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SEA Monthly Roundtable 7 February 2012: Fundies Say The Darndest Things

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Feb 032012

***NOTE LOCATION CHANGE***


Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Room 7, 6th Floor, Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta.

Centennial Room (library basement), Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta.

It’s the Society of Edmonton Atheists monthly roundtable, first Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m!

This month we will be having a much more interactive roundtable discussion. Everyone is encouraged to bring a story that they have heard, or read about, or have had happen to them that involves a religious fundamentalist saying or doing something completely ludicrous. We will all take turns telling our stories and then at the end of the night we will vote on which one we think is best and the person that told that story will win a prize.

**PLEASE NOTE** – This month we are meeting in the basement of the library and not in our usual room. The name of the meeting room is “The Centennial Room”

Drinks at Elephant and Castle afterwards at 9:00 pm-ish

Upcoming round-tables (mark your calendars!):

6 March 2012: “History of Religious Holidays”

3 April 2012: SEA Annual General Meeting

1 May 2012: “Religion’s role in Addictions’ Support”

5 June 2012: “What atheists can learn from religion”

All are welcome to both events! See you there!

Facebook RSVP here

http://www.edmontonatheists.ca/

info@edmontonatheists.ca

 

Posted by Frank at 5:56 PM

SEA Monthly Roundtable 3 January 2012: Christopher Hitchens – His Life and Legacy

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Dec 252011

***NOTE LOCATION CHANGE***


Tuesday, 3 January 2012, 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Room 7, 6th Floor, Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta.

Turner Valley Room, Westin Hotel, 10135-100th Street NW, Edmonton AB T5J 0N7

It’s the Society of Edmonton Atheists monthly roundtable, first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m! We will start at 7:00 pm with a VERY brief general meeting.

January’s meeting will look back at the legacy of Christopher Hitchens, nicknamed “Hitch”, (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011), British-American author, journalist, debater and all-around contrarian, whose books, essays, and journalistic career spanned more than four decades. Continue reading »

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Winter Solstice Party 2011

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Dec 162011

Come out come out! On Friday, 16 December 2011 (yes, TODAY!), the Society of Edmonton Atheists is having a winter solstice party, downstairs in the basement of the German-Canadian Cultural Centre (8310 Roper Road (51 St): http://www.gcca.ca/)! The pub atmosphere is on at the German Club’s monthly Feierabend, starting at 8:00 pm!
If you want to have an excellent dinner first, call 780-466-4000 and make a reservation for the German Club Friday buffet dinner! Details here: http://www.gcca.ca/restaurant.htm
See you all there!

Here is the facebook invite.

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SEA Monthly Roundtable and SEA General Meeting – 6 December 2011: topic TBA

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Nov 152011


Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Room 7, 6th Floor, Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta.

This month’s round table discussion topic is still TBA.

Our December round-table will start with a brief general meeting lasting about 30 minutes (7:00 – 7:30 pm). We have two specific items to address in this meeting:

1. Electing a new director to fill a vacancy. If you’d like to contribute to the direction of the SEA and help us organize events, please consider running for this position.

2. Voting on a proposal to increase the membership fee to $20/yr. effective January 1st, 2012. Memberships purchased in the last few months and until the end of the year (at $10) will be valid until the end of 2012.

You must be a member in good standing (that means you’ve purchased a membership for $10 this year) in order to vote. You may purchase a membership at the start of the meeting or online. Members may vote by proxy, provided that the Secretary is informed at least 48 hours in advance.

Round table discussion will start at or before 7:30 pm once our business is concluded .

The meeting continues informally at Elephant and Castle afterwards at 9:00 pm.

All are welcome to both events!

Facebook RSVP here

http://www.edmontonatheists.ca/

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SEA Monthly Roundtable – 1 November 2011: Randal Rauser on “What hath God to do with the Flying Spaghetti Monster?”

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Oct 252011

FSMTuesday, 1 November 2011, 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Room 7, 6th Floor, Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta.

This month’s roundtable discussion will feature guest speaker Randal Rauser, evangelical theologian, discussing “What hath God to do with the Flying Spaghetti Monster?”

Randal recently spoke with us in June 2011 and he and the attendees all had a great time!

Round table discussion at 7:00 pm.  The meeting continues informally at Elephant and Castle afterwards at 9:00 pm.

All are welcome to both events!

Facebook RSVP here

http://www.edmontonatheists.ca/
http://randalrauser.com/

Randal’s blogpost for this event

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SEA Monthly Roundtable – 4 October 2011: Luke Fevin on “School prayer in Sturgeon County”

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Sep 282011

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Change of venue. This month only, we will be in the Chariman Room at  the Westin Hotel, 10135 100th Street, just south of the Stanley A Milner Library.

