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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Biblethumper iPhone app
(Stolen from Friendly Athiest)
We can all assume that there are a bunch of iPhone apps that give you daily quotes from the bible or inspirational Christian quotes. Here's another one, quoting a new verse every time you shake your iPhone. But I have a feeling that the selection of quotes is quite different from your average Christian iPhone app. Here's an example:
The guy who made it, Francis Dierick, is an atheist, if you couldn't guess by now. The app costs $.99 and has a rating of 17+ due to the nature of the Bible. If you have an iPhone, you should go get the app! Great for Bible quotes on the go.
We can all assume that there are a bunch of iPhone apps that give you daily quotes from the bible or inspirational Christian quotes. Here's another one, quoting a new verse every time you shake your iPhone. But I have a feeling that the selection of quotes is quite different from your average Christian iPhone app. Here's an example:
The guy who made it, Francis Dierick, is an atheist, if you couldn't guess by now. The app costs $.99 and has a rating of 17+ due to the nature of the Bible. If you have an iPhone, you should go get the app! Great for Bible quotes on the go.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Famous atheist humanists?
So, Mat and I (Franklin) were at this interfaith dinner with Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith and head of the Interfaith Youth Core. It was a dinner where all the leaders of religious groups got together so we could discuss why interfaith is so important, and what our campus could do about it. He started out by asking us to go around the table and, "think of one example from your tradition or background of someone performing an act of service that you find inspiring. You could quote scripture, refer to a person you look up to, etc". And for the life of me I couldn't think of any famous atheists who are famous for doing good service and helping others. There are many Secular Humanists, but I can't think of any that are known for doing service projects, helping other people, etc. Any suggestions? I know there has to be some out there.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Stop the war in AAFghanistan! And buy a barcrawl t-shirt.
Important news: Bar Crawl T-Shirts will be available this Thursday, so please please bring money! They're awesome! And only $8! We ditched the banana idea and went with a new design that's a lot better, so be excited!
Our meeting this week will be in Room 229 of the Natural History Building, at 7 pm this Thursday (surprised?). A professor of political science, Prof. Seitz, will be coming in to speak with us about the separation of church and state. Feel free to bring questions, he's an excellent source on the topic, and this is the first time he's presenting for our club.
As expressed in last week's meeting, we will be having our Fall/Winter Barcrawl next week on Tuesday, November 10th. Write it down! The lineup will be as follows:
9 pm: Murphy's
10 pm: Legends
11 pm: Cly's
12 am: Joe's
1 am: Murphy's
(yes, Murphy's is there twice, it's not an accident.)
We will also be hosting two blood drives, so please note these dates: December 4th, Friday, from 11 am to 3 pm, and February 6th, Saturday, from 11 am to 3 pm. In February, we'll be working with CRU for a joint blood drive. Please come talk to Julia if you have any questions regarding eligibility for donating blood.
Our second speaker will be David Ramsay Steele, who is actually the uncle of one of our AAF members! Mark down the date for December 3rd at 7 pm in our normal room!
Hope to see everyone this week, and please don't forget to bring your t-shirt money! Or else.
-Your beloved AAF officers
Our meeting this week will be in Room 229 of the Natural History Building, at 7 pm this Thursday (surprised?). A professor of political science, Prof. Seitz, will be coming in to speak with us about the separation of church and state. Feel free to bring questions, he's an excellent source on the topic, and this is the first time he's presenting for our club.
As expressed in last week's meeting, we will be having our Fall/Winter Barcrawl next week on Tuesday, November 10th. Write it down! The lineup will be as follows:
9 pm: Murphy's
10 pm: Legends
11 pm: Cly's
12 am: Joe's
1 am: Murphy's
(yes, Murphy's is there twice, it's not an accident.)
We will also be hosting two blood drives, so please note these dates: December 4th, Friday, from 11 am to 3 pm, and February 6th, Saturday, from 11 am to 3 pm. In February, we'll be working with CRU for a joint blood drive. Please come talk to Julia if you have any questions regarding eligibility for donating blood.
Our second speaker will be David Ramsay Steele, who is actually the uncle of one of our AAF members! Mark down the date for December 3rd at 7 pm in our normal room!
Hope to see everyone this week, and please don't forget to bring your t-shirt money! Or else.
-Your beloved AAF officers
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Phases of Consumer Subculture
A while ago in my Advertising 483 class (Audience Analysis) we received a handout talking about the evolution of consumer subcultures in the United States. Our teacher was applying it towards subcultures like the Hispanic and African American populations, but looking at it I realized that it could definitely apply to the atheist subculture as well. I scanned it in to show you guys (you might want to click to make it larger and clearer):
So, here's the question: Where do we as a subculture currently stand? What phase are we in? I personally think we are somewhere around phase 3. We are still often seen as a threat, people think that we want "special privileges", and, while there isn't too much discrimination by members of the American mainstream, we still don't really have recognition of political rights (at least in terms of running for positions). On the other had, we do have all the rights as everyone else as citizens. Any other opinions? I could see it going both ways.
So, here's the question: Where do we as a subculture currently stand? What phase are we in? I personally think we are somewhere around phase 3. We are still often seen as a threat, people think that we want "special privileges", and, while there isn't too much discrimination by members of the American mainstream, we still don't really have recognition of political rights (at least in terms of running for positions). On the other had, we do have all the rights as everyone else as citizens. Any other opinions? I could see it going both ways.
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