Centre for Inquiry Canada - Ottawa Branch

we will be holding this meeting via Zoom teleconference

(in compliance with the public health recommendation for social distancing, Secular Chat Ottawa West will not be meeting in person until further notice)

The start time has been changed to 6:30 pm

To get the information required to join the Zoom Meeting, you will need to RSVP. If you are having problems, please contact techsupport@centreforinquiry.ca, or phone 613-663-8198

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Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular.
Suggested topics:
Religion/Philosophy/Atheism/Humanism
How do you define Humanism? Do you consider yourself to be a Humanist?
How do you define "secular"? Given your definition, what percentage of the Canadian population do you estimate as "secular"?

How does one become a Freethinker? Through genetics, physiology, experience? What distinguishes Freethinkers from conformists or indoctrinees?

Science: Physical & Social
How much science is behind what is sold in health food stores?
What are the most important social impacts of the “anti-vaccination” movement?

Current Events for Freethinkers
Imagine it is now January 2022. US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris have been in office for one year now. How has America changed since 2019?

Now that plant-based meat replacements are in many restaurants and supermarkets, and with cloned meat products on the way, will this significantly impact Canada's real meat consumption, and will it result in more vegetarians?

Migrants displaced by war, famine, and terrorism are fleeing their countries by the millions, hoping to land in the USA, Canada, and European countries. What do you think is the real problem, and how can the world solve it?

Non-Religion Lifestyles
If you have no religion, from where do you get moral guidance, social values, and a sense of belonging to a community that would help you in problems of living?

Chat West participants should feel free to suggest their own discussion topics from these categories.

If you wish to attend, please RSVP in advance.

Living without Religion (LWR) is a monthly peer support group for those who have left their religion, are considering leaving their religion, and/or are encountering challenges with friends, family, classmates or co-workers due to religious differences. If you're already comfortable leading a secular lifestyle, you can also come to offer emotional support or advice, or just to enjoy a sense of social community that religions often offer.

Moderated by volunteers from the Ottawa Branch of Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC), LWR meets every Sunday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Eastern Time.

Please note that no one is here in a professional mental health capacity. We strive to be kind to each other, and as some attendees continue to hold faith in a deity or spiritual ideas, this is not a forum to challenge or convert anyone's current beliefs.

If you would like to stay after LWR at 1:00 to informally discuss or debate atheism, skepticism, science, current events, and other topics of interest, including how we can maintain morality and ethics without religion, please RSVP to Secular Chat.

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To join, log into Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/962762133?pwd=Zm1wYjVtcGR4UHp3cXpVQ3crSGV4Zz09

Or call in:
1-647-374-4685 or 1-647-558-0580
Meeting ID 962762133#
Participant ID 43530#

Secular Chat is a monthly discussion group for atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, and other freethinkers in the National Capital Region.

Hosted by the Ottawa Branch of Centre for Inquiry Canada, Secular Chat meets the first Sunday of each month from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Similar to CFIC's former "Sunday Unsermon" group, enlightening conversation and fun debate topics can vary from week to week based on the interests of participants that day: current events (Trudeau/Trump), morality and ethics without religion, skepticism, science, philosophy, history, counter-apologetics, comparative interpretation of religious scriptures, and any other subjects related to atheism and science-based thought. CFIC volunteers lightly moderate the meeting to help ensure everyone has a chance to talk.

If you would also like to come earlier at 12:00 to offer or receive emotional support on leading a secular lifestyle, please RSVP to Living Without Religion.

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To join, log into Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/962762133?pwd=Zm1wYjVtcGR4UHp3cXpVQ3crSGV4Zz09

Or call in:
1-647-374-4685 or 1-647-558-0580
Meeting ID 962762133#
Participant ID 43530#

Welcome all inquiring minds.

The goal of this group is to explore topics, ideas, concepts, with a critical eye and the willingness to ask the questions;

• Is the thesis of this book on solid ground?
• Is what this book is presenting true or false?
• Is the topic being presented in a fair and even handed manner?

Anyone interested in controversial and often contentions topics of the day and is willing to explore all sides of an issue, should consider joining.

We will select a new book at the end of each session. The book club will meet on the first Monday of the month at 7:00pm. We have an allotted tine of 2 hours.

The link to this event is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89082917143?pwd=T0pJY0hsWE00a3hpbTBoQWNUQjJyQT09

The Schedule of this event going forward;
• October 2
• November 6
• December 4
• January 8
• February 5
• March 4
• April 1