I'm of the opinion that football is equal to church. Mainly because I hate them just as much. But you cannot deny the fervor people have around here for their sport.
I am excited to hear about this! Matt Dillahunty is one of my favorite host from "The Atheist Experience." I can't believe it's going to happen at WTAMU. Awesome!!!!!
We ususally reserve the "Local News" to link from stories published by local media. Please let myself or webmaster know if mention of the debate shows up in a local news article. Our calendar at FTO lists the debate - http://freethoughtoasis.org/calendar . Let me know if you think of other areas that we can use for broadcasting this event.
I wouldn't expect that any plane banner no matter the topic would be news worthy. So I wouldn't count on hearing anything...unless Fox and Friends decides to talk about it so they can bash atheists some more.
WT will be supplying advertisement materials soon and they will be made available for us to distribute. I will make sure you get a hand full for the AC campus. Thanks for bringing up the subject! :)
I believe you are right. The theocrats in this country are becoming fewer and fewer so they have to get louder in ther attacks against the secularists. Way too many people now know 'the emperor has no clothes'. I read the other day something along the lines of 'we are hearing the death throes of the religionists'.
I feel your pain, I recently tried to reveal my opinions on religion to my father and was met with open hostility on the topic. The Texas panhandle is a difficult place to be an atheist but you are not alone! You should try and make it to one of our meetings sometime in the future should you have the inclination to do so.
I'm optimistic for the long term but the short term worries me. I think things are gonna get particularly rough especially because of how mobilized and out in the public sight Atheist groups like ours have become. The relgious right is obviously threatened by all the headway secularism has made and they're going to make things nastier and nastier the more we grow. Just my opinion though.
Cancer? Seriously? Atleast Harold Camping was smart enough to use the types of disasters used in the Biblical fairytales as vehicles for his "predictions."
Thank you Mr. President. I went ahead and liked the page, I am active in the facebook Athiest community, so much so that my little sister got offended and recently outted me (on the Atheism thing) to my parents whom. My parents and I have had some debating since then, and my dad made me watch some Christian video called "The Case for Christ," The former Athiest that made it, converted way back in the early 80s. I'm so glad to have the internet, where knowledge is so readily available! I knew plenty of facts that were left out because of ignorance of them, or ignored on purpose!
I feel the reasons Gingrich is doing so bad in the polls is because of radical ideas like this. The religious right has a HUGE voice but the really radical ones, like Gingrich, are actually few in number.
great
I discussed this with Lisa at their last meeting and let her know they can lay out materials on our table after the debate.
Religious is Awesome. Jesus camp will scare the shit outta you! And I haven't seen Flock of Dodos...I can only imagine...lol
I started to not vote because I usually cannot make Friday nights but - just in case.
I'm of the opinion that football is equal to church. Mainly because I hate them just as much. But you cannot deny the fervor people have around here for their sport.
I am excited to hear about this! Matt Dillahunty is one of my favorite host from "The Atheist Experience." I can't believe it's going to happen at WTAMU. Awesome!!!!!
We ususally reserve the "Local News" to link from stories published by local media. Please let myself or webmaster know if mention of the debate shows up in a local news article. Our calendar at FTO lists the debate - http://freethoughtoasis.org/calendar . Let me know if you think of other areas that we can use for broadcasting this event.
Why is the debate not posted under Local News on our website as well as on the calendar?
I wouldn't expect that any plane banner no matter the topic would be news worthy. So I wouldn't count on hearing anything...unless Fox and Friends decides to talk about it so they can bash atheists some more.
I hope it has a huge impact but we will just have to wait and see if the news media decides to show THAT side of the story?
I know I'd love to go if that were possible.
WT will be supplying advertisement materials soon and they will be made available for us to distribute. I will make sure you get a hand full for the AC campus. Thanks for bringing up the subject! :)
Maybe we will Hitchslap, and thanks to you all for the kind greetings! Best of luck to you T-Stew.
Salutations, RockAndRollah!
I live in Borger and occasionally travel to Dumas for work...maybe we will run into one another soon!
@T-Stew: I'm sorry to hear about your encounter with your father. I really hope he comes around.
I believe you are right. The theocrats in this country are becoming fewer and fewer so they have to get louder in ther attacks against the secularists. Way too many people now know 'the emperor has no clothes'. I read the other day something along the lines of 'we are hearing the death throes of the religionists'.
I'd love to, the job market in Dumas is meh right now. Kind of stuck here for the time being.
I feel your pain, I recently tried to reveal my opinions on religion to my father and was met with open hostility on the topic. The Texas panhandle is a difficult place to be an atheist but you are not alone! You should try and make it to one of our meetings sometime in the future should you have the inclination to do so.
I'm optimistic for the long term but the short term worries me. I think things are gonna get particularly rough especially because of how mobilized and out in the public sight Atheist groups like ours have become. The relgious right is obviously threatened by all the headway secularism has made and they're going to make things nastier and nastier the more we grow. Just my opinion though.
Cancer? Seriously? Atleast Harold Camping was smart enough to use the types of disasters used in the Biblical fairytales as vehicles for his "predictions."
I'm still optimistic.
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/99679/whose-afraid-the-christian-right-the-precipitous-political-decline-conservati
It just doesn't feel like we're winning because we're in the Texas Panhandle. But now even a place this conservative has an active atheist group.
Thank you Mr. President. I went ahead and liked the page, I am active in the facebook Athiest community, so much so that my little sister got offended and recently outted me (on the Atheism thing) to my parents whom. My parents and I have had some debating since then, and my dad made me watch some Christian video called "The Case for Christ," The former Athiest that made it, converted way back in the early 80s. I'm so glad to have the internet, where knowledge is so readily available! I knew plenty of facts that were left out because of ignorance of them, or ignored on purpose!
Hello, and welcome to the group.
Welcome RockAndRollah. make yourself at homehere and on our facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Freethought-Oasis/111637305551411?created
I think you are WAY too optimistic. I think there are a lot of social conservative religious people that absolutely love that idea.
I feel the reasons Gingrich is doing so bad in the polls is because of radical ideas like this. The religious right has a HUGE voice but the really radical ones, like Gingrich, are actually few in number.