Russell’s Tea Party

Posted at 3:11 pm November 15th, 2009 by Joe
Nov ’09
15
8:00 PM

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 we will be trying to find our own definition of where ‘crazy’ begins in religion and whether or not it’s even useful to define such a point. Many of our members are OK with certain types of religion but not others and it will be interesting to investigate this more.

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Movie Night: Religulous

Posted at 7:11 pm November 9th, 2009 by Joe
Nov ’09
12
7:30 PM
Religulous

Religulous

Come join us in Student Building 150 at 7:30pm for a showing of Religulous. Religulous is a 2008 American comedy/documentary film written by and starring political comedian Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles. According to Maher, the title of the film is a portmanteau derived from the words “religion” and “ridiculous”; the documentary examines and satirizes organized religion and religious belief.

We are also looking for movie suggestions for future movie nights. Please suggest some!

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Russell’s Tea Party

Posted at 4:11 pm November 2nd, 2009 by Joe
Nov ’09
8
8:00 PM

Come join us for tea and discussion in Ballantine 134. 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 we will be discussing alternative medicine. I would like us to talk through such issues as whether or not things like homeopathy (which has been shown not to work) should be promoted or if the supporters of it are just trying to screw honest, albeit gullible, people out of their money.