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Local Atheist Groups
The San Francisco Atheists meet the last Saturday evening of most months at a downtown San Francisco restaurant. In June and in December we have festive Solstice events instead of meetings. Visit our web site for details: www.sfatheists.com.
Snail-mail: 900 Bush Street #210, San Francisco CA 94109. Contact: info@sfatheists.com,
The East Bay Atheists meet each month in the Berkeley Main Library (2090 Kittredge Street, 3rd floor meeting room) to discuss atheism and other topical events of interests to atheists. The collective mission of EBA includes local activism when "freethinkers" rights to be free from religion are threatened, or when government promotes religion. Contact: Larry Hicok, 510-222-7580 510-222-7580. Web: www.eastbayatheists.org.
The Atheists of Silicon Valley see website for upcoming events. Web: www.godlessgeeks.com. Also visit the Silicon Valley Coalition of Reason at: http://siliconvalley.unitedcor.org/
Atheists and Freethinkers of Contra Costa County see website for information: web site.
Rossmoor Atheists & Agnostics are active in the East Bay. Web: http://rossmooratheists.info Contact: Richard Golden.
A registered student organization, Students for A Nonreligious Ethos (SANE) meets on the University of California at Berkeley campus. Contact them at: sane@ocf.berkeley.edu or call 510-USE-SANE.
The Gay and Lesbian Atheists and Humanists meet at 11:00 AM on the last Saturday of each month at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center at 1800 Market Street. Contact: Dick Hewetson, 415-824-5445 415-824-5445.
Meeting the second Sunday of every month at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, the Devout Atheists discuss a wide range of free thought topics. Contact: Ray Westergard, 510-653-9220 510-653-9220 .
The Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics meets the first Sunday of every month from 5PM to 7PM at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N. Van Ness Ave, Fresno CA 93728. You can contact CVAAS by sending an email to info@cvaas.org or by calling (559) 892-0102 (559) 892-0102 . You can also see upcoming events, the CVAAS newsletter, or become part of the CVAAS social network.
Local Free-thought Groups and Resources
Bringing believers and nonbelievers together for moderated conversations, The Garrison-Martineau Project promotes dialogue and understanding -- helping people to be heard, lowering the anger and anxiety of the "culture war" as a means of improving civic discourse.
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Humanist Community is a membership chapter of the American
Humanist Association, serving San Jose, Silicon Valley, Stanford,
and the Peninsula since 1962.
California Marriages by Kate Talbot. Telephone: 650-571-5555 650-571-5555.
Secular Ceremonies by Roseanne Allen. Telephone: 510-412-3386 510-412-3386.
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A growing group of Stanford students called Rational Thought are interested in skepticism and freethought, and they are committed to providing a forum for the exploration of these issues.
National Resources
Born out of the landmark Murray v. Curlett case, which challenged prayer recitation in the public schools, American Atheists has been the premier organization laboring for the civil liberties of Atheists, and the total, absolute separation of government and religion. Telephone: 908-276-7300 908-276-7300. Telephone: 415-771-9872 415-771-9872.
The Atheist Alliance is a democratic association of independent, autonomous atheist societies as well as individual members. Telephone: 612-588-7031 612-588-7031.
Since 1978, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has been working to keep state and church separate and to educate the public about the views of non-theists. Telephone: 608-256-8900 608-256-8900.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.
The "Internet Infidels" maintain the Secular Web, a large and diverse online community of nonbelievers.
Spend some time at Positive Atheism for plenty of freewheeling commentary and discussion.
Streaming Atheist radio is offered by the Atheist Network. Put your computer speakers to work!
Dr. Michael Newdow's Restore the Pledge website comprehensively covers the "Under God" issue.
Faith Freedom International exposes the "lies of Islam and its expansionist plans."
The Brights are a fast-growing worldwide movement advocating the concept of an umbrella constituency uniting the great diversity of individuals with a naturalistic worldview (free of supernatural and mystical forces).
The Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers is an Internet-based grassroots organization that exists to provide a forum for service members to express their views and find a community of like-minded individuals.
Kimberly Blaker's The Wall is a weekly syndicated column on church and state and other issues from a liberal perspective. She is editor and coauthor of The Fundamentals of Extremism: the Christian Right in America.
In an effort to create greater awareness of the dangers we now face and an understanding of the dynamics of fundamentalism, the authors of The Fundamentals of Extremism: the Christian Right in America have decided at this time of crisis to make the book available to read online--free. We hope that this will encourage public discourse, and ultimately, lead to realistic solutions to protecting America from the so-called "true" Christians and their "family values." Click here for details.
Spreading the message of reality everywhere, Choose Reality is getting these two little words in the minds of as many people as possible. "All we are say-ing, is give truth a chance."
National Atheist Groups
This new section will have many more groups listed soon. To suggest a group, email the webmaster.
Seattle Atheists is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the atheist community in the Seattle area, striving to promote understanding and respect toward all freethinkers by providing information, creating a sense of fellowship, actively opposing discrimination, and above all, emphasizing reason and critical thinking over supernaturalism.
Advocating the secular viewpoint, the Iowa Secularists strive to create a community of people in Iowa with a religion-free worldview.
Religion-Specific
The grassroots site of Watchers of the Watch Tower World of Jehovah's Witnesses is devoted to ex-JWs and their pursuits.
The www.jehovahs-witness.com site owner started out a believer, then got dis-fellowshipped for having made the site. Now it's an interactive message board for free exchange of info for ex-JWs.
A former San Francisco Scientologist maintains that the lies of Scientology hurt Scientologists and hurt non-Scientologists as well.
Science Resources
City College of San Francisco presents The Story Of Time And Life - an exhibit on the formation of the Universe, the Solar System, and the evolution of Life on Earth.
Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools, the National Center for Science Education is a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information based in Oakland, California. Telephone: 510-601-7203 510-601-7203.
The "Amazing Randi's" James Randi Educational Foundation is an educational resource on the paranormal, pseudoscientific and the supernatural.
CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public.
The Space Telescope Science Institute’s Hubblesite has breaking space news and gorgeous pictures of our universe through the lens of NASA's orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
Moses and his god are examined in "The Real Moses," a book by Fintan Ruth.
Social Resources
Post or review personal ads at the Free Thinker's Match Maker, a place where you can meet other single atheists, agnostics, humanists and other nonreligious people at no cost.
Just For Fun
"All Jesus, all the time." The unsaved are unwelcome at Landover Baptist Church.
Extra! Extra! The Onion is "America's Finest News Source."
Get your very own God Detector so He can let His presence be known.
Cecil Adams, "The World's Smartest Human Being," serves up The Straight Dope.
Get "Eternal Salvation or Double Your Money Back!" at the Church of the SubGenius.
Religion isn't the only fraud out there. The Museum of Hoaxes exposes what people have fallen for throughout the centuries.
View cleverly-captioned photos in "Churches ad hoc: a divine comedy" -- American churches captured by a skeptical photographer.
An Atheist in Mountain View, California, put his massive Lego collection to use in The Brick Testament, depicting "uncensored" Bible stories.
Return the favor the next time you're handed an annoying Bible tract with these pamphlets.
All those nasty things usually not discussed in church are laid bare at the Evil Bible web site.
The Atheist Music Blog welcomes additions to a growing list of "Atheist, Pro-Science and Free-Thinking Songs."
Dingleberry Church provides satirical salvation "Determined On Uplifting Church and Heavenly Excellence" (D.O.U.C.H.E.).
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These links were last verified on October 18, 2005. Please report "broken" or updated links to the webmaster.