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Prior Program Topics & Special
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2007-
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January 8, 2012
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Elisabeth Cornwell and Sean Faircloth of
the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science gave a talk on the Foundation's programs and Sean Faircloth's book
Attack of The Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We
Can Do About It.
December 11, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
The Society's own Steve Yothment gave a presentation on "Christian Apocalypticism".
November 13, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Mark Braverman discussed the situation in the Middle East, including U.S.
and Israeli policy and what ordinary citizens can do to help bring about
change.
November 6, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Special Program:
William Glasser discussed his book The Autobiography of Satan:
Authorized Edition.
October 9, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Dennis Martin hosted a discussion on “A New Debate Strategy in Existence
of God Discussions”
September 11, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Kenneth Lawing Penegar spoke on The Political Trial of Benjamin
Franklin: A Prelude to the American Revolution.
August 14, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Richard Haynes ("Brother Richard") gave a talk, "There and Back Again"
July 10, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Frank and Mary Hamilton presented "Freethought in Song and Story."
June 12, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Bob Collins gave a talk, "Jesus' Resurrection: Historical or Hysterical?"
May 8, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Ed Buckner gave a talk, "To the Shores of Tripoli...".
April 10, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Ben Burchall of Black Nonbelievers of Atlanta discussed the “Thoughts of a
Black Atheist”.
March 13, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Dr. Richard Jakiel and Pixie Bruner of the Atlanta Astronomy Club gave a
talk on Ancient Alexandria.
February 13, 2011
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
Featured a talk by Al Steffanelli of United Atheist Front.
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Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program:
AFS Vice President and tax professional Judy
Thompson spoke on "Tax Changes".
December 12, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Henrietta Moore spoke on conditions in Haiti.
November 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: David Silverman,
President of American Atheists, gave a speech on the organization's future plans and goals.
October 10, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Joel Kollin spoke
on "36 Hours in the Rice Street Jail."
September 12, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Dr. Scott Lilienfeld
gave further details about psychological myths and misconceptions.
August 8, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: John Snider and David Driscoll of
AmericanFreethought.com spoke on "The Crescent and the Moon Pie:
Recent Controversies Involving Islam in the Southeast."
July 11, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Dr. Scot Lilienfeld
discussed his new book 50 Great Myths
of Popular Psychology.
June 13, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Mike Ledo
discussed his new book On Earth As It
Is In Heaven:
The Cosmic Roots of the Bible.
May 9, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: Podcasters
Derek Colanduno
and Robynn McCarthy gave a talk.
April 11, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: Sam Singleton, the Atheist
Evangelist, gave a show.
March 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: Sean Faircloth, executive director
of the Secular Coalition for America.
February 28, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry gave a talk about
Hubert Harrison, an early 20th century black freethinker,
writer, orator, educator and political activist.
February 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: AFS
member Mark Banks gave a talk
about astronomy.
January 10, 2010
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly
Program: Dr. Darrel W. Ray gave a talk about
his new book The God Virus: How
Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture.
December 13, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Todd Stiefel, former executive of Stiefel
Labs, spoke on how he would like to bring his business experience to the
freethought movement.
November 14, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Massimo Pigliucci, noted Evolutionary Biologist, spoke on
“Reason: What is It? Who Needs It?”
October 11, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Jeffrey Selman,
President of the Georgia Chapter of Americans United for Separation of
Church and State, spoke about Americans United.
September 13, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: The September 13 AFS
meeting was again to have been a talk by Leonard Adams on his experiences
as a Christian pastor and the steps for him in deconverting
to an atheist. Unfortunately, he never showed.
August 9, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: The August 9 AFS
meeting was to feature a talk by Leonard Adams on his experiences as a
Christian pastor, but family matters detained him.
July 12, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: The July 12 AFS
meeting featured a talk by AFS board member Tony King, who spoke on
"Ancient Egyptian Religion: An Introduction."
June 14, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: The June 14 AFS
meeting featured a talk by Dr. A. Bowdoin Van Riper, a Southern Polytechnic
State University professor, on "Charles Darwin and Evolution."
May 10, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall, Smyrna
Monthly Program: The May AFS meeting
featured a talk by Doyle E. Duke, author of the book The Amazing Deception - A Critical Analysis of Christianity.
April 12, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: The April AFS
meeting featured a talk by Stuart Bechman,
President of Atheist Alliance International, titled "State of the
Community: Atheist Alliance International."
March 15, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: This
was a joint meeting of AFS and the Humanists of Georgoa.
Jim Haught gave a talk on “Holy Horrors,” about
the many atrocities that religion has inspired.
February 8, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Lori
Lipoma, Ph.D, presented
"I'm OK, You're Going to Hell: An Examination of the Satirical
Symbiosis Between Evangelical Christians and the People Who Mock
Them."
January 11, 2009
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: AFS
President Steve Yothment spoke
on "Views on the Historicity of Jesus."
December 14, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Bob Collins, a member of the Alabama Freethought Association, gave a
talk on “My Favorite Bible Contradictions.”
