We had a great day at the creation museum last Saturday- see the Youtube here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcb0dwfKPU&feature=colike

also there is an article from the Examiner on the BYS site www.backyardskeptics.com

I have only 4 discount tickets for the play this Thursday left.  Email me of simply request them from the Meetup page which the play is announced (at the bottom).  First come first serve.....

BYS News:

Two New Billboards Are Up!

                   

Backyard Skeptics has placed two new billboards:  One on the 22 freeway and Valley View in Garden Grove, CA and on Chapman Ave just east of the 55 freeway in the city or Orange, CA.  The purpose of the billboards is to let other skeptics, agnositics and atheists know there is a place where they can share the idea that we can be good without religious beliefs. The billboard in Orange is entitle "Make This A Better World" and the one in Garden Grove is entitle "Prison"

                         

Our Garden Grove billboard.  See it as you drive west on the 22 just before Valley View.  The message:  Religion improions one mind.  "Faith Has No answers - It Only Impeades Questinos" .   

    The TEARifying Bible                    

We've added several new web pages to our site, one of which is the TEARifying Bible, where you can send in your own picture of you tearing an immoral Bible verse out.   Click my ugly mug to the left to see the new page.  If you'd like to add your picture, email it to [address removed]

We might start a separate web site for this project..

    Are Atheists Being Discriminated Against?                    

Another new page is about how we are discriminated aginst.   It's interesting to find out how atheists as a minority are treated - both socially and in the legal system.  Click the graphic to visit the page and add your comment at the bottom.  

    BYS News                    

Backyard Skeptics News

8/21/11 - TWO Atheists Billboards up in the OC

9/18/11 9/20/11 – New OC Register ‘Political Pulse’ polling project

9/17/11  Atheist group rips Bible pages in H.B. 

9/16/11  COURT RULES TEACHER MUST REMOVE ‘IN GOD WE TRUST’ 

9/15/11  AMERICAN ATHEIST LEADER CALLS FOR THE ‘ERADICATION’ OF ‘FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIANS

    Announcing the 2012 OC Freethought Conference                    

The third annual OCFA - Orange County Freethought Alliance two-day conference will be held at UCI on May 19th and 20th, 2012.  Our lis of speakers include Michael Shermer, Mr Deity, Brian Dunningm Phil Zuckerman, Aron Ra, Barbara Forrest, David Richards, Dan Baker and Richard Carrier.  Early bird prices are available before December 31. 

See www.freethoughtalliance.org to sign up

    Secular Gazette #20 Ready to Download for free                  

Skeptics Corner – Chiropractic Medicine
Sam Harris – Public Speaking
Science News – Planet Orbits Two Suns – New Deep Space Exploration – Ancient Human Migration
Chuck – Emergency Contraception  
Evo Education – Fox News Poll    

Born Atheist #15
Church-State – Why Defendants Need To Be Anonymous
Chuck – Emergency Contraception                            

Skeptoid – All About Fracking?

    Backyard Skeptics South                    

For those in South Orange County, we have started a Backyard Skeptics monthly meeting through Meetup.com.  If you live in s county join the BYS-south on Meetup.  Next meeting - Wednesday October 19th at 7pm at Denny's just north of the 5 freeway on Alicia Parkway in the baquet room.  All freethinkers are welcome. No religious dogma allowed!

    DVD $10 Special                     

Our August Backyard Skeptics Monthly Meeting:
Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion: 
An Anthropological Survey of the Supernatural World 
with Adrian Novotny, Ph.D. 

In this presentation, magic, witchcraft, and religion was defined, compared, and contrasted. We surveyed the evolution of human spirituality from its earliest manifestations to the present and beyond. How is it that some form of supernatural beliefs and behaviors constitute a cultural universal, that is, spirituality seems to be a significant component of all human cultures throughout time and space?

    Please Contribute                     Whether its only $.99 for your subscription of the Secular Gazette, or a larger tax-deductible donation, your contribution will make this world a better place by promoting secular values.  Donations include free monthly meetings and discounts for our May Freethought conference. 

Our goal is to have a brick-and-mortar building in Orange County in three years.  It will be called the Orange County Secular Center.

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