The Atlanta Freethought Society’s Sept. 8 program will feature attorney and author Luis Granados discussing a group of humanists from Voltaire to Clarence Darrow who have stood up to authorities who claimed divine support, AFS president Rick Pace announced. Granados’s book, “Damned Good Company,” will be the basis for his talk. Copies will be available for purchase and can be signed by Granados. The program is free and open to the public. It starts about 1 p.m. Sunday at AFS Hall, 4775 N. Church Lane, Smyrna 30080.

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