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02 / 25
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
In honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs will have Susan Epperson as our guest speaker in February. On May 5, 1925, John Scopes was charged with teaching ideas from Darwin's book on the Origin of Species. Under the Butler Act it was unlawful in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from the lower order of animals." The trial was held in Dayton, Tennessee, and was world famous. That same year Arkansas adapted its own "anti-evolution" statute based upon the Tennessee law. | ||
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03 / 1
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Parenting Workshop for Secular Families Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical Caring Kids Without Religion | ||
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03 / 15
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
If you'd like to meet other Freethinking parents, please come join us at a potluck and social on 15 March starting at 5pm, at one of our members homes in Southwest Colorado Springs. For more information and details, please email us at ftfk@freethinkerscs.com | ||
03 / 16
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03 / 18
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
This month's Drinking Skeptically will be in the private banquet room at Old Chicago's on Academy. They have lots of space, so there is no limit on how many can come. Bring a friend! Old Chicago's has good food and plenty of beers. Swing on by for great conversations. This time we will be able to hear each other! Let's theme this on alternative medicine, or as I prefer to call it, "unproven remedies." Why this theme? Because I hope to give a presentation this month on homeopathy if I can find us a room for it. Everyone is welcome even if you do not drink. Location: Please RSVP on here or at http://skeptics.meetup.com/150/ | ||
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03 / 25
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join us in watching part of the television documentary, "The Enemies of Reason: The Irrational Health Service," written and presented by Richard Dawkins. The documentary was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in 2007. If time permits the uncut interviews with Deepak Chopra and homeopath Dr. Peter Fisher will be included. Dawkins is critical of alternative medicine because it fails to meet the objective and statistical rigor that is required for conventional, scientifically based treatments. Homeopathy is a perfect example. In the United Kingdom the National Health Service uses taxpayers dollars to fund homeopathy despite there being no scientific rational for its use or any demonstrable effect on health beyond that of the placebo effect. Afterwards, there will be an open discussion. Freethinkers strive to base their beliefs upon facts, logic, and scientific inquiry. This applies to all areas of life, not just to religion. What is the best way of promoting rational thinking? Are the outspoken, and sometimes confrontational, methods of Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Christopher Hitchens, and James Randi the best ways to promote critical thinking of both pseudoscience and religion? Or should religious faith be treated differently? | ||
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