{"id":63,"date":"2006-10-18T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2006-10-18T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/humanism\/2006\/10\/18\/julia-sweeneys-letting-go-of-god\/"},"modified":"2006-10-18T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2006-10-18T14:39:02","slug":"julia-sweeneys-letting-go-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/humanism\/2006\/10\/18\/julia-sweeneys-letting-go-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Sweeney&#8217;s &#8220;Letting Go of God&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a fantastic email from Amanda of the Harvard Secular Society. Please take the one or two minutes to read it all, then help any way you can. And as it&#8217;s written with a great sense of humor, one serious comment from me:<\/p>\n<p>Humanists don&#8217;t pray to a higher power for support or success. We don&#8217;t expect others to stand up for us without ourselves taking action. If you want your community to shine as the diverse, inspiring global movement of service to humanity it truly is, instead of being shunned as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asanet.org\/page.ww?section=Press&amp;name=Atheists+Are+Distrusted\">America&#8217;s least trusted minority<\/a>, this week is the time to help as though it depends on YOU.\u00a0 With us putting on a show this big (and this good!) it really does. Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>POSTERING<br \/>\nPostering is a great way to meet those fabled people you hear about who are &#8220;early to bed, early to rise&#8221;.\u00a0 If nothing else, Thursday morning will be a prime time to mock them.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, October 19th<br \/>\n7:05 am (!)<br \/>\nmeet at John Harvard Statue<\/p>\n<p>FLYERING<br \/>\nIf you can make it,\u00a0 starting Thursday afternoon, we will be flyering outside of the science center to advertise for &#8220;Letting Go of God&#8221; (blurb below &#8211; which you should send to your friends).\u00a0 Julie Duncan has enthusiastically agreed to dress up in &#8220;It&#8217;s Pat!&#8221; garb and mimic the character for our enjoyment.\u00a0 However, androgyny can only sustain her for so long, and we will need some other Pats to rise up and wear her costume &#8211; starting on Friday, *e-mail me if you are interested*.<\/p>\n<p>*E-mail me if you can flyer during any of these times*:<br \/>\nThursday, Oct. 19th<br \/>\n10:00 am<br \/>\n11:00 am<br \/>\n12:00 pm<br \/>\n1:00 pm<br \/>\nFriday, Oct 20th<br \/>\n10:00 am<br \/>\n11:00 am<br \/>\n12:00 pm<br \/>\n1:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>CONSIGNMENT TICKETS<br \/>\nHave friends that are DYING to go see Julia Sweeney but are just too lazy to go over to the Harvard Box Office?\u00a0 Problem solved.\u00a0 Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein will supply Secular Society students with tickets to sell.\u00a0 If you sell 10 tickets, you get 1 ticket FREE; if you sell 20 tickets, you get 2 tickets FREE.\u00a0 Stop by his office during normal business hours &#8211; in the basement of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard where the University Chaplains are (his e-mail is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:gepstein@hds.harvard.edu\">gepstein@hds.harvard.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>FACEBOOK EVENT<br \/>\nRSVP to the event on Facebook &#8220;Julia Sweeney&#8217;s &#8216;Letting Go of God'&#8221;.\u00a0 Then, invite all of your friends to come.<\/p>\n<p>*please forward widely*<\/p>\n<p>what&#8217;s that?<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">I T &#8216; S\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 P A T\u00a0 !<\/span><br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>and\u00a0 IT&#8217;S COMING&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"> Julia Sweeney&#8217;s one-woman comedy, &#8220;Letting Go of God&#8221; <\/span><br \/>\nThursday, October 26th<br \/>\n8:00 PM<br \/>\nSanders Theater<br \/>\n~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br \/>\n$7 for Undergrads<br \/>\nTickets on sale NOW at the Harvard Box Office<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boxoffice.harvard.edu\/\">     www.boxoffice.harvard.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JULIA SWEENEY<\/p>\n<p>*former Saturday Night Live (SNL) star<br \/>\n*Desperate Housewives producer, writer, consultant<br \/>\n*Sex and the City creative consultant, writer<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LETTING GO OF GOD&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Preview: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=CT5c3-k4uRE\">      http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=CT5c3-k4uRE <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweeney&#8217;s play comically chronicles her religious search, her struggle with doubts, and her final consideration of &#8220;Letting Go of God&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An excerpt of this show, &#8216;Letting Go of God&#8217; is the single most popular story we&#8217;ve ever put on our show in over ten years on the air.\u00a0 We were deluged with email.\u00a0 Flooded.\u00a0 Overwhelmed.\u00a0 Somewhere, against all common sense, Julia is making something funny that has no business being funny.&#8221;<br \/>\n-Ira Glass, &#8220;This American Life&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>presented by:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<div>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Harvard Secular Society<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n&amp;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nThe Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a fantastic email from Amanda of the Harvard Secular Society. Please take the one or two minutes to read it all, then help any way you can. And as it&#8217;s written with a great sense of humor, one serious comment from me: Humanists don&#8217;t pray to a higher power for support or success. 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