A society for atheists, rationalists, secularists and humanists
Rationalist Week 2007 was a huge success with literally hundreds of people coming through the tent and attending events. A big thank you to all of the A-Soc members that helped make the week a success!
We will have a tent opposite the union which will be open from 11ish each day until 5ish. This will have some displays about Atheism as well as plenty of people to chat and discuss your views with. We will also be holding various talks at 12 noon and 2pm each day in the tent. Come in for some free food and drink and good conversation.
We will also be holding various events at 7:30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. These will be held in Roger Stevens lecture theatre 20. Plus we will be running socials on Monday and Friday. See the timetable below for all the events that we will be running.
| Day | Time | Event |
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| Monday 16 April |
12:00 |
What is rationalism? An introduction to the week and talk about what rationalism is, by Atheist Society president Chris Worfolk. |
| 14:00 |
The problem with evil A talk on the problem with the all loving God that sends people to Hell and why God allows bad things to happen to good people. |
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| 20:00 |
Old Bar social Want to come down and talk to A-Soc in a more relaxed environment? We'll be spending Monday night in The Old Bar so that people can come down and talk to us about the society, meet other people and have some good old debate about religion. |
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| Tuesday 17 April |
12:00 |
Evolution for dummies Talk by Dr. Richard Parker. Evolution by Natural Selection has been one of the most damaging blows to religion. Many theists believe it can be reconciled with faith by Intelligent Design. However as we will explain, Evolution shows both Creationism and ID are in all likelihood, wrong. |
| 14:00 |
Beauty in Atheism Think you can't appreciate the beauty of nature because you're an Atheist? It's a silly unfounded myth but one which many people believe. In fact, there is no reason why Atheists cannot have a spiritual side. Come to the talk to find out more. |
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| 19:30 |
Why there is almost certainly no God A talk on why the idea of a God or gods existing is just plain silly let alone invalid. |
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| Wednesday 18 April |
12:00 |
Ask an Atheist Have a burning question like "how can you not believe in God?" or "you know you're going to hell right?" Then come along to this Q and A session and ask an Atheist! |
| 14:00 |
New Atheism Its mission is clear - to put an end to faith. Our figureheads are Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. Who we are? We're the New Atheist movement. |
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| 19:30 |
Talk by Mike Lake Talk by Mike Lake from the Derby Secular Society on the topic of "all intellectual ideas, including religions, should be subject to criticism and ridicule." |
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| Thursday 19 April |
12:00 |
Student testimonials Student's stories about why they decided that thinking rationally was the way to go. |
| 14:00 |
The problem with faith What's wrong with believing in God or having a religion? The problem is the idea of faith. Come along and find out why. |
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| 19:30 |
Debate with Christian Union We will be holding a debate with the Christian Union on the proposition of "there is enough evidence to believe Jesus is the son of God." | |
| Friday 20 April |
12:00 |
Where do Atheists get their morals? If Atheists don't believe in the Bible, where do they get their morals from? As we explain, this view is misguided and indeed Atheists are often more moral than theists. |
| 14:00 |
Why religion exists If religion is invalid, why does it still exist? Well there are plenty of theories and we're going to go through several of them in this talk. |
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| 20:00 |
All night debate We'll be up all night in the tent debating whoever wants to come along over some hot food that we will be handing out. |