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University Conference on Global Challenges: WATER
Drexel University is hosting a conference on Global Challenges: Water. This is an all day event held in Behrakis Hall Grand Hall, Creese Student Center, 32nd and Chestnut Street. The event’s description says: Water is the source of life. Without … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, environment, Events, Freethought, global challenges, science, water
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DFS Movie Night: Julia Sweeney’s Letting Go Of God
Announcing the DFS Movie Night: Julia Sweeney’s Letting Go of God. You and your friends are welcome to join us for our first movie night ever. We will be watching Letting Go of God on Wednesday February 24 at 5 … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God, movies, religion
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Meeting 02.17.10 – What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me…)
In the spirit of Valentine’s, we watched this TED talk by Helen Fisher on the biochemical foundations of romantic love, which spurred a rousing discussion on love vs. lust, conditioning oneself to love, marriage, arranged marriage, monogamy’s biological and societal … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, brain, Helen Fisher, love, lust, marriage, relationships, romance, TED, videos
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Happy Birthday Charles Darwin!
Charles Darwin, famous British naturalist and one of the most important scientists of evolutionary theory, was born on February 12, 1809. This marks the 201st year since Darwin’s birth, and the 151st year since the publication of his most famous … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, charles darwin, evolution, The Origin of Species
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Meeting 02.03.10 – Dan Dennett Talks About Religion, Evolution, And Education At TED
Thanks if you came out to the meeting tonight. We had a pretty good turnout. At the meeting we watching Dan Dennett’s TED talk, highlighting Rick Warren’s previous TED talk, and his book Breaking the Spell. Dennett believes that everyone … Continue reading
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Drexel FUSE Discusses Religion Tomorrow
Tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 2) the Foundation of Undergraduates for Sexual Equality is hosting a discussion about religion and sexuality (RSVP on Facebook). A description of the event was posted online: How do your religion and sexual orientation relate? Has … Continue reading
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Tagged diversity, event, foundation of undergraduates for sexual equality, fuse, religion
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Famous Magician and Skeptic James Randi Debunks Supernatural Claims
James Randi, world-famous magician, skeptic, and debunker of paranormal claims. He has offered a $1,000,000 challenge since 1964 (started at $1,000) for a person that can provide proof of a paranormal claim. So far, out of over 1,000 applicants, no … Continue reading
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Tagged james randi, miracles, observation, paranormal, peter popoff, psychic, science, supernatural, tonight show, uri geller, videos
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Richard Dawkins Supports Secular Charities Through “Non-Believers Giving Aid”
A new aid fund, Non-Believers Giving Aid, has been established to support the Haitian relief effort, and it’s earning attention in national media. The USA Today’s religion, spirituality, and ethics reporter, Cathy Lynn Grossman, wrote an article on the new … Continue reading
Secular Groups Support the Haitian Relief Effort
You can help too. In an email sent out this morning, the Center For Inquiry said: “All donations—100 percent with no operating costs retained—will be sent directly to the secular aid group Doctors Without Borders, which suffered the loss of … Continue reading
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Mr. Deity – The Other Video Shown at DFS Meeting
At our first DFS meeting we wanted to show a serious video and a humorous one. Jamie wrote about the serious video that we watched at our last meeting in the last post. I also wanted to post the other … Continue reading