You Deserve to Die:
The Shameful Things the "Good News Club" Tells Elementary Schoolchildren

by Eric Cernyar

Wednesday, November 28, 2012         7:00 to 9:00 PM

Penrose Public Library Adult Meeting Room

20 North Cascade Street

Colorado Springs, Colorado 

For many years, an evangelical program called the "Good News Club" has taken a surprising approach to proseltyzing - offering after school programs in public schools that teach children of pre-school age and up that they were born with "dark" and "sinful hearts," and that they "deserve to die" and "go to Hell."  The November 2012 speaker has direct personal experience with these clubs, attending them as a child and working to defend them in court as an adult.  Becoming a parent changed his point of view about the value of teaching very young children the "good news" about hell, sin, and eternal damnation in the public schools (see www.intrinsicdignity.com).  

Recently, one of the mega-churches in town that likes to try to recruit thinkers who have left their childhood religion, hosted a "dialog" between the executive of Focus on the Family and a local "liberal". The Liberal, who started of the evening by saying is NOT a liberal, was John Weiss, founder of the Springs "Independent Newspaper".

A Civil Dialog Regarding the Election

Focus on the Family President: Jim Daly         and         Colorado Springs Independent Publisher: John Weiss

October 28 2012     5:30 PM

3950 North Academy Blvd. 

Come and enjoy good food and great conversation with other Freethinkers! Bring a dish to share, bring your spouse and/or friend, and bring water, soft drinks, a bottle of beer or wine, or whatever you’d like to drink. Coffee and tea will be provided by the host(s). The socials begin at 6:00 PM and usually break up around 9:00 PM. Remember to mark your calendar; socials are on the second Saturday of the month. Please click on "Read more" for complete details ...

This is our monthly PotLuck. We get together to share food and conversation. Join us! This month the social is at the home of Gary Betchan and Becky Hale. 6158 Briarcliff Rd 80918. The easiest way to get here is from Dublin Blvd just a bit West of N Academy. Turn off of Dublin onto Lemonwood, follow Lemonwood to the first left, make the left onto Fairoak, after two houses there is Briarcliff on your right. 6158 Briarcliff is at the South West corner of Briarcliff and Fairoak. If you have questions or need better directions call 719-332-3907. See you Saturday!

Michael L. 'Mikey' Weinstein

Church and State Separation in the US Military

Wednesday, October 24, 2012            6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Centennial Hall, Room 203
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

           FREE TICKET at http://mrffssauccs-efbevent.eventbrite.com/

Renowned speaker, author, and religious tolerance activist, Mikey Weinstein will be speaking about the importance of the separation of church and state in the U.S. Armed Forces, and will share his sons' struggle with religious harrassment while attending the United States Air Force Academy

Roy Zimmerman

September 30, 2012      7:00 PM

High Plains Unitarian Church

1825 Dominion Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado  80918

The monthly meeting of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs takes place on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. September’s meeting is scheduled on the 26th and is entitled “When Politicians Accidentally Say What They Really Mean.”

The Freethinkers will proudly present, not one, but two speakers at September’s meeting: Deborah Daly, a member of the group’s board of directors, and Gary Betchan, one of the group’s founding members. Please click on "read more" for complete details ...

The monthly meeting of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs takes place on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. At August’s meeting, on the 22nd, the Freethinkers are very pleased to welcome Ted Belteau, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who will discuss upcoming ballot issues. Please click on "Read more" for all the details ...

The monthly meeting of the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs takes place on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. July’s meeting will be on the 25th and is entitled “Is Religion Bad For The Planet? Religion, Environment, and the Cost to Human Freedom.”

Marc Praterelli, author and professor of psychology at CSU-Pueblo, will meet with the Freethinkers to discuss his research and projects on the implications of religion and Earth’s environment. Please click "Read more" for complete details ...

Does the death penalty make sense in Colorado? Is it more expensive to keep someone on death row on life without the possibility of parole? Are there alternatives to the Death Penalty? Who is on the death penalty in Colorado? Where do they come from? Please click on "Read more" for all the details ...

If you were/are a member of the Freethinkers of Colorado Meetup Group that became the "Active Atheists," please re-register at the new Freethinkers of Colorado Springs Meetup Group  ( http://www.meetup.com/FreethinkersCS/ ).

Thank you!