Seattle Atheists members will answer phones for the KUOW pledge drive on Saturday, Oct. 11th from 10:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. In addition to raising money for public radio, if we send six volunteers, Seattle Atheists will get an on-air mention! If you’re interested in volunteering, contact us. It’s a lot of fun, and there’s free food!
Join Seattle Atheists and many other freethinker groups for the annual Peace Arch Picnic on Sunday, Sept. 13th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will be held at the Peace Arch State Park / Heritage Place (19 a St., Blaine, WA 98231). Visit PeaceArchPark.org for directions.
It’s a potluck, so bring food. Shelter, tables, grill, plates, and utensils will be provided. Pets are okay, but please, on a leash. Bring chairs and games. No alcohol.
This event is sponsored by: Eastside Atheist/Agnostic Meetup Group, Eastside Brights, Ethical Culture Society of Puget Sound, Freethinkers United Network, Humanists of Greater Portland, Humanists of North Puget Sound, Humanists of Washington, Seattle Atheists, Secular Jewish Circle, Tacoma Atheists, University Unitarian Humanists, and the UW Secular Student Union.
Seattle Atheists are proud to present atheist comedian Jeremy Whitman!
Fresh off his troupe’s “Delived from Dogma” comedy tour, a “freethinking” comedy, where there was just about no piece of bad logic that was not challenged, and no source considered beyond examination, Jeremy will be giving a talk about his ’slightly off’ definitions of dogma and faith.
He will also discuss the show’s influences and share his personal stories and history, and give a general look at the thought processes (i.e. circular logic, fractured logic, leap of faith logic) inherent in dogmatic systems of belief. Not intended to be straight standup, that is to say it will be funny, but as more of a lecture than a joke-a-minute performance.
Jeremy Whitman is the son of a preacher, the nephew of two more preachers, and had a great uncle who was a Catholic Priest. Whitman was raised a young earth creationist, and attending multiple private Christian schools; including one that his father served as the principal of. This upbringing has given Jeremy a unique inside-out look at the logical fallacies of hardcore fundamentalist Christianity.
Now an accomplished standup comic and outspoken atheist, Jeremy has, after years two solid years of road work in the deep south and the bible belt, taken it upon himself to put together the Delivered From Dogma Comedy Tour in an effort to bring the ideals of Freethinking to anyone who will listen to him gleefully lampoon the more regrettable aspects of religion, and just about any other topic he finds interesting, distressing, or fun to talk about.
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Afterwards, we will take a break, and have an Town Hall- this month’s topic, “Atheism in the workplace”
The Greenlake Library is served by metro buses 16, 48, and 316. For directions, click here. This event is not sponsored by The Seattle Public Library.
And we’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/seattle-atheists/
Join us on July 12 at 2 p.m. at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park for our next book club. We will be discussing the second half of “God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World,” by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.