Coming out of Bangladesh - a Muslim and Hindu find atheism

Friday 11th November

Over the last two years many secular and atheist Bangladeshi writers and bloggers have been hacked to death by Islamic extremists who will not tolerate any questioning of Islam. Many such people fear for their lives both in and outside of Bangladesh regardless of their original religion. Our speakers this evening have escaped this threat.

Shakil and Shubhajit are formally Muslim and Hindu. They will discuss life in Bangladesh, their path to atheism, the impact on their social and family relationships, the history and position of religion in the country and the place of atheists in Bangladesh.

The takings from this evening will be donated to people / organisations like our speakers, who are trying to escape the predicaments that they find themselves in. This is an evening not to be missed.

Entry to this event will be $5.00 for supporter members of Sydney Atheists and $10.00 for non supporter attendees. Annual Supporter membership is only $20. To become a supporter member, please go to:http://www.sydneyatheists.org/p/donations-and-membership.html

RSVP and more information at  http://www.meetup.com/sydneyatheists/events/231766472/

Coming out of Bangladesh - a Muslim and Hindu find atheism

Over the last two years many secular and atheist Bangladeshi writers and bloggers have been hacked to death by Islamic extremists who will not tolerate any questioning of Islam. Many such people fear for their lives both in and outside of Bangladesh regardless of their original religion. Our speakers this evening have escaped this threat.

Shakil and Shubhajit are formally Muslim and Hindu. They will discuss life in Bangladesh, their path to atheism, the impact on their social and family relationships, the history and position of religion in the country and the place of atheists in Bangladesh.

The takings from this evening will be donated to people / organisations like our speakers, who are trying to escape the predicaments that they find themselves in. This is an evening not to be missed.

Entry to this event will be $5.00 for supporter members of Sydney Atheists and $10.00 for non supporter attendees. Annual Supporter membership is only $20. To become a supporter member, please go to:http://www.sydneyatheists.org/p/donations-and-membership.html

RSVP and more information at  http://www.meetup.com/sydneyatheists/events/231766472/

 Mentalizing - Are humans rational?

It gives us great pleasure to present as our guest speaker this evening Margie Stuchbery who is a Senior Clinical Psychologist.

Margie's talk this evening will be: Mentalizing - Are humans rational? Mentalizing refers to the capacity to hold heart and mind in mind, both for the self and for others. It is a mental capacity that develops in the first years of life and onward and we all move in and out of it all the time. But deficits or interruptions to mentalizing capacity result in misunderstandings at best, and serious mental health issues at worst. It is not surprising that deficits in this fundamental social capacity underlie many of the difficulties that bring people in for psychotherapy.

Entry to this event will be $5.00 for supporter members of Sydney Atheists and $10.00 for non supporter attendees. Annual Supporter membership is only $20. To become a supporter member, please go to:http://www.sydneyatheists.org/p/donations-and-membership.html

RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/sydneyatheists/events/230362498/

Dr Ben Goldacre

Sydney Atheists have two premium tickets for Dr Ben Goldacre which we are making available through a silent auction. They are premium tickets valued at $99.00 plus Ticketek processing fees. Please send your bids to contact@sydneyatheists.org. The first to bid the full price will get these excellent tickets, otherwise they will go to the highest bidder




The event is at Enmore Theatre on Sunday the 25th of September at 6.30pm.

To find out more about the event you can go to: https://www.thinkinc.org.au/events/ben-goldacre/#anchor

Committee Announcement

Caroline Wykamp has retired from the position of Secretary for personal reasons. In her place, we have offered the position to Devesh Sharma who we welcome to the committee.

The Committee of Sydney Atheists now comprises:

President - Steve Marton
Vice President - Jessica Nissan
Secretary - Dev Sharma
Treasurer - Semih Ilhan
Assistant Secretary / Treasurer - Mohamed Farahat
Public Relations Officer - Thomas Kraemer
Public Officer - Michael Beecham
Technical Officer Timothy Graham

Come hear about and see some of the greatest atheist minds at a talk and film by New York Filmaker Chris Johnson

Only one event in Sydney exclusively with Sydney Atheists

Tickets at the door or pre-purchase at https://www.trybooking.com/LQNC 

To find out more about the mark "No religion" campaign go to: 

http://censusnoreligion.org.au/