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Date : 17 th August 2010. Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. Agenda. - Presentation on Daniel Dennett’s book “Breaking the Spell” by Larry Maher - Discussion on Pilot Community Schools - News Round-up incl. News from HAIs August meeting by Colin Perkins. - Discussion on possible initiatives o Bus Campaign. [...]
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Date : 16th March 2010 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton, Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. Agenda: Presentation : Forbidden Fruit: Newton’s legacy to today’s economic, ecologic and ideological crises by Prof Conleth D Hussey, Professor of Lightwave Technology, University of Limerick. Followed by a discussion. Any other business.
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Our next meeting will be held as follows: Date: : 19th January 2010 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick Agenda 1. Talk by Louis Burke : The Humanity+Plus Summit This is a conference that Louis attended that discussed the view that Humanity will be radically changed by technology in the (possibly quite [...]
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According to the Sydney Morning Herald ethics classes will be introduced in New South Wales, Australia schools, offering an alternative to religious studies, the Premier, Nathan Rees, will announce today. Ten primary schools will begin a trial next year of the classes as an alternative to religious education. The programme will teach students about ”fairness”, [...]
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I’ve lifted this from The Ecomomist whole because it offers a great defence of free speech. The only thing missing is a reference to our own blasphemy law. JASON KUZNICKI at the Cato Institute offers a valiant defence of free speech against those who insist on a “right” not to be offended by what other people say. [...]
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So you think you’re going to be in a tough debate – it’s like taking candy from a baby!
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Our next meeting will be as follows: Date : 10th November 2009 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel. We are disappointed that our intended speaker from MarriagEquality has had to cancel. She has promised to come to a future meeting. So the agenda for next Tuesday will have to be a surprise [...]
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This information comes from a report in the Irish Times on a survey carried out by the Irish School of Ecumenics. They surveyed 700 faith leaders and 900 lay people about a range of faith related topics. 12% of the lay people self identified as atheist or no religion and and they felt that when [...]
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Our October meeting will take place as follows: Date : 13th October 2009 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. Agenda: Presentation by Dr. Peter O’Hara – State Registered Partnerships: Independence and Support. Followed by discussion. Any other business.
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JERUSALEM – Dozens of rabbis and Kabbalah mystics armed with ceremonial trumpets have taken to the skies over Israel to battle the H1N1 flu virus. About 50 Jewish holy men chanted prayers and blew ritual rams’ horns known as shofars in an aircraft circling over the country in the hope of stopping the spread of [...]
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