INTERFAITH RECEPTION: Tuesday, 10/11 5:30pm in Howard Thurman Room @ Marsh Chapel: BU’s Interfaith Council presents the inaugural Interfaith Reception. Their description: You will get a chance to meet other students and faculty, including Dean Hill, interested in the interfaith movement, and to find out more about the Interfaith Council, including our plans about:
– Interfaith Days of Service
– Weekly meetings meant to educate members about different religious traditions
– Conversations about issues relating to religion and faith in this day and age
And, of course, there will be (kosher, vegetarian, and halal) food and refreshments for all.
“Echoes from the Past: The Bible’s UN-divinely Inspired Texts: Thursday, 10/13 6pm in SED 212: Member and grad student Nathan Ramsayer presents; it’s all about the ancient Near-Eastern crossover of myth, narrative, law and wisdom literature into the Hebrew Bible. Nate will hang around until 7:30pm or so to answer questions.
Harvard Humanists’ “Green Without God” Service Project: Saturday, 10/15 10am-2pm.
Diplomacy vs. Accomodationism by Greta Christina; Saturday, 10/22 2pm in SED 130: Atheist, feminist, humorist Greta Christina joins us for a workshop on religious-nonreligious dialogue; members from affiliated secular groups outside of BU will be in attendance and there will be potations and gustatory pleasures.
Original Sin: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tuesday, 10/25 7pm in PHO 339: Richard Schoenig,
Prof. of Philosophy (San Antonio College), presents a talk based on
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_schoenig/original-sin.html. Underwritten by the Boston-based Disproof Atheism Society.
An Evening With Bill Baird: Tuesday, 11/8 TBD CAS 211; Bill Baird, a leader in the original fight to legalize birth control, stops by to tell his story. A great speaker and a greater man.
The Incompatibility of Science and Religion: Thursday, 11/10 7pm PHO 203; Dr. Victor Stenger: Science and religion are fundamentally incompatible because of their irreconcilable world-views. Science relies on sensory evidence and reason to learn about the world. Religion assumes that humans can access a world beyond the senses through revelations recorded in holy books and individual “spiritual” experiences. This talk will compare the contrasting views of science and religion on a range of topics from cosmology to complexity.
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