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New locale for Skeptically Drinking this Friday

[ September 3, 2010; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The FFW Board voted to change the venue of our Skeptically Drinking for now.  It's still the first Friday of every month, which means this Friday is the next installment.  It will, however, now be at Calhoun Street Soup, Salad & Spirits.  We've scheduled the meet-up time for 8PM. We're thinking more people will be able [...]

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The Coming Obacalypse

Since National Health Care seems to be the topic of the moment, I thought I would weigh-in. Rae has already posted, her take on health care, so here’s mine. Like Rae I don’t think National Health care is a Free Thought issue per se mostly because the merits of having a government-mandated/subsidized health care system really [...]

Ep. 20 The Enlightenment Show: August Berkshire VP of AAI

Atheist Alliance International Vice-President and former Minnesota Atheists president, August Berkshire speaks with FFW president Andy Diekroger.

Finding comfort with non-belief

FreeThought Fort Wayne is being featured in today's (Sat. Aug. 1st) living section of The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. See Rosa Salter Rodriguez's article "Finding comfort with non-belief."

The Secular Highway-(Adopt-a-Highway)

[ October 18, 2009; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] We need all the help we can get because there is a lot of trash. We have found some very interesting trash and the aggregate of the last two trash collection days have been 46 bags of trash off the highway!

Better without God

This essay was written for the United Coalition of Reason’s Good without God Essay Contest The rules of the contest stipulated it had to be 500 words or less in length.  I found it difficult to express so much in so few words, but here it is. —– As a college sophomore diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, I thought [...]

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• Poor kid. (Via Fail Blog. // Original Post. ) #
• Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels recently went public with his ignorance of American history and paranoia about Athesist destroying the "real world". Click here. He wants Atheists to "think very carefully".  I have the same advice back at you Mitch my boy!  I have thought very carelfully, and it is precisely becasue I think that I am an Atheist.  Mitch Daniels does not think and that is why he walks through this life led by his delusional faith holding the hands of prejudice and ignorance. #
• The next FreeThought Fort Wayne Sunday Coffee Klatch is December, 6th at the Firefly Coffee House on North Anthony Blvd. What: Sunday Coffee Klatch Where: Firefly Coffee House, 3523 North Anthony Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805 When: Dec 6th, 2009; 10 am - 12 pm For more click here. #
• Wow, "No God" is the top trending Twitter topic right now. Check it out! below! Click the image to embiggen. #
• Tonight will feature host Chad Butterbaugh with guest host Joel Klinepeter with the topic, "Debunking philosophical proofs used for the existence of god". Call in with questions, comments, or to present a proof. We'll be on the air ready to answer callers. Tune in from 7-8 p.m., Comcast Channel 57, Verizon Channel 27. Call in at 422-8708. #
• Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words. How ironic. #
• I'm not sure if he still carries the "heat" in Hollywood that he used to, but I'm glad he's on our side.  Reading the vacuous little "entertainment section" on MSN finally paid off, for once: "Inglorious Basterd" Brad Pitt is going to burn in Hellfire for this one: The demi-god thespian was recently interviewed by German Web site Bild.de, and when the reporter asked if he believed in God, Pitt smiled and replied, "No, no, no!" Uh-oh. Though, reading further, atheism is technically only 20% good enough for Pitt: "I'm probably 20 per cent atheist and 80 per cent agnostic," says Pitt. "I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, and then there's no point thinking about it." Again, we'll take what we can get. #
• Ahh, Turkey. The only country where evolution is less accepted than in the US. Now they have a new show, Penitents Compete, where the producers reportedly "pit a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, an imam and a Buddhist monk against one another in attempt to convert atheists to their respective religions." The show's producers say there is a good chance none of the atheists will be converted, Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review reports. But those who are will be sent on a pilgrimage. New Muslims will head to Mecca, Buddhists to Tibet and Jews and Christians to Jerusalem – with television cameras following them. "They can't see this trip as a getaway but as a religious experience," Ahmet Ozdemir, Kanal T's deputy director, told Hurriyet. That's because only true non-believers need apply. An eight-member team of theologians will vet contestants to ensure they really are atheists before deciding who will participate in the show. To date, about 200 people have applied to take part, and the first 10 contestants will be chosen next month. Link to CBC article. So what I want to know is, what do the atheists win if they make it through without being converted? #
• Music and the Mind on NOVA tonight on PBS at 8 PM.  This is featuring neurologist Oliver Sacks and author of Musicophilia.  The book was fantastic.  Thanks to Jonah Lehrer at  Frontal Cortex for the heads up. #
• At 9 PM tonight (June 22) The Enlightenment Show featuring my interview with Matt Barron about "Secular City Limits" is on channel 27 Verizon Fios, and 57 Comcast cable. Following at 10 PM,  Our first Dial-An-Atheist show is being rebroadcasted.  Sorry for the late notice.  It took a lot of time to do this.  I will get these shows online later in the week.  Right now the focus is on the Robert Price lecture planning. #