Tacoma Atheists celebrates is 100th 102nd 104th 105th member [wow]! Not bad, considering we started this venture in June. Congratulations, Tacoma! Amanda wonders when she’s going to see RR (or other local bloggers) at a meetup…
Posts Tagged ‘Tacoma Atheists’
Dan Barker’s reply
What follows is Dan Barker’s reply about the negative response from Seattle-area Atheist organizations, including me (founder of Tacoma Atheists, but not speaking for them as a group) and Seattle Atheists. (Note: from what I’ve read from various bloggers, including the Friendly Atheist, the response has been more mixed than the 99% in favor of [...]
Hang on while I get very Meta Meta
Tacoma Atheists has quite the thread going on feed>>tacoma. Hey, any publicity is good publicity, says I. And to the gent who asked, we don’t talk about religion, per se, but about atheism (discrimination against, ideas about). And I object that a church is a better building than a bar. A bar is structured for [...]
Towels for the Humane Society
Want to do something small to help in a big way? Help shelter animals in Tacoma by donating your old towels for use in the shelter. I’ll collect them at the next meeting and deliver them to the Tacoma Humane Society in our name. Also on their wish list are: Newspapers Used blankets (not loose weave) [...]
Religulous opens Oct. 3
Tacoma Atheists and Seattle Atheists check out the movie “Religulous” by comedian Bill Maher, in which he examines the role of religion in news stories of recent years — from Muslim riots over cartoons to the Ten Commandments in front of courthouses, to a born-again Christian in the White House and Scientology in the birthing [...]
September updates
Bowling for science Beer, nachos, and shoes 10,000 people have worn before you sanitized with a jaunty disinfectant spray. What could be better, I ask you? I hypothesize that I will not bowl over a 70, and I intend to support this idea by doing lots of research. Research involving beer. Sign up here! TacomaAtheist.com [...]
Tacoma Atheists September Meetup
We had a record 16 members at our first once-a-month format meeting. Thank you to all who came, and especially for those of you who are not members, but supporters and friends. As usual, we had a great variety of people there: Jewish, Spiritual, Agnostic, and of course, Atheist. The enthusiasm and energy is wonderful, [...]