Welcome rational, evidenced-based thinkers!  This is our public page. Contra Costa Atheists and Freethinkers (CCAF) values critical thinking. If you recognize that there is no supernatural power behind natural events, then this may be the group for you! CCAF exists for the benefit of its members. Its purpose is to provide informative and enjoyable activities that promote opportunities for faith-free discourse.  We support the efforts of atheists, freethinkers and skeptics in gaining recognition, …

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If you are interested in establishing an active Humanist organization in San Francisco, please join this Meetup.  As meetings and events are organized, you will be invited.  We envision discussions, speakers, social activities and events to work for a better world.  For those who may not be familiar with humanism, below is the Humanist Manifesto III, which describes what many Humanists believe. HUMANISM AND ITS ASPIRATIONS Humanist Manifesto II Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life t …

Monterey County Atheists is a Secular Community Group. The purpose of the group is to support a growing community of Freethinkers through Social Gatherings, Community outreach, and the spread of Educational Support of Free thought. MCAtheists also supports the Separation of Church and State! We hope you will find us as a group to Join and Support. We are looking for active members, Going to 1 meeting at least every 3 months. Group Requirements: 1. Be a human Being ; ) 2. Be a Free thinker 3. Mus …

The Center for Inquiry is a transnational organziation whose purpose is to promote and defend reason, science, and freedom of inquiry in all areas of human endeavor. It encourages evidence-based inquiry into science, pseudoscience, medicine and health, religion, ethics, secularism, and society. The San Francisco Center for Inquiry engages the local community in support of those aims by sponsoring events and providing outreach. Our website is http://centerforinquiry.net/sf Events that may be of i …

"What's it All About?" If you've ever pondered questions of origin and meaning, this group is right for you. Here's a non-judgmental arena to discuss the great religions and their possible claims of Godship. Come seek and find out truth through the evidence that is offered through an intelligent discussion.

… lol No, here Young Earth Creationists pose hard facts already accepted by evolutionists and show how these same hard accepted facts are being ignored in the light of their obvious conclusion. For example: Evolution requires 1)a beneficial mutation, 2) natural selection to preserve that beneficial mutation. And yet... There has never ever ever been observed a beneficial mutation!!! Science says that if i let go of an object 1,000 times and each time it falls to the ground, the most reas …

Engage in lively discussion and debate around Nicholas Taleb's Black Swan Theory, which states that: - There is a disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology - It is difficult to compute the probability of such rare events using scientific methods (due to the nature of small probabilities), and - There is a psychological headwind that makes people individually and collectively blin …