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Re: [atheists-132] Madness! - We don't have a message board per se, but there are several message boards that are frequented by a large number of freethinkers. I would have recommended IIDb couple of months ago, but there was a massive meltfdown following some moderator heavy h
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Madness! - Since I work nights and drive for a living I spend a fair amount of time downloading podcasts to entertain me at work and perusing various message boards and blogs after work. This means a lot of "alone time" pondering the implications
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trae
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Apr 24, 2008
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RE: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - [ Langford said last week that ?the Constitution of the United States calls for a separation of church and state - it never said anything about a separation of church from state.? He did not mention the Constitution at today?s city council meeting, althou
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Apr 24, 2008
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Apr 24, 2008
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Apr 24, 2008
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Re: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - Carol, The aclu would be the a good idea if...... you had explained to the judge that you couldn't swear to god because you didnt believe in him . Otherwise the judge could argue that he assumed you didnt want to swear to god because yo
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trae
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Apr 23, 2008
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Apr 23, 2008
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Re: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - I also agree. Too many of our fundamental rights have
been taken away under our current presidential regime.
If it is now ok to take away our right to our CIVIC
RESPONSIBITIES, then this country is sliding fast down
that slippery slope.
I've never
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Apr 23, 2008
10:25 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - I have to second Nathan's suggestion. Obviously I wouldn't say you owe it to the community/county/country to pursue this, but I think it's a good idea. If we don't make a fuss when our rights are infringed upon then they&
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Apr 22, 2008
10:39 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] What is Knowledge? Faith, Science, and the University - We'll definitely keep you informed. Tim (and anyone else on this list!) - Please feel free to pass on more events such as this. I especially love ones where multiple viewpoints are presented, although not necessarily a debate. And if there is a lect
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Apr 22, 2008
4:12 PM
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RE: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - This is from an attorney friend:
"I am no constitutional/1st amendment scholar, but I believe he probably does have an issue to fight over in federal and/or state court.
(Unbelievable that the judge would put the matter to a vote of attorneys-1st amen
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Vince
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Apr 22, 2008
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RE: [atheists-132] How to listen to a Christian -
Message
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Apr 22, 2008
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Re: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - All I have to say is this. The number for the ACLU National Office is (212) 549-2500
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Apr 21, 2008
10:18 PM
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RE: [atheists-132] atheists cant serve on juries in Shelby County - I have been a witness and was allowed to take an oath that didn't include
"so help me god (SHMG)." While the judge offered the SHMG-less version
during the voire dire (sp?), he didn't offer it during the actual seating of
the jury, nor are we given an
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Carol
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Apr 21, 2008
7:08 PM
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Apr 21, 2008
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Carol
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Apr 21, 2008
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How to listen to a Christian - Thanks to recent Atheist Meetup visitor Amit for sending this to me. Just for fun and to help atheists and Christians better communicate with one another. *quotes indicate a term that you can simply substitute th
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Apr 21, 2008
1:13 PM
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Blair Scott
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Apr 20, 2008
5:37 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] What is Knowledge? Faith, Science, and the University - This sounds like exactly the type of thing I would
love to go to. I am one of those unfortunate college
students; however, and have a study group that night
for a 1 of the 2 exams I have the following morning.
