""When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave. This is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods."
-- Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man
May 4th of 2008 is a very important date for the Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics. CVAAS is founded on this day.
Not all of the agenda was completed as scheduled, but the two most important objectives were accomplished. We created the organization bylaws, approved them, and then elected our officers.
You may read the official bylaws here, or download them in PDF format.
I was interviewed again by Derek Colanduno of the podcast Skepticality last night. I spoke of the Shermer / D'Souza debate and talked about what the CVAAS organization has been up to lately. This will be episode number 77, which should post on the Skepticality website late today.
I also took the time to mention several other groups and organizations in the South Central Valley. Others that I've mentioned are:
Our website provider is still dealing with problems that stem from transfer of data from a poor performing MySQL database to a newer server. This has been an ongoing problem for a while now and it has us more than a little frustrated, as I'm sure it has you - our users. The good news is that you can still navigate our entire site, the bad news is that at times it will be slow as our host continues to work on this problem.
09/07/2008 - 09:00
09/07/2008 - 22:00
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05/25/2008 - 17:00
05/25/2008 - 20:00
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Alive Mind Media offered CVAAS the opportunity to host a private screening of a new DVD about Atheism.
When Jonathan Miller, Atheist, filmmaker, and former neurologist, was filming "A Brief History of Disbelief", he filmed the interviews of several very prominent people who are concerned about Atheism.
And of course they have an agenda:
(borrowed from
here)
(comment #45)
Some excerpt's from the NDoP "Task Force"'s website:
The National Day of Prayer Task Force's mission is to communicate with every individual the need for personal repentance and prayer, mobilizing the Christian community to intercede for America and its leadership in the seven centers of power: Government, Military, Media, Business, Education, Church and Family.
This story is in the Apr. 27 Fresno Bee, but they left out some of the details, such as the death threats, and the misunderstanding some have as to whether Atheism is or is not a religion.
Here are two audio samples that, according to local ghost hunters, may be evidence of the paranormal. After listening to the audio samples, please send me a private message --non-CVAAS members may email me at rc_moore@cvaas.org on what you think the ghost hunter said, and what the ghost said. Be specific on who said what.
I know a lot of people are waiting on a report of the debate and the table discussion. So I'll start with a brief report here, and add photos and audio a little later.
First of all, this was a tiring week. Moreso for Richard, I think, than for me. He hosted guests in his backyard along with everything else.
