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Below are three videos from Mid-west Humanist Hassan Faramarz on the similarities and differences he has noticed since moving to Ireland.
Hassan’s YouTube channel is here, and you can find his web page here.
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Details of our June meeting are below.
Date : Tuesday 15th June 2010
Time : 20.00
Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel
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Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they’ve created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.
You can read some opinions on this announcement here and here.
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For our May meeting we’ll be moving back to Tuesday night. We’re trying to find the day and time that suits people best so if you have any feedback please let us know.
Date : Tuesday 18th May 2010
Time : 20.00
Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel
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The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the WestHistorian Niall Ferguson examines the conflicts of the First World War to the Cold War and how they influenced the twentieth century. He argues that globalization, wealth, and technological breakthroughs led to much of the violence, genocide and fanaticism of the twentieth century.
The talk was hosted by the World Affairs Council in Washington, D.C. and includes a question and answer session.Niall Ferguson is the author of several books including Paper and Iron, The Cash Nexus, and The Pity of War. He currently is a history professor at Harvard University, Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and a contributor to the Financial Times and the New York Times.
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Gina Welch talks about In the Land of the Believers: A Journey to the Heart of Evangelical America. Welch, a young secular Jew from Berkeley, joined Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church. Over the course of nearly two years, Welch immersed herself in the life of the devout: she learned to interpret the world like an evangelical.
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Date : Sunday 18th April 2010
Time : 11.00
Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel
Agenda:
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(Mirrored) Islam is so wonderful and sciency and peaceful.
Rather than answer the points in the video some Muslims choose to attempt censorship. I guess the never heard of the Streisand effect?
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Date : 16th March 2010
Time : 20:00
Venue : Carlton, Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick.
Agenda:
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Our next meeting will be held as follows:
Date: : 16th February 2010
Time : 20:00
Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick
Agenda
1. Talk by Louis Burke : The Humanity+Plus Summit – This was postponed from last month.
2. Paul Williams from Amhrán Nua will give a general introduction to his group and talk about their view of a secular constitution and a secular education system.
3. Attendance at the AAI Gods and Politics conference in Copenhagen this June 18th – 20th.
4. General open discussion.
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