A society for atheists, rationalists, secularists and humanists
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The Richard Dawkins Debate A talk and discussion on the impact of Richard Dawkins on the topic of religion. |
9 February 2010 19:00 | Baines Wing 1.13 |
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Social Our regular weekly Tuesday night social. Come down for a drink and a chat. |
9 February 2010 21:00 | The Terrace |
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Darwin Day Our annual Darwin Day celebration, we'll have a stall outside the union all day with information on Darwin and his work as well as a bake sale! |
12 February 2010 10:00 | Leeds University Union |
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Perspective: Baha'i This week Helen Morley will be back to tell us all about Baha'i. [More]. |
12 February 2010 19:00 | Meeting Room 8 |
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Galileo Day Feast Our annual celebration of Galileo Day will of course feature a feast in which you are required to where some kind of hat - in celebration! |
15 February 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Movie Goer's Guide to Ethics The third in our series of Movie Goer's Guide, this event looking at ethics using a different film. |
16 February 2010 19:00 | Baines Wing 1.13 |
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Karaoke Our regular weekly Tuesday night social. Come down for a drink, a chat and some good old fashioned karaoke at everyone's favourite karaoke bar. |
16 February 2010 19:00 | D-Fusion |
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Perspective - Sikhism Jagjit Singh, who kindly sat on our interfaith panel last term will be back to tell us more about sikism and what being a sikh is all about. [More]. |
19 February 2010 19:00 | Meeting Room 8 |
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Musical night A night of musical entertainment. |
23 February 2010 19:00 | The Packhorse |
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Perspective - Quaker Rhiannon Grant will be coming to tell us all about Quakers. This is a first for Leeds Atheist Society! [More]. |
26 February 2010 19:00 | Meeting Room 8 |
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Fitna: The Big Debate There was uproar when in 2008 Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders released the film "Fitna." Both condemned and commended by the civil rights movement the film sparked a wave of protests, anger and violence from the Islamic community. [More]. |
2 March 2010 19:00 | Baines Wing 1.13 |
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Social Our regular weekly Tuesday night social. Come down for a drink and a chat. |
2 March 2010 21:00 | The Old Bar |
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Inside the Minds of Animals Rev Chris Worfolk presents a talk on consciousness in animals and societies and social structures that exist in animal communities. |
9 March 2010 19:00 | Baines Wing 1.13 |
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Social Our regular weekly Tuesday night social. Come down for a drink and a chat. |
9 March 2010 21:00 | The Library |
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Perspective Learn more about different world religions over a meal. Each week we invite a different religious speaker down to tell us about their faith followed by an open question and answer session in which you can ask any question you like. |
12 March 2010 19:00 | Meeting Room 8 |
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Debate on Ethics Is religion a source of good or evil? A debate featuring two religious speakers and two non-religious speakers. |
16 March 2010 19:00 | Baines Wing 1.13 |
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Social Our regular weekly Tuesday night social. Come down for a drink and a chat. |
16 March 2010 21:00 | The Old Bar |
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Perspective: Scientology The final week of Perspective. We have invited Sam Butler who runs the Church of Scientology of Manchester to tell us all about body thetans, L Ron Hubbard and all things Scientology! [More]. |
19 March 2010 19:00 | Meeting Room 8 |
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AGM Our annual general meeting where the committee report on the previous year's activities and elections take place. |
27 April 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Atheists in the Media Former president of the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist & Secular Student Societies Norman Ralph presents a talk on how atheists are portrayed in the media. |
4 May 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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The Mind, Illusion and the Need for Science A talk by Jonathan Lomax on the stranger things that people believe and why this may be. |
11 May 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Religulous Screening of the Bill Maher documentary on religion. |
18 May 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Derren Brown - Messiah A screening of Derren Brown's Messiah. "Brown traveled to the United States to try to convince five leading figures that he had powers in their particular field of expertise: Christian evangelism, alien abduction, psychic powers, New Age theories and contacting the dead." |
25 May 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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End of Year Ball Our traditional End of Year Ball, throw on some slightly smarter clothes and come out for a meal and some drinks. |
1 June 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Planning meeting Planning for next year. |
8 June 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |
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Planning meeting Planning for next year. |
15 June 2010 19:00 | To Be Confirmed |