For those who are happy to accept that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable evidence for the existence of a god or gods or the supernatural.
Monthly Lectures - Visitors Welcome
Second Tuesday of the month at 8 pm. Note: New venue!
Unitarian Church Hall, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne.
(Opposite the old Mercy Hospital). Melways Map 2G, D2.
Admission free, no
prior booking necessary, all welcome. A question-to-the-speaker period
follows the lecture.
Atheists in the pub
Meet like-minded people for friendly discussion
The Corkman Irish Pub, 160 Leicester Street (cnr Pelham Street), Carlton (note changed venue)
First Friday of the month. 6pm-9pm. Next meeting May 2 2008. Pastafarians welcome. For information, contact: John Perkins
| 2008 | |
| 13 May | Tamas Pataki (Author - 'Against Religion.')
"The Psychology of Religion" |
| 10 Jun | Graeme Lindenmayer (Rationalist Society of Australia)
"Morality and the Environment" |
| 08 July | Dr. Gideon Polya (Author - 'Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History')
"Body Count: Global avoidable mortality since 1950" |
| 12 Aug | Catherine Deveny ('The Age' columnist)
"My Conversion to Atheism" |
| 9 Sept | Professor Graham Oppy (Philosophy & Bioethics, Monash University)
"The New Atheists and Christian Nationalism" |
| 14 Oct | Jacinta Cashen (Victorian Council of School Organisations)
"Challenges to Secular Education" |
| 11 Nov | Silvio Bonazinga (PhD Student)
"The Atheist Veneration of Science" |
| 9 Dec | Wolfgang Eubel (...)
"Was J.S.Bach an Atheist?" |
| 2009 | |
| 10 Feb | To be announced (...)
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| 10 Mar | Russell Blackford (Philosophy & Bioethics, Monash University
"Voices of Disbelief" |
| 14 April | Graeme Lindenmayer (Rationalist Society of Australia)
"Reductionism" |
The Atheist Society is for Atheists, Agnostics and Free-Thinkers. We have no agreed definition of Atheism, nor of Agnosticism, nor of Religion. We have no common position on most issues. So we agree to disagree.
In my opinion, Atheists have a lack of belief in God, in gods, in the Divine, in the Spiritual, in the Supernatural, in the Occult, in Superstition, and in supernatural processes such as Re-incarnation and Astrology, as well as a lack of belief in paranormal phenomena such as Extra Sensory Perception and Unidentified Flying Objects.
In my opinion, Atheists should not be afraid to say that they "don't know", that they do not have an answer. To an Atheist, a lack of knowledge should not be a fearful vacuum which must be filled with fairy-tale mumbo-jumbo. Nevertheless, those with religious beliefs, etcetera, are very welcome to attend our meetings and to participate in the discussions which follow the talks and lectures.
We do not bother with formal membership. Consequently, we don't have a membership fee. Although our lectures are free, we do however pass the 'begging-bowls' around in an attempt to cover the cost of our meeting room. If one can afford it, $2 is usually sufficient.
For further information, or to discuss Atheism, contact me,
David Miller, Secretary.
Telephone: 03 9467 2063
Email: atheist_agnostic@lycos.com
Mail: PO Box 1111, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.
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