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Metro State Atheists
Promoting Science, Reason, and Secular Values
Created on 2008-09-27 18:49:19 (#16690141), last updated 2008-09-28
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| Name: | metroatheists |
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| Birthdate: | 1986-05-03 |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Website: | Metro State Atheists |
Mission Statement
MSCD Atheists is an affiliate of The Center for Inquiry (CFI); Which is an international not-for-profit umbrella organization uniting freethinking, skeptic, secularist, atheist/agnostic, and humanist students and student organizations. Its purposes are: • To encourage freedom from superstition, irrationalism, and dogma. • To further the acceptance and application of science, reason, and critical thinking in all areas of human endeavor. • To challenge misrepresentations of non-religious convictions and lifestyles. • To create a campus community for freethinkers and skeptics. • To cultivate in ourselves — and others — a sense of responsibility to, and compassion for, humanity. • To counter all forms of religious political extremism. • To defend religious freedom and the separation of church and state. • To defend individual freedoms and civil liberties for all persons, regardless of race, sex, gender, class, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. • To unite freethinkers, skeptics, and humanists and consolidate campus resources to these ends. In fulfillment of its purposes, the CFI pursues various goals: • Advancing the public understanding and appreciation of science • Exposing pseudoscience • Upholding the separation of church and state in public education • Investigating claims of the paranormal • Safeguarding the freedom of expression and opposing censorship • Defending academic freedom • Challenging academic fads and orthodoxy • Debating the philosophy of science, skepticism, and theism • Stimulating meaningful dialogue among religious and nonreligious students • Exploring secular and humanist ethics • Fighting racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, and heterosexism • Constructing positive social networks for those who dissent and question
Other Affiliations
Secular Student Alliance
COCORE
Rational Response Squad
Atheist Nexus
MSCD Atheists is an affiliate of The Center for Inquiry (CFI); Which is an international not-for-profit umbrella organization uniting freethinking, skeptic, secularist, atheist/agnostic, and humanist students and student organizations. Its purposes are: • To encourage freedom from superstition, irrationalism, and dogma. • To further the acceptance and application of science, reason, and critical thinking in all areas of human endeavor. • To challenge misrepresentations of non-religious convictions and lifestyles. • To create a campus community for freethinkers and skeptics. • To cultivate in ourselves — and others — a sense of responsibility to, and compassion for, humanity. • To counter all forms of religious political extremism. • To defend religious freedom and the separation of church and state. • To defend individual freedoms and civil liberties for all persons, regardless of race, sex, gender, class, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. • To unite freethinkers, skeptics, and humanists and consolidate campus resources to these ends. In fulfillment of its purposes, the CFI pursues various goals: • Advancing the public understanding and appreciation of science • Exposing pseudoscience • Upholding the separation of church and state in public education • Investigating claims of the paranormal • Safeguarding the freedom of expression and opposing censorship • Defending academic freedom • Challenging academic fads and orthodoxy • Debating the philosophy of science, skepticism, and theism • Stimulating meaningful dialogue among religious and nonreligious students • Exploring secular and humanist ethics • Fighting racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, and heterosexism • Constructing positive social networks for those who dissent and question
Other Affiliations
Secular Student Alliance
COCORE
Rational Response Squad
Atheist Nexus
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