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By Neece
 We met at 5pm at the Blue Moose on Sunday, March 7.
Our topic was:
Who We Admire in Science, Philosophy or Atheism and Why.
Update:
Ivy: Victor Frankl, author of Man’s Search For Meaning. His Logotherapy was about searching for a new and increased awareness in the present and enabling a new freedom and responsibility to act. The patient can then accept they they are not special and that their existence is simply coincidental, without destiny or fate. By accepting this, they can overcome their anxieties, and instead view life as moments, in which they are fundamentally free.
Daniel: Thomas Jefferson, the third president and a founding father. A freethinker and a great leader, he worked very hard to give America the separation of church and state. He was also opposed to a central bank, he was very insightful, and wanted to keep the…
By Neece
 ~ Update: We had a nice meeting about Darwin and evolution. We talked mainly about what people were thinking before Darwin, observable evolution since the Industrial Revolution, and all kinds of other interesting topics.
Thanks for braving the weather and roads to join us everyone! 
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We are meeting February 7 at 5pm, probably at the Blue Moose. Our Topic of the evening will be celebrating Darwin and Evolution.
Please bring something to do with Darwin, his life, his work, or evolution in general to share with us.
Darwin Day is on or around February 12, his birthday, so we’re celebrating a bit early. You might find information and inspiration to share at the International Darwin Day Foundation. They have pages on Darwin’s Life, Evolution, and even have a free online evolution course. This foundation is administered by the American Humanist Association (AHA).
By Neece
 We’ll meet at 5pm, January 3rd at the Blue Moose, but check back here to be sure.
The evening’s Theme is Show and Tell
~Update:
For Show and Tell, we had an interesting variety of things. From fossils and selected readings to amethyst crystals and miniature pyramids.
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Bring something you’d like to share with us. Here are some suggested categories that your object could fall in:
- science
- philosophy
- atheism
- religion
The size of the group will determine how long we get to talk about our Show and Tell.
By Neece
 We are meeting December 6 at 5 pm for our regular monthly get together.
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Dec 7th Update:
Yesterday’s meeting was amazingly successful! Thanks to the 22 people who showed up to make it interesting, lively and fun.
We ran the gamut from christian apologist to deists to a bunch of godless athesists. Rachel brought tracts to hand out as well as great arguments for why we should believe in god. Her arguments were classic but I think we held our own and had fun refuting her reasoning.
Godless Heathens Converted: 0 (although Joe raised his hand when she asked if anyone accepted her arguments and wanted to convert, but I think he was just being supportive since he was pretending to be on her side and help her out. Joe you can clarify if you were really converted!)
At any rate, it was fun. Afterwards, we hung out and…
By Neece
 We met at the Blue Moose at 5pm on November 15. Note: this was one week earlier to accommodate Thanksgiving.
Chapters 12-17, pages 153-222
We each took a chapter and presented it to everyone.
- Chapter 12: Neece
- Chapter 13: Tim
- Chapter 14: Gerald
- Chapter 15: General discussion
- Chapter 16: Brent
- Chapter 17: Neece
This book was quite helpful and I would recommend it. Feel free to comment with how you liked the book and what you got out of it.
This will be our third meeting for Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language by Robert J. Gula. This should be great for helping us to think and converse more logically.
We had some good discussions and a lot of people showed up.
Here are some general principles and some great advice by Robert…
By Neece
 We had our monthly meeting at the Blue Moose.
Our monthly theme was Gratitude and Giving Thanks.
As atheists we don’t thank a deity for good things that happen in our lives, but gratitude is still a wonderful attitude to have. It has been shown that being grateful helps enhance your well-being.
The meeting was awesome! We had 12 people and quite a few new faces sitting around the table. We talked about what we’re all grateful for, came up with new ideas for Morgantown Atheists, and generally enjoyed each others’ company and made new friends.
Thanks to everyone for showing up and hanging out. It was fun! 
By Neece
 Our October meeting was on October 11 at 5 pm. Same bat channel at the Blue Moose in Morgantown.
The October Theme was: My Personal 10 Commandments.
Make a list of 10 (or less) New Personal Commandments. These are 10 rules or virtues you set for yourself that you might hang on your wall, keep on your desk, or wish to teach to others. These 10 Commandments are like your personal creed for living. Write them down and bring your list. We’ll share them at the meeting.
Remember to keep each commandment succinct. It will be easier to remember.
Also, call it whatever you like. You certainly don’t need to call them commandments. That’s just used for familiarity.
EDIT: I found this and thought it might help you: A List of Virtues. It seems interesting for at least looking at a list of virtues that you might connect…
By Neece
 We met at the Blue Moose at 5:08pm on September 27.
Chapters 1-5, pages 1-53
This was our first meeting for Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language by Robert J. Gula. This should be great for helping us to think and converse more logically.
We’ll divide the book into three sections to span 3 meetings.
- Meeting 1 (September 27): Chapters 1-5, pages 1-53
- Meeting 2 (October 25): Chapters 6-11, pages 55-151
- Meeting 3 (November TBA) Chapters 12-17, pages 153-222
We had a great meeting. We are all enjoying the book. We went through the ways language can be misused with emotional appeals, propaganda and mannerisms.
Here is a bit from chapter 1 that I want to share with you:
First, some general principles. Let’s not call them laws; and since they’re not particularly original, I won’t attach
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By Neece
 We had a good meeting at the Blue Moose! Thanks for attending, everyone. We had about 10 people.
We talked about logical fallacies and socialized a bit. Please email the information that you shared to Neece so that I can post it to share with everyone. I’ll be posting the different fallacies as I get them.
September Topic of the Evening: Your Favorite Logical Fallacy
We all chose a logical fallacy and talked a bit about it.
So, for this meeting:
- bring your logical fallacy
- an explanation of what it is
- several examples to share with us
- If someone uses that fallacy on you, how would you refute it?
- Bring a legible copy of your notes for us to post on this site after the meeting, to share with everyone. Even better, send a companion email to Neece before the meeting so
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By Neece
 Ronald Mallett, professor of physics, University of Connecticut, is giving a lecture on Time Travel.
September 23, 2009 7:30 pm-10:30 pm
260 Hodges Hall, WVU Campus.
That should be fun!
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We met at 5pm at the Blue Moose on Sunday, March 7.
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