Missoula Area Secular Society Official Events

Does atheism lead to nihilism? In his essay, Where are the honest atheists? Damon Linker has the following paragraph: "If atheism is true, it is far from being good news. Learning that we're alone in the universe, that no one hears or answers our prayers, that humanity is entirely the product of random events, that we have no more intrinsic dignity than non-human and even non-animate clumps of matter, that we face certain annihilation in death, that our sufferings are ultimately pointless, that our lives and loves do not at all matter in a larger sense, that those who commit horrific evils and elude human punishment get away with their crimes scot free — all of this (and much more) is utterly tragic." This is a common criticism of atheism. Is there anything to this criticism? See: https://theweek.com/articles/466865/where-are-honest-atheists

Join us the first Sunday of every month for a tasty brunch and good conversation. To see what activities members are organizing, or to organize your own event for your fellow M.A.S.S. members, be sure you also join our other Meetup group (http://www.meetup.com/Missoula-Area-Secular-Society-Member-Organized-Events/).

Join us in a lively monthly discussion of books chosen by the group. One book per month. Topics vary widely between history, travel, science, fiction, and more. Titles of some of the books we have read so far can be found here (https://www.secularmissoula.org/things-we-do/). Our upcoming books are - TBA

Revisionist History is a Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell. Revisionist History will go back and reinterpret something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood. http://revisionisthistory.com We will discuss this podcast: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/16-the-king-of-tears The King of Tears