[Atheists] UofA Atheists and Agnostics Newsletter

Greetings, fellow Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers!

I hope the Fall Semester is treating you all well. We have lots of
news from the Atheist world that we'd like to catch you up on, so
please bear with us if this e-mail gets a little long!

First things first. If you have not already done so, please take a
second to join our Facebook group. It's a great way for us to quickly
inform you about upcoming events, and share links to neat sources or
videos we find online.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=5442393782

We are also on Twitter, for those of you who use that medium. Ryan
sometimes posts current information about Liquid Rationalism events on
this account.

http://twitter.com/UoAAaA

Another order of business is to formally invite you all to next week's
Liquid Rationalism, on November 6th, 2009, at Deweys on Campus. Liquid
Rationalism is a chance for you to hang out with other free thinkers
and enjoy a few beverages, or just grab a coffee and catch up with
other members on what's happening in the Atheist world. Past LR's have
brought us such memories as "Pope Hat Day", "Finding Jesus Photoshop
Contest", and various other good times which are too hazy for me to
recall in detail. For those new to Campus, Deweys is located just
South of Cameron Library, and just East of CEB and CAB in the old
Power Plant.

Some current news from the freethinking community that you might find
interesting: Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort are leading a campaign to
distribute free copies of the Origin of Species to celebrate the 150
year anniversary of it's publication.

"Origin into Schools"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN9zpf5cT0M

The bad news is: it has a 50 page introduction that slanders Darwin,
tries to discredit evolution, and promotes a Creationist / Intelligent
Design viewpoint. 100, 000 copies of this book are set to be
distributed at Universities all over North America. More information
on this can be found in the following link:

http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=383

As well as a free PDF version of the book to be distributed:

http://assets.livingwaters.com/pdf/OriginofSpecies.pdf

Lastly, I would like to share with you a link for a Youtube video
called "Jesus The Evidence". It's a documentary that has been banned
in the United States for it's viewpoint on Christianity. I found it to
be a more science/history based version of Zeitgeist, so if you're
interested check it out! (Thanks to Chris Allen for sending me this
link!)

"Jesus, the Evidence"

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8285B54DB1014024

Well, that is it for now. We hope to see you all at Liquid Rationalism
next week!

Continue doubting,

University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics

http://www.ualberta.ca/~atheists/

"Most people, I believe, think that you need a God to explain the
existence of the world, and especially the existence of life. They are
wrong, but our education system is such that many people don't know it."

-Richard Dawkins
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