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:
Over the next day or so I will post everyone’s choices.
Ivy: Victor Frankl
Daniel: Thomas Jefferson
Tim: John Shelby Spong
Brent: August Weisman, Leondard Hayflick and Aubrey DeGrey
David: Richard and Mary Leaky, the author of African Genesis and Paul Monette
Neece: Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins
Butch: Frank Zappa and George Carlin
Gerald: Martin Gardner and James Randi
Chad: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Joe: Pearl S. Buck and the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)
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 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 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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We met at 5pm at the Blue Moose on Sunday, March 7.
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