November 9, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Blair Scott, National Affiliate Outreach Director and Alabama State
Director for American Atheists, spoke on American Atheists and their
affiliates program.
October 12, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Because Dr. Niall Shanks had to cancel at the last minute, Ed
Buckner filled in to lead a discussion about the importance of
church-state separation.
September 10, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Chris
Wilson spoke on his new book Healing
The Unhappy Caveman: Why the Human Mind was Not Designed for Happiness and
What YOU can Do about It
August 10, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Dr.
Dennis Martin spoke on "What Does 'Free'
in 'Free-thinking' Mean?"
July 13, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Monthly Program: Lori Lipman
Brown, a lobbyist for the Secular Coalition of America.
June 8, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall,
Smyrna
Summer Potluck Luncheon (Cookout/Picnic on the Grounds)
Monthly Program: Tony King spoke about Sumerian
influence on religion and Western culture
May 11, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Center,
Roswell
Dr. Austin Dacey, author of the new
book The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life, spoke
about Secular Conscience
April 13, 2008
Location: Atlanta Freethought Hall, Smyrna
March 9, 2008
Monthly Program: Ed Buckner and Jack
McKinney spoke
on "Opinions."
February 10, 2008
Bruce
Herr spoke.
January 13, 2008
Dr. Hos Lotfi, a neurologist
originally from Iran, gave a talk entitled "Living
Under Theocracy."
December 9, 2007
Dr. John Henderson spoke on his new book, Judging
God.
November 15, 2007
Peaceful Protest of Governors Illegal State Sponsored Prayer
Service at State Capital
November 11, 2007
Camille Ann Brewer spoke on “Taking a Look at
Contemporary Art produced by Freethinkers.”
October 14, 2007
Ice Cream Social
AFS Plans for the Future. This program
featured presentations by AFS Officers and informative, interactive
discussions with members on the direction of AFS, our programs, activities,
the Atlanta Freethought Center, and other aspects of our future.
September 9, 2007
Doug Hattersley, a retired
geologist, spoke on "A Geological Perspective of Current
Events."
August 30, 2007
Special Program featuring world-renowned skeptical author
and editor, Benjamin Radford
August 12, 2007
Ed Buckner, who holds a doctorate
in Educational Foundations, discussed "Secular
Schooling,"
the topic addressed in his chapter in the recently-published book, Parenting Beyond
Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion (Dale McGowan,
editor, 2007). The purpose of the book is as a handbook for raising
ethical, caring kids without religion. Among Buckner's long list of
co-authors are such impressive writers as Julia Sweeney, Dan Barker, Penn Jillette, David Koepsell,
Mark Twain (yes that Twain), and Richard Dawkins.
July 8, 2007
Bob Collins, an ex-fundamentalist, spoke on “More
Bible Contradictions.”
June 30 - July 2, 2007
Lake Hypatia July 4th Celebration. AFS members
celebrated Freethought and Independence Day with the Alabama Freethought
Association at its annual "Glorious Fourth" weekend at Lake Hypatia, near Taladega, AL.
The June 30 - July 2 event included these speakers:
Annie
Laurie Gaylor, on "FFRF vs. Faith-based
Initiative"
Dan Barker, Concert and Talk
Ed Buckner, on "Atheists, We Hardly Know Ye"
John Henderson, on "Fear, Faith, Fact, Fantasy."
Michael Chandler, State/church litigant
Also Eric Pepke, Bob Collins, Pat and Alice
Cleveland
Speeches
took place in the spacious, air-conditioned Lake Hypatia
Freethought Hall. Swimming, paddling, boating, hiking, poetry-reading,
relaxing and socializing were on the agenda also. See details at www.ffrf.org/lakehypatia.
June 10, 2007
Dr. Steve Burnett spoke on the topic, "Evolution:
What it Really Is." Burnett is an Associate Professor of Biology
at Clayton State University and holds a doctorate in Evolution,
Ecology, & Organismal Biology, and a masters in
Zoology.
May 13, 2007
Dr. David E. Giannasi, Associate
Professor, emeritus, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia,
presented "Comments on Religion and the Bible."
April 8, 2007
Bruce Herr presented a talk on "Beyond
the Myth of God."
March 11, 2007
Keith Nalumango, former head of programming
for the Zambia National Broadcasting Corp (ZNBC) presented a talk entitled:
"A Bone in the Throat: Threats to a Free Press, in
Africa and America."
February 12, 2007
Darwin Day Celebration at the Georgia Capitol Building: The Atlanta
Freethought Society had a table at the Georgia Capitol Building on Monday,
February 12, to celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday. We handed out birthday
cupcakes and coffee, as well as a flyer on Darwin and his contribution to
modern science.
February 11, 2007
Jeff Sellman, President of the
Georgia Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State,
talked about AU's First Freedoms First project.
January 14, 2007
Thomas Nisley, Ph.D., presented a talk
entitled: “God has a Foreign Policy? Israel and U.S. Foreign
Policy.”
Dr.
Nisley is an Assistant Professor of International
Studies at Southern Polytechnic State University. His doctorate
dissertation, given in 2002, was on Democracy Promotion and U.S. Foreign
Policy.