Please keep me informed of events like th
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Apr 19, 2008
11:14 AM
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What is Knowledge? Faith, Science, and the University - Did the Atheist meetup list receive this already? I sent it through Facebook, but I'm not sure how that works for lists as opposed to individual e-mails. Let's get a good secular crowd there
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~JP~
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Apr 18, 2008
6:30 PM
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F.U. Rupert Murdoch - This is what I had mentioned last night, to anyone who overheard that conversation: http://wsjparody.com/ This is where I learned about it to begin with:
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~JP~
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Apr 16, 2008
1:01 PM
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Apr 13, 2008
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Carol
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Apr 12, 2008
6:34 PM
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More Catholic schools closing - { Some dioceses have turned to public-private partnerships to keep schools open, and others have created consortiums of schools to share resources. In the Archdiocese of Washington, officials plan to convert seven schools into publ
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1:12 PM
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RE: [atheists-132] Meetup - If the taxation process is "un-godly", shouldn't we Atheists support it? Cancel the parade; It's raining today, Carol ;-) Thanks for letting me know, Will. Is everyone else getting reminders sent to them about the next m
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Apr 4, 2008
3:31 PM
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Kristye Dixon
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Apr 4, 2008
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Apr 4, 2008
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Apr 4, 2008
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Apr 4, 2008
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Apr 4, 2008
2:46 AM
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Meetup - Is Tues. April 8th the next meetup? If so, I never got an e-mail announcing it. ~JP Ronnie Crumbley <[address removed]> wrote:
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Apr 3, 2008
11:41 PM
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Apr 3, 2008
10:39 PM
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RE: [atheists-132] can u spare an hour? - Yup! Ya got me pegged, Carol :) Hey, I'm an environmentalist too. My main vehicle may not be so gas efficient, but that's why I bike all over the place. I just like finding real solutions, that's all. And being Captain Bring-
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~JP~
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Apr 3, 2008
5:16 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] can u spare an hour? - I've wondered about these "calls to action". Sure they sound like they're accomplishing something and it feels good, but in the long run is it really making a difference? I can't say conclusively one way or the other. Corporations like AT&
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~JP~
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Apr 2, 2008
10:08 PM
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Vince
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Mar 28, 2008
11:58 AM
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Carol
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Mar 28, 2008
8:36 AM
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Let's pray for medical knowledge - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0 ,2933,341574,00.html And Ben Stein wants to devote equal time for creationism alongside evolution. At least that's what I gather, maybe he wants to elimi
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~JP~
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Mar 27, 2008
11:23 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] This I believe Workshop - I'm very interested, but not if I have to go by myself. Too far for that. Been wanting to eat at Shogun on 280, perhaps we can stop there for dinner on the way back. Michelle is a maybe but not likely at this point. Anyone else willing to offe
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~JP~
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Mar 27, 2008
10:52 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] This I believe Workshop - Yes, I want to go! Anybody going? On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:23 PM, ~JP~ < [address removed] > wrote:
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Kristye Dixon
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Mar 27, 2008
6:39 PM
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This I believe Workshop - Have you guys been getting these messages? I never see any addressed to the Freethought or Atheist list, either yahoo or google. Sounds pretty worthwhile, anyone interested in carpooling? ~JP -----
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Mar 27, 2008
5:23 PM
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Mar 27, 2008
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Mar 27, 2008
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Darrell
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Mar 27, 2008
11:13 AM
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Speaking of movies. - I saw this tonight for the first time and figured some of you might not have seen it yet. http://www.expelledthemovie.co m/playground.php I especially like how it portrays the theis
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Mar 27, 2008
12:52 AM
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Movie Night - Name: For the Bible Tells Me So Tagline: A Documentary and Discussion on the touchy topic of the Bible vs. the LGBT community Host:
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~JP~
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Mar 26, 2008
8:21 AM
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Hypatia March Meeting - Sunday 16 March at 1:00pm at Lake Hypatia, Alabama Freethought Association will show a 1hr. documentary "So... Help Me God" prepared by television advertising producer Siemon Cole. It chronicles his personal odyssey through America in 2006 to ex
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Kenny
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Mar 12, 2008
12:05 PM
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Join us for Lobby Day June 9th - Passing on to interested parties. Secular Coalition for America <[address removed]> wrote: Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 1
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~JP~
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Mar 10, 2008
6:35 PM
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Dawkins on BBC Radio - I was hoping to find a link to the BBC radio interview that a guy conducted with me, Kristye, & Mike at The God Delusion Debate last Fall, but a search turned up no results. A BBC employee forwarded me the link below and said that not all programs are
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~JP~
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Feb 23, 2008
2:51 PM
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Shelby County Unchurched - So everyone not on the BFS list gets this too. ~JP Over-the-Mountain Heathens [ Richardson said the need for new Baptist cong
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~JP~
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Feb 18, 2008
8:18 PM
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AFA meeting, 2/17/08 - For all Freethinkers in & around the Magic City. ~JP ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bernard Bray <[address removed]> Date: Feb 13, 2008 11:01 AM S
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~JP~
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Feb 13, 2008
11:37 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] Happy Suelto! - I absolutely love it! My wheels are spinning... hmmm.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 8:20 pm
Subject: [atheists-132] Happy Suelto!
