As of this October, the Freethought Books Project has 500 facebook cause members. Only this past semester, fewer than 300 people were active in the Reed Secular Alliance’s charitable endeavors. “Social networking sites like facebook have really allowed this project to grow,” founder Leslie Zukor explains. “When we started this in the fall of 2005, [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Freethought Books Project Recruits 500!
Posted in News, Service Projects on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zukor’s PZ Myers Photo on Cover of The Humanist
Posted in News on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reed Secular Alliance President, Leslie Zukor’s photo of PZ Myers is on the front cover of this month’s Humanist Magazine. Zukor, who attended the American Humanist Association’s conference in Phoenix, had the opportunity to meet science blogger and outspoken freethinker, PZ Myers. “It was great to introduce myself to Myers,” Zukor said. “And it [...]
Prisoner Letter Feature – Part Nine
Posted in Prisoner Letters on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Returning to the Fold – Reflections from a Barbed Wire Monastery By: Prison Bob The following is part nine of an ongoing feature with a real incarcerated prisoner, who goes by the pseudonym of Prison Bob. This individual is behind bars in Oklahoma, and he is a freethinker and staunch atheist. We hope you will [...]
Large Turnout for The God Virus
Posted in Lectures, News on October 8, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Roughly 200 people attended Darrel Ray’s The God Virus lecture at Reed College on October 7th. During the event, Dr. Ray made the case that religion is indeed a virus-like phenomenon, as it infects individuals and societies. Drawing heavily from Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and memetic theory, Darrel Ray argued that the idea of religion [...]
Essay on Atheism in Prison
Posted in Prisoner Letters on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an atheist in prison? According to Sean Bearden, a prisoner in New York, non-theism behind bars has its challenges. To read more about his experiences, click on the following link: Sean-Bearden-Essay. We hope you will enjoy his story.
Pastafarian Dinner With Darrel Ray
Posted in Lectures, News on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reed Secular Alliance is hosting a Pastafarian dinner with Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus. We will meet at Eliot Circle at 4:45 pm and head out to an Italian Food restaurant, where we will be touched by His Noodly Appendage. The Pastafarian dinner will be from 5 to 6 pm at a [...]
Good Without God Tour – Coming to Reed
Posted in Lectures, News on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join the Reed Secular Alliance as we welcome Greg Epstein, author of Good Without God. Epstein will speak about his new book, which offers a challenge to the religious fundamentalism of the Christian Right and the New Atheism, as espoused by Richard Dawkins. In short, the author provides a much-needed voice for Secular Humanism today, [...]
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