This month’s roundtable discussion will feature guest speaker Luke Fevin, discussing his struggles with the Sturgeon School Division over school prayer and his efforts to see that his three children are provided with a secular education free from religion.

Round table discussion at 7:00 pm.  The meeting continues informally at Elephant and Castle afterwards at 9:00 pm

All are welcome to both events!

Facebook RSVP here


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“Beyond the Evolution vs. Creation Debate”

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Sep 282011
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
5:00 PM		 Dentistry-Pharmacy Lecture Theatre, Dentistry Pharmacy Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB

“Beyond the Evolution vs. Creation Debate”

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 5:00 PM

Dentistry-Pharmacy Lecture Theatre 2104

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (map)

This is a talk presented by Dr. Denis Lamoureux, a Christian who accepts evolution. He is a professor of theology and biology at St. Joseph’s College at the University of Alberta. Lamoureux is the author of “I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution (2009)”.

Abstract: “Are there only two positions on origins: either “evolution” or “creation”? This lecture is an introduction to professional terminology, science-religion dialogue, and various views on origins (young earth creation, progressive creation, evolutionary creation, deistic evolution, and atheistic evolution). Lecturer also shares his personal voyage in this debate.”

Meetup.com link here:http://www.meetup.com/CFI-Edmonton/events/35304662/

 

 

Posted by Frank at 9:39 AM

Irshad Manji: Allah, Liberty and Love – 26 Sep 2011

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Sep 212011

Irshad Manji: Allah, Liberty and Love

Irshad ManjiAllah, Liberty & Love Book Cover
Date: Monday, Septemeber 26

Time: 7:00 pm

Street: 8712 – 109 Street NW, Edmonton

Political activist Irshad Manji caused waves with her first book, The Trouble with Islam Today. Her new book,Allah, Liberty and Love, strives to reconcile the loving message of Islam with the repression carried out in her name. Manji is a professor at New York University, a columnist for The Globe and  Mail and the founder of the diversity-promoting Moral Courage Project.

Ms. Manji comes to Edmonton for an evening of frank discussion and open dialogue with the audience, hosted by the Edmonton Journal’s Sheila Pratt.

Link to event here.

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Museum Madness September – Reynold’s Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin

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Sep 202011

This month marks the return of our Museum Madness monthly event. This month will be travelling to the Reynold’s Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin.

As this museum is out of town we will need to coordinate transportation. If you are able to drive a small group of people down in your car then please let us know by sending Michael Hartman a message or by writing on the Facebook well for this event. Depending on how many people wish to attend we will probably only need 1 or 2 volunteers.We ask that the passengers cover the costs of gas for the volunteer driver in the vehicle as a sign of appreciation.

On Saturday morning at 9:00 AM we can all meet at South Edmonton Common and head out from there. If anyone is unable to get to South Edmonton Common on their own then contact us and it can be arranged to pick you up from wherever is convenient.

An adult admission to the museum is $10, youth (under 17) is $5 and children under 6 are free. Hope to see you all there!

Here are the details,

24 September · 09:00 – 17:30
Reynolds Alberta Museum
6426 – 40 Avenue, Wetaskiwin

Here is a link to the facebook event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216426208418831#!/event.php?eid=216426208418831

 

 

Posted by Frank at 4:16 PM

SEA road cleanup report

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Sep 192011

The "Heathen Road Gang"

Eight of the SEA take a break from picking up litter to pose with our sign!

Today, the SEA held its third annual highway cleanup, as part of the “Caring for Alberta’s Highways (Adopt-A-HighwaCaring for Alberta's Highways: Society of Edmonton Atheistsy) Program”. Our stretch of Highway is East of the Queen Elizabeth 2, north of the 525 turnoff, which is one road north of the Airport Road.

From 11:00 am to 3:30 pm eight brave and dedicated SEA members picked up Tim Horton’s coffee cups, gloves, socks, carpet, ribbons, cans, cigarette wrappers and various and sundry other treasures. Fortunately the weather was fairly well suited to the job, not too hot (although the clouds did move to expose some of us to bursts of heat) and not too windy.

The 3 kilometre stretch seemed much longer when you are stopping every couple of steps to bend over (ooh my back), but the company and the good cause made it worthwhile.

Small confession: we spent a little time early on wondering why there was so little trash,until we realized we were on the wrong tract (Halliburton’s adopted piece of earth, not ours!).

A big thanks to our volunteers!

More photos of our escapades can be found here.

 

 

 

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