Next general meeting: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 Meetings are at Irish Embassy, 900 Main Street Durango Dinner, for those interested, from 5:30PM. Discussion starts at 6:30   Member Shandra McClanahan will lead the discussion for this month on the topic of "Indoctrination"   It happens the moment we take our first breath…we learn our parent’s …

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As promised, here are some action items  we can take to get active, get more involved and to help us, hopefully, feel a  little less powerless. Please feel free to send me updates or other links, newspapers, organizations, etc. Join or Donate to an Organization:  Freedom From Religion Foundation American Civil Liberties Union Secular Coalition …

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I ran across this brief interview with Bart Erhman and I thought it might interest the group. An Interview With Author Bart D. Ehrman Q: What is it that drives your fascination with how Jesus has been "remembered" and "misremembered"? A: When most people today read the Gospels of the New Testament, they nearly always …

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Next general meeting, March 16 Meetings are at Irish Embassy 900 Main Street Durango Dinner from 5:30PM. Discussion starts at 6:30   The topic for this month: God, Save Us From Your Followers! Presented by Henry Aguirre. Henry asks, “What do the following, mostly violent, events have in common: 1914 Jehovah’s Witness Last Days, 1978 Jonestown …

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  Next general meeting, February 17 Meetings are at Irish Embassy, 900 Main Street Durango Dinner from 5:30PM. Discussion starts at 6:30  The topic for this month “Ethical Non-Monogamy”, presented by Kimberly Pennington, who will touch on the following topics: What makes non-monogamy ‘ethical' ? What are some advantages/disadvantages of monogamy/non-monogamy? What about Jealousy? The …

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Opinions, when expressed, are solely those of Larry Bollinger and do not necessarily reflect those of Durango Skeptics and Atheists…so chill. “In retrospect, this magazine’s coverage of so-called evolution has been hideously one-sided…Why were we so unwilling to suggest that dinosaurs lived 6,000 years ago or that a cataclysmic flood carved the Grand Canyon?...As editors, …

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  Next general meeting, Wednesday  November 18, 2015   Meetings are at Irish Embassy, 900 Main Street Durango Dinner, for those interested, from 5:30PM.  Discussion starts at 6:30   The topic for this month: The Syrian/Iraq refugee crisis: is it an overwhelming catastrophe, depressing calamity or unsolvable horror? How should we respond? Is our (the …

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 Next general meeting: Wednesday  September 16, 2015  Meetings are at Irish Embassy, 900 Main Street Durango Dinner, for those interested, from 5:30PM.  Discussion starts at 6:30   The discussion topic for this month: Mat Robbins will lead a discussion on the topic “Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing?”  Mat explains: “We will look at …

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We owe Sebastian and Jackie a big ‘thank you’ for their presentation last Thursday night. The turnout was impressive and the food was great, as usual. And it was a pleasure to meet the new members to our group: Clint and Susan, Barry and Roz, and Nate who just moved to Durango within the month! …

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