Well, I went to the local campus chapter of The Center for Inquiry (http://www.centerforinquiry.net/) at my college tonight. It's a freethinkers' club. It was fun enough... on a campus of some 29,000 students, there were only about 15 students there. There was a short talk about what atheism is, prejudices people have against atheists, and then we just hung out.
They said they had an event last year where they had someone read an absurd Bible verse out loud on a loud speaker in between classes. Apparently, they made a lot of people mad. My husband was thrilled... he'd probably take over and read them all this year! Personally, I think it's a little much. I don't like to offend people.
Anyway, I think this club must be young and started by a group of friends. They all were decked out in goth stuff and knew eachother. I didn't quite fit in, but I can jive with that crowd better than most. I did see a girl that I recognized from the gifted and talented program I was in as a child. We talked for a bit and it was cool to find out another person from my area is an atheist/agnostic too (they are few and far between in the Midwest). I will probably go back just because I know her and I want to get involved in something... the meeting itself was not that exciting. I'm sure it will get better. They just need to plan a bit better.
Does anyone else have a freethinker's group on campus? I'm actually curious because the last university I attended did not have one, and I was just getting involved in helping one to get started before I left. This group at my new college is fairly new and very small.
Thoughts, comments...
They said they had an event last year where they had someone read an absurd Bible verse out loud on a loud speaker in between classes. Apparently, they made a lot of people mad. My husband was thrilled... he'd probably take over and read them all this year! Personally, I think it's a little much. I don't like to offend people.
Anyway, I think this club must be young and started by a group of friends. They all were decked out in goth stuff and knew eachother. I didn't quite fit in, but I can jive with that crowd better than most. I did see a girl that I recognized from the gifted and talented program I was in as a child. We talked for a bit and it was cool to find out another person from my area is an atheist/agnostic too (they are few and far between in the Midwest). I will probably go back just because I know her and I want to get involved in something... the meeting itself was not that exciting. I'm sure it will get better. They just need to plan a bit better.
Does anyone else have a freethinker's group on campus? I'm actually curious because the last university I attended did not have one, and I was just getting involved in helping one to get started before I left. This group at my new college is fairly new and very small.
Thoughts, comments...
