The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign, along with the Secular Alliance of IU and the Evangelical Community Church, Bloomington, is sponsoring a debate on the question “Can you be good without God?”. It will take place on October 19, 7:00pm, in Woodburn Hall 100 on the Indiana University, Bloomington campus. The debaters are Dan Waugh and Dan Barker.

Dan Waugh

Dan Waugh currently serves as the Pastor of Adult Ministries at Evangelical Community Church in Bloomington, Indiana. He received his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently working on an advanced degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis.

Dan Barker

Co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Dan Barker is a former minister and evangelist and became a freethinker in 1983.  His newest book is Godless: How An Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists.

Event information

Press: Please contact the bus campaign through the form on their website for inquiries.

Parking/Directions: For directions to Woodburn Hall, please visit the IU Campus map.  For parking instructions, please visit IU Parking’s website and scroll down to “Parking Garages.”  The easiest way to park on campus is to use a pay garage…as the website states, they close around midnight or earlier, so if you wait until then you’ll be able to remove your car at no extra cost.  The closest parking is in the Indiana Memorial Union Parking Lot and Jordan Avenue Parking Garage.  You can also find all these locations using Google maps.

The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign is the group behind the “YOU CAN BE GOOD WITHOUT GOD” ads on Bloomington buses. They’ve also put ads up in South Bend and Chicago and raised thousands of dollars, and the campaign has been an enormous success, but we still need your support. To make your tax-deductible donation today, or for more info, please visit http://INatheistbus.org

Come join us for tea and discussion in the Dogwood room in the IMU this week. Russell’s Tea Parties are SAIU’s periodic general-purpose casual meetups, named after Bertrand Russell’s ‘teapot’ thought experiment, his argument that the burden of proof in supernatural claims lies with the person making the claim.

Come, drink tea, tell us about your religious and non-religious experiences, start a friendly debate, discuss current events, find other members with common interests, start a group project, or even go totally off-topic for a while.

This week’s topic is the exploring the difference between atheism and agnosticism. We’ll be talking about things like whether being completely atheist (meaning 100% certainty that no God exists) is really a logical conclusion that can be made. People tend to have rather strong feelings about things like this so it will be interesting to see what happens. Hope to see you there!

SAIU is volunteering for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard (MHC).  MHC is a food pantry whose mission is to provide healthful, wholesome foods to people in need, as well as nutrition and gardening education.  They provide our services in ways that build community while enhancing the dignity, respect, and self-care of all involved.

SAIU members go through the pantry, check all the labels on items, and dispose of anything that is past its expiration date.  MHC is located at 1010 S Walnut St, Bloomington IN. We’ll be volunteering from 2PM to 4PM. See you there!