One thing that most fundamentalist theists and some current anti-religious books have in common: they assume everyone means the same thing by such words as "God."  Ethical Culture is nontheistic, and by that we mean that we don't require belief in any deity as part of our identity.  That doesn't mean all members of our community are atheists or even agnostics.  The god some of us disbelieve in isn't necessarily that god that others in our community believe in.  Jone will explore some of the newer concepts of deity that are current in liberal religious circles, and also explore whether there are other beliefs that might be more difficult to reconcile with an ethical humanism than some versions of god-belief.