SEA Monthly Roundtable: History of Religious Holidays

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Mar 052012

**NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: This month we are not in our regular room on the 6th floor. We are in the Centennial Room in the basement of the library.

7 pm, Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Stanley Milner Library, downtown

This month we have our board member Clayton Walden leading a discussion on the history of religious holidays and how they came to be the modern holidays that they are today.

After the meeting at 9pm we will adjourn to the Elephant & Castle in Edmonton City Centre for food and drinks.

Everyone is welcome to attend both events.

Posted by Marion at 1:26 AM

Creation Ministries International in Edmonton

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Feb 242012

Creation Ministries International (CMI) will be giving a presentation at the River City Church on 11 March 2012 at 6pm.

CMI is a creationist, anti-science organization that sends out speakers to spread young-Earth creationism. For an idea of what the presentations are about, one of our members wrote about his experience at one.

Posted by Marion at 8:32 AM

Interfaith Symposium – Religion: Source of Unity or Conflict?

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Feb 222012

The SEA has been invited to speak at this year’s Interfaith Symposium held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association at the U of A. Marion Kilgour, our current treasurer will be speaking for the SEA, and there will be  Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Muslim speakers as well.

March 7, 2012 at 7pm

Telus Centre
University of Alberta
87 Ave and 111 Street

See the flyer for more details about the speakers.

Posted by Marion at 7:46 PM

Brunch!

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Feb 222012

So, it’s Sunday morning, you’re wide awake, but everyone you know who’s up at this hour is going to church. Why not join us for brunch?

Albert’s Family Restaurant at Bonnie Doon Mall
Sunday, February 26, 2012
9:00am

We’ll have something with the SEA logo on the table, and will probably be at a table close to the front right, or in the back left.

Posted by Marion at 4:19 AM

Creation Ministries International Talk

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Feb 052012

By Les

On Thursday November 24th, 2011, two friends and myself attended a talk that the churches on our base in CFB Cold Lake, AB were hosting at the base theatre. The company is called Creation Ministries International (CMI). We had been made aware of their talk a few days earlier with a flier in a friend’s mailbox. We decided to go, mainly to see what they were about, and maybe to ask questions. We spent the couple of nights leading up to the talk going over their website reading up on their topic of the talk. It is called Genesis: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle. We combed through our personal science books and the Bible. Also, we watched a video about the “great flood”.
Continue reading »

Posted by Marion at 6:28 PM

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

Upcoming Events

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Jan 072012
Sunday January 15 – Brunch – Albert’s Family Restaurant @ Bonnie Doon Mall – 9AM – Facebook
  • Come join us for brunch at a family friendly restaurant.

Saturday January 21 –“Newbie Night”- Elephant and Castle @ City Centre Mall – 7 PM – Facebook

  • If you’re new to the SEA or atheism/agnosticism and interested in meeting some other new people in an informal setting, and learning what the SEA is all about, this is the event for you!
  • Please RSVP with Facebook or by contacting us.
  • There will be a reservation under “Marion”, so ask the greeter and they’ll point you towards the correct table.

Sunday January 22 – Stitch & Bitch – Remedy Café – 8631 109 St – 1PM – Facebook

  • Bring along some kind of portable handicraft and meet some fellow atheists! Or, use this as an excuse to get some good chai and discuss your latest project.
  • We’ll try to claim one of the booths on the main floor. Second choice, upstairs. Look for the huge bag made from knitting scraps.
Saturday February 4 – Blood Drive – 8249-114 St – 1PM – Facebook
  • Plan ahead for the next installment of our regular group blood donations!
  • To make your appointment or ask if you’re eligible to donate, please call Canadian Blood Services: 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283).
  • Future blood drives will be held on the following dates:
    • April 14, 2012
    • June 23, 2012
    • September 8, 2012

 

Posted by Marion at 8:19 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 »

Posted by Frank at 9:34 PM Tagged with: ,

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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Brunch!

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Dec 102011

So, it’s Sunday morning, you’re wide awake, but everyone you know who’s up at this hour is going to church. Why not join us for brunch?

Albert’s Family Restaurant at Bonnie Doon Mall
Sunday, December 11, 2011
9:00am

 

We’ll have some SEA contact cards on the table, and will probably be at a table close to the front.

Posted by Marion at 6:31 PM
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