Events in week 8 include the showing of the ever-popular The God Who Wasn’t There. It will be shown in L5 on Wednesday at 3pm; our regular spot for film showings.

To complement this, we’ll be having a social in the Grad@Cholo on Thursday evening, officially kicking off from 8pm. Look for us! There will be some of us sporting the Warwick Atheists white.

Merchandise

On that note, Warwick Atheists will be offering t-shirts to those interested. If you would like to purchase one of these delightful pieces of clothing, it will set you back £5. You will need to e-mail me at w.wybrow[at]warwick.ac.uk to let me know you want one, and in which size (S, M, L, XL or ladies’ sizes).

In week 4, we’ll be showing Dawkins’ Channel 4 documentary about religion, entitled The Root of all Evil?. It’s a look at the negative impact of religion over the years. This will be held in L5 at 3pm on Wednesday, 22nd of October.

In week 5, Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association will be here to deliver a talk on faith schools. His talk will be at 6pm on Thursday, 30th of October.

To see Andrew Copson in action, take a look at his appearance on the BBC.

This event will take place at 6pm in L5 (in the Science building, near the Student Cinema’s room).

Our speakers so far:

Introduction to Warwick Atheists
(Stuart Pilbrow, Sam Corcoran)

The God Hypothesis
(Sam Corcoran)

Secularity is late for dinner
(Ben Smith)

Meaning and Atheism
(Alexander Bishop)

“Through her we all die”: Religion versus Woman
(Fran Bull)

Introducing Humanism
(Will Wybrow)

Upcoming events for the term are currently:

• Week 3 - Thursday, 6pm - Room L5 - “Introduction to Godlessness”
  A series of talks, hosted and presented by the Warwick Atheists, on a few broad topics to do with atheism or some of our members’ values.
• Week 4 - Wednesday, 3pm - Room L5 - “The Root of All Evil?”
  A Channel 4 documentary by Richard Dawkins exploring the religion, focusing on the negative impact it has currently and has had over the years. Running time: 90 minutes (approx)

Here is the rough schedule of events for the rest of this term:

Week 7

Tue: Pub Crawl in Leam

21^st February: Daniel O’Brien. 5 – 7 in H0.52

Week 8

Steve Fuller

Life without God

Followed by Grad Social

Week 9

Wed: Score social

Film showing: Root of all evil

Week 10

Film showing: Root of all evil

Atheist talks

Chinese social (oriental star)

We have speaker coming over from the Philosophy Department, Daniel O’Brien, to talk about David Hume. Hume was one of the most prominent thinkers of 18th century. His logical arguments form the basis of many modern day atheists like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens etc.

Join us for a very interesting talk about atheism.

When upcoming events and speakers are confirmed, their details will be posted here.