We are often asked why there needs to be a student group to advocate for atheists and agnostics. If you find yourself asking this question, we need only direct you to occasions such as this one:
Rep. Monique Davis (D-Illinois) Attacks Atheist Activist Rob Sherman.
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Secular Bible Study – Spring Term Schedule
Readings will be announced each week.
Reading for Wednesday, April 9th meeting: John, chapters 3-10
APRIL:
Wednesday, April 9th, 4pm, SMSU 327
Tuesday, April 15th, 4pm, SMSU 333
Tuesday, April 22, 4pm, SMSU 333
Wednesday, April 30th, 4pm, SMSU 327
MAY:
Tuesday, May 6th, 4pm, SMSU 327
Wednesday, May 14th, 4pm, SMSU 333
Tuesday, May 20th, 4pm, SMSU 327
Tuesday, May 27th, 4pm, SMSU 229
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Secular Bible Study:
Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: SMSU 327
Reading: John, chapters 3-10
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Atheist-Agnostic Students is a student group at Portland State University. This group has four goals:
1. Break down the stereotypes surrounding atheists, agnostics, secular humanists and other non-religious peoples, focusing on their positive content instead.
2. Raise awareness and advocate for non-religious students at PSU.
3. Promote critical thinking and questioning on campus.
4. Build a support structure and community for non-religious students.
This group is not an anti-religious, an anti-semitic or a hate group of any kind. It is not the intent of this group to ‘destroy peoples’ faiths’ or convert anyone, but we are not afraid to ask challenging and critical questions about beliefs and values.
People of all faiths, beliefs and backgrounds are welcome and encouraged to attend our events.
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Our first meeting will be Wednesday, April 2nd at 4pm in SMSU 327. We will be reading chapters 1 through 6 from the book of John. We hope to see you there.
Atheist/Agnostic Students at PSU invite you to join us for a weekly interfaith/nonfaith secular bible study for the duration of spring term. Each week we will be discussing a different section of the bible in order to promote critical thinking, cultural understanding, open dialogue between faith groups, and bible literacy. Discussion groups will meet at 4pm each week on either a Tuesday or a Wednesday. Please check the Atheist/Agnostic Student Blog (at http://psuatheistagnostic.wordpress.com/) or request to be added to our listserv (by e-mailing athag@pdx.edu) for updates about meeting locations, times, and reading assignments.
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Who holds the monopoly on morality? Cultural conservatives from the Vatican to Washington tell us that ethics presupposes religion, and so religion belongs in public life. Secular liberals counter that conscience is a private matter, a personal choice free from shared standards of truth or right. Conservatives charge that conscience without standards is relativism. Liberals didn’t lose their moral compass–they gave it away.
In his new book, The Secular Conscience, philosopher Austin Dacey breaks this ideological deadlock by boldly rethinking the nature of conscience and its role in public life. Inspired by an earlier tradition he traces to Spinoza and John Stuart Mill, Dacey urges secular liberals to reclaim the language of objective values.
Please join the Portland State Atheist-Agnostic Students group and the Philosophy Club, as we welcome author and Ph.D., Austin Dacey, on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008, at the Smith Student Union building in room 298, at 4:00pm.
Dacey will also be speaking at Reed College the day before, April 7th, 2008, in Vollum Lecture Hall at 7:30 pm.
Both events are free of charge and all are welcome.
Austin Dacey is a representative to the United Nations for the Center for Inquiry in New York City, where he works on issues of secular values, science, and ethics. He is the author of articles in numerous publications including the New York Times. He holds a doctorate in applied ethics and social philosophy.
His website is www.austindacey.com.
Email questions and concerns to athag@pdx.edu.
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Bill Nye the Science Guy
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