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By: Pentecostal Chaplain supports secularism | Terahertz

Pentecostal Chaplain supports secularism | Terahertz — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:46 +0000

[...] Matthew Glombick, our campus’s Pentecostal (think Jesus Camp Christians) Chaplain, had the following to say [...]

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By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:05:23 +0000

Nice. Perhaps I should get a little more involved before I start making suggestions…

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By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:45 +0000

I should also say that our main pamphlet does have an atheist FAQ, and the Society of Edmonton Atheists has a nice FAQ too.

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By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:25:35 +0000

Since Amanada Nielsen, a secular humanist and member of UAAA, is the Student Groups Director, I doubt we’d have problem ratifying any groups, as long as there were (slightly) different mission statements, and potentially a different 10 members starting each (with some overlap). I agree about the paperwork though, and I think for now we’re stronger united than divided.

As for pro-choice groups I know the Women’s Rights group or something like that was posting pro-choice flyers a couple times in response to Go-life.

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By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:13:24 +0000

And i think the ‘common misconceptions about atheism’ could turn into either pamphlets or even a series in the gateway.
I always thought it would be neat to ask people what they think science can’t explain(even benign delusions like the persistent belief that bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly) and turn it into a vaguely regular little blurb hidden somewhere in the gateway.

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By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:09:56 +0000

We could point that out by trying to start up 8 different athiest organizations like the pharyngulistas (a more ‘millitant’ group) or separate atheist and agnostic groups (because segregation is totally the way of the future). Is there an explicit counter to the annoying pro-life group? There would also need to be a campus crusade for cthulhu.
I wonder what the response to a huge number of atheistic and pro-science and skeptical groups would be? It’d be a stack of paperwork, but it might prove a (somewhat silly) point.

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:34:42 +0000

I dont know why new Christian groups keep popping up if they all rehash the same old arguments. More importantly, why does the Student Union keep allowing more Christian groups, with only minor superficial differences between them? Wouldnt it make more sense to have a singe “Christian Students Association” or somesuch? I bet if we tried starting a second Atheist group, claiming “Oh we’re different because we don’t accept the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a valid parody religion”, I doubt it would get very far.

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