2016 Newsletter DoD article
Past Items Pertaining to Secular Day of the Dead (SDoD)
SECULAR Dia de los Muertos – Secular Day of the Dead
Secular Dia de los Muertos Secular Day of the Dead Thursday November 2, 2018 Emiliano’s 6690 Mission Gorge Road San Diego, CA 92120 Bring photos of the loved one(s) you are honoring to place on the Secular Honoring Table. Tickets Purchase tickets through the Secular Day of the Dead sponsors or directly through Eventbrite Tickets . . . → Read More: SECULAR Dia de los Muertos – Secular Day of the Dead
September October 2019 Freethought Society eZine
Click here to see the September October 2019 Freethought Society (FS) Ezine.
In the Ezine you will find the following articles:
Freethought Literature Prison Library Placement Programby Margaret Downey Reason and Empathy in the Enlightenmentby Dr. John D. Eigenauer National Day of Reasonby Herb Silverman Over the Moon for Neil Armstrongby Dennis Middlebrooks 2019 . . . → Read More: September October 2019 Freethought Society eZine
September, October, November, December 2018 eZine Newsletter
September, October, November, December 2018 eZine Newsletter
Click here to see the September, October, November, December 2018 Freethought Society (FS) Ezine.
In the Ezine you will find the following articles: A Four-Month Combined Issue to Bring Readers Up-To-Date, by Margaret Downey Photos from the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum More Photos from the . . . → Read More: September, October, November, December 2018 eZine Newsletter
January February 2016 Newsletter
Click here for the January-February 2016 Newsletter
In the newsletter you will find the following articles:
Chester County Commissioners Reject Nontheist Winter Holiday Symbol, Again! by Margaret Downey
The Integrity and Humility of Science by Hugh Taft-Morales
Photos of the 2015 Philadelphia Tree of Knowledge Event
Photos of the 10-Year Anniversary of the Kitzmiller/Dover Decision
. . . → Read More: January February 2016 Newsletter
September-October 2015 Newsletter
Click here to see the September/October 2015 Freethought Society (FS) newsletter.
In the newsletter you will find the following articles:
Boy Scouts of America Announce New Levels of Acceptance but Still Exclude Nontheists by Margaret Downey
The People in the Outfits by Amber Barnhill
FS Signs Anti-Blasphemy Law Coalition Letter
FS Signs SPI Anti-Blasphemy Law . . . → Read More: September-October 2015 Newsletter
