2012 Symposium at Purdue: “The Problem Of God: Is God A Moral Monster?”

A really intriguing event at Purdue coming up soon! Dr. Paul Copan will lead a discussion on the subject of God and the context of morality. This will be followed by some open microphone questions and responses afterward.The symposium itself will run for a few days, until February 19th. Here is a simple breakdown of the event.

What: Symposium: “Is God a Moral Monster? Good, Evil, and the Old Testament”

When: Friday, Feb 17th

Where: LOEB Playhouse (Stewart Center)

Time: 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

If you choose to attend on the weekend, Feb 18th and 19th have really interesting discussion sessions. Topics include:

1) “The problem of the church: A broken system of religiosity and hypocrisy”

2) “The problem of miracles: Answering skeptics and critics”

3) “The problem of origins: Does God know about the big bang?”

4) “The problem of faith in politics: Social justice, justice, and worlds colliding”

5) “The problem of the Christian treatment of homosexuality: What are the problems?”

6) “The problem of skepticism about God: How can knowledge claims regarding God be credible?”

This is a really great opportunity to immerse yourself in some intellectual discussion!

Here is the link for more information:

http://web.me.com/joewhitchurch/Site/Problem.html (Page 1)

http://web.me.com/joewhitchurch/Site/2012Symp.html (Page 2)

Callout

This semester’s first meeting is our callout. It will be held in Physics room 203, at 6:30pm, and there will be pizza!
So invite all your heathen friends, and come have some ‘za as you learn more about our Society and what we have planned for this semester.

An Atheist Gets Schooled

At our next meeting on September 28th, one of our members, Mike Brownstein, will be giving a talk on his recent undercover trip to the meeting of the Illinois Christian Home Educators. It’s titled “An Atheist Gets Schooled: My Trip to a Creationist Home-Schooling Conference”, and will be held in PHYS 203 333 at 6:30PM.

Edit: This event is actually not being held in the usual room. It will be in PHYS 333 instead!

Pirate Day Pictures

Talk Like a Pirate Day was a success! Despite the rain, we spread word of His noodly appendage to many.