Tag Archives: atheism
CFI Bringing Special Guest Speaker on Thursday
This coming Thursday, October 13, CFI-Pittsburgh has a special guest speaker for its regular monthly lecture meeting – Dr. Mano Singham of Case-Western Reserve University. He will be discussing his new definition of atheism, and why he believes that atheism … Continue reading
Drinking Skeptically on Friday April 15th at Double Wide Grill!
Where: Double Wide Grill, 2339 E Carson St, Pittsburgh PA When: 7:00PM – 11:30PM, Friday, April 15th [3rd Friday of the month!] Join us at the Double Wide Grill, 2339 E. Carson Street, for Drinking Skeptically. We start gathering at … Continue reading
Drinking Skeptically on Friday March 18th at Double Wide Grill!
Where: Double Wide Grill, 2339 E Carson St, Pittsburgh PA When: 7:00PM – 11:30PM, Friday, March 18th [3rd Friday of the month!] Join us at the Double Wide Grill, 2339 E. Carson Street, for Drinking Skeptically. We start gathering at … Continue reading
Rob Sherman talk this Tuesday
This month’s Center for Inquiry discussion group offers a talk and Q&A with journalist and atheist activist, Rob Sherman. You remember Mr. Sherman — Illinois Representative Monique Davis interrupted him while he testified before the Springfield House State Government Administration … Continue reading
How about an Awesome Friday?
Oh hey! This Friday our friend Hemant Mehta[1. "our friend" as in we <3 him.], The Friendly Atheist, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon, hosted by CMU’s AHA group. Pasta will be served! More deets at the AHA’s Facebook invite … Continue reading
We all know the Bible is true…
I’ve recently had a number of people tell me why I became an atheist. Most of the explanations hinge on the core assumption that I know in the back of my mind that God (presumably, the Christian god) is real, … Continue reading
Morality Redux: Euthyphro
The ongoing discussion that I’ve been having (largely off the blog) about the recent entries on morality has prompted me to cover one last topic that I only mentioned in passing last time: the Euthyphro dilemma. This should be the … Continue reading
Atheism=religion? or not?
I’ve heard two claims a lot in the past year, and I’m going to set them out here for your perusal. 1. Atheism is a religion. 2. Look where atheism leads: godless Communism! The irony of juxtaposing these frequent criticisms … Continue reading
