Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Still Time To Sign Up

The Countdown has begun for the American Atheists National Conference, March 21-23 in Minneapolis, MN.

Speakers include:

* RICHARD DAWKINS ~ Professor at Oxford University, author of numerous books including The Selfish Gene and the new best-seller The God Delusion.

* LAWRENCE KRAUSS ~ Theoretical physicist, astronomer, author of several books including The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe and The Physics of Star Trek.

* ELLEN JOHNSON ~ President of American Atheists, Executive Director of the Godless Americans Political Action Committee.

* ROBERT LANHAM ~ Dubbed "The Margaret Mead of the North American Weirdo," Bob is author of several best-sellers including The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right.

* DR. JACK ELLER ~ Noted anthropologist, author speaking on his book Religion is not what you believe; How Religion works without belief or meaning to Colonize Experience.

* MARY STANTON ~ Historian and author of Freedom Walk, a book about white postal worker and Atheist Bill Moore who was murdered during his famous civil rights walk from Chattanooga to Jackson, Mississippi.

* RENEE SALM ~ Historian and researcher, speaking on The Myth of Nazareth: The Invented Town of Jesus.

* GREYDON SQUARE ~ Rap artist who promotes rationality and freethought through hip-hop -- and he is completing his degree in physics!

* EDDIE TABASH ~ Attorney, civil rights and First Amendment activist speaking on The Threat of the Religious Right to our Modern Liberties.

* LOIS UTLEY ~ Director of the MergerWach Project, a national initiative working to protect patients' rights and access to care from the threat of faith-based healthcare restrictions. She speaks on Medicine and Morality: How Religious Restrictions Can Affect Your Health Care.

The venue is the spectacular Minneapolis Marriott City Center located downtown at 30 S. 7th St. in Minneapolis. There is a special convention room rate of only $99 per night! That rate begins two days prior to the convention and extends for two days following the event -- this allows you to arrive early or stay late and make a mini-vacation of the Conference weekend. You must make your reservations directly with the hotel, however, and mention that you are with the American Atheists Conference.

Check out http://www.atheists.org/conference for more details, and to register.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your opening information is wrong, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Mormons combined alone outnumber atheists in the U.S.A. by 700,000 people (that would be 4.7% of the 300 million population to your 4% of god-less-ness). The true fact is that 288 million out of 300 million Americans (that's 96% of all Americans) believe there is a God and hence have some kind of religion! Why do you lie? It's not "ten's of millions who do not believe in God", why do you lie? You can easily find the real statistical facts about religious breakdowns in the U.S.A. find the correct information on an official U.S.A. government website called the "C.I.A. World Fact Book" Google it and read the facts and stop trying to mislead people. Current odds that God exists are 24 to 1, thank you very much, but I'll keep believing there is a God! Hope you will realize that God exists soon... keep searching, God is all around you. Love, Gene

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