Discussing Atheism;
Groups In Australia?
Julieta
From: "sarah dearne"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 12:03 AM
Thank you for providing such a wonderful resource. I particularly like the section on discussing atheism with others. Before reading it many of my debates would dissolve into frustrated name calling. I'd make vain attempts at trying to reason with rhetorical mumbo-jumbo that religious people seem so fond of.
I was also wondering if knew of any good Australian atheist groups, particularly ones targeted at youth?
Thanks for your time,
Julieta
From: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
To: "sarah dearne"
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:50 AM
I particularly like the section on discussing atheism with others.
Before discovering this stuff, I was pretty much in the same boat. It has helped me so much that I have gone to the trouble of digesting the works of several noted scholars and making it available to those who might find a use for it. It sure has settled my own mind on many matters. I often resort to what I have written when confronted by people of various stripes who either have something to sell or who wish to denigrate me for my position.
I was also wondering if knew of any good Australian atheist groups, particularly ones targeted at youth?
In our Web Guide under "Local," we list two resources for meeting atheists or finding groups anywhere in the world. The two we know of are: Freethought Contacts Page (formerly Atheist Around The World); Freethought Directory.
If all else fails (or even if it doesn't), you can always start your own group. In America, the local library and university allows outside groups to meet, and cannot discriminate. Otherwise, you may find someone to allow a group to meet in a house. (You might even find a liberal-minded church that will rent space to you, for gaud sakes!)
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
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