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04.29.09Here Be Dragons!Brian Dunning, podcaster and creator of the Skeptoid podcast, will give his presentation Here Be Dragons to BASS. The arcane world of ghost orbs, urban myths, organic foods, UFOs, and other paranormal and pseudoscientific phenomenon are discussed in this introductory talk. Come hear why they are fallacious and why it's so important that they be debunked. When: Wednesday, May 6 Time: 7:00-8:00pm Where: Bunche Hall 3164, UCLA Facebook RSVP Page UCLA Map Continue Reading...
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02.12.09Dan Barker in action!Hey BASSiators, Dan Barker is coming to give a presentation sponsored by BASS on Feb. 18th and so I decided to listen to a couple of his old debates. Well I totally forgot how awesome of a debater he was against all the sleazy-type debaters. People like Todd Friel, a host on Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron's radio thingy or Dinesh D'Souza, who is sleazy beyond words in his debate style--these guys are able to one up people like Daniel Dennett or Christopher Hitchens but not Dan Barker. Barker knows exactly how to handle these type of guys who hit below ...
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02.11.09EVENT: Losing Faith in FaithHave you ever changed your mind? Of course you have. But have you ever changed your core beliefs, your identity? Whether you are a believer or non-believer, the thought of changing your mind about god and religion might seem alien and unlikely. Come and listen to the story of a former evangelical minister turned atheist Dan Barker. After years of preaching the good word, Dan went through a transforming experience that caused him to bravely change his mind in a meaningful way. When: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm Where: UCLA - Public Affairs 1222 (Map of UCLA) RSVP on the Facebook event ...
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05.24.08Event Cancellation: Threat of the Religious Right to Our Modern FreedomsOur May 27 event, titled "The Threat of the Religious Right to our Modern Freedoms" has been canceled. We will be rescheduling it for the upcoming Fall 2008 quarter. Sorry about this, but it will be bigger and better in the Fall.
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05.20.08CANCELLED EventCANCELLED We will be rescheduling this for the upcoming Fall 2008 quarter. See you then! Today's hard right seeks total dominion. It's packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself. From Theocracy Watch This presentation by Eddie Tabash is a sobering and chilling account of how a shift of just one vote on the U.S. Supreme Court could usher in a religious tyranny, and how the upcoming presidential election is pivotal to the future of the Court and to our most basic freedoms. Eddie Tabash is a constitutional lawyer in private practice in the Los Angeles area. ...