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Toni
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Feb 5, 2008
9:06 PM
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Happy Suelto! - First off - sorry about the messenger invite. I hit the wrong button. About Suelto - Last year I invented an Atheist holiday along with the help of some on-line fellow heathens. We dubbed it Suelto which is spanish for unrestricted, unb
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8:20 PM
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sicko deleted scene - http://view.break.com/189664
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Kristye Dixon
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Jan 24, 2008
6:00 PM
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H. Res. 888 - http://action.secular.org/t/53 67/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2 2206
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Kenny
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Jan 22, 2008
5:51 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] Atheist Meetup TONIGHT -
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Chris McDougal
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Jan 15, 2008
9:43 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] Atheist Meetup TONIGHT - Yeah!!! Chris will be there! Yahooo!
On 1/15/08, ~JP~ < [address removed] > wrote:
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Kristye Dixon
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Jan 15, 2008
12:12 PM
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Atheist Meetup TONIGHT - Hello Freethinkers. Just a reminder that tonight, Tues, 1/15/08 is the Atheist meetup at Whole Foods Market, in the cafe, at 7 pm. It's the FINAL B'ham meetup for Mr. Chris McDougal, at least for the forseeable future :( So come out,
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~JP~
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Jan 15, 2008
10:56 AM
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AFA News - Special Event, January 19, 2008 The Alabama Freethought Association will meet on the campus of the University of Alabama Birmingham on Saturday 19 January 2008 at 3:00 pm. The Alabama Freethought Association is a separation of state and church
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Kenny
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Jan 15, 2008
10:21 AM
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Job help - Anyone out there know of any job openings? I have been working two
part-time, seasonal retail jobs and one is about to end. The other I
may be able to keep for a while. However, I'm fast running out of
funds and have been out of real work since June
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Jan 4, 2008
3:23 PM
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Jesus Camp, A&E, 1-3 am Mond. (Sund. night) - That's all you need to know. Hopefully you see this in time to watch/record, perhaps it will be repeated later. I just noticed it after flipping through the channel guide. Luckily (divine intervention maybe?) my roomie had left it on the History Channel a
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~JP~
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Dec 30, 2007
10:21 PM
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Ice Skating: Sunday 30th Dec. 2:00 PM Pelham Civic Complex - 'ello everyone, We would be meeting this Sunday at the Pelham Civic Complex Ice Skating Rink at 2:00 PM. Since most of us would be driving to the Rink on our own, the only way we can find each other without someone holding out a banner proclaiming
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adrenaline
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Dec 29, 2007
8:31 AM
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Blair Scott
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Dec 28, 2007
1:26 PM
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documentary - This doc pretty much freaked me out. Surely some of you have already seen it, if you haven't you should. http://tinyurl.com/2hu95u
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Dec 28, 2007
8:09 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] Skating Date Change? (to Dec. 30th, 2:00 PM) - I'm apologize for selecting a weekend where folks are temporally divided, or in layman terms, have different plans on Saturday/Sunday. But here's my first amendment. Lets stick to the latest date, i.e. 30th, Sunday, and we can plan another round o
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adrenaline
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Dec 28, 2007
7:09 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] Skating Date Change? (to Dec. 30th, 2:00 PM) - We might be able to make it on Sunday, but Saturday is doubtful. Four hour drive back to the Ham, and a need to bribe my parents to watch our heathen sprog throw doubt into the mix. We'll see.
On De
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Kat
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Dec 28, 2007
1:39 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] Skating Date Change? (to Dec. 30th, 2:00 PM) - Fellow Heathens - no need to change the skating date just for lil' ol us! Michelle & I may not (i.e. probably not) make it on Sunday either, so just go with what day works best for the group. We'll walk/slip/slide/fall on frozen water anot
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~JP~
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Dec 28, 2007
12:57 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] Skating Date Change? (to Dec. 30th, 2:00 PM) - It would have been a lot more fun with you guys. We can plan another skating session in January...just so that you guys can join in :) -R Josh and Tonya <[address removed]> wrote:
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adrenaline
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Dec 26, 2007
6:20 PM
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Josh and Tonya
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Dec 26, 2007
2:35 PM
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Kristye Dixon
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Dec 26, 2007
1:20 PM
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Skating Date Change? (to Dec. 30th, 2:00 PM) - Hi Folks Would it be okay if we shifted the date for our skating event form Sat. 29th Dec. to Sunday 30th Dec? Michelle and Jon would like to join in too, but Michelle's brother is getting married on 29th so she won't be able to join us on Saturday
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adrenaline
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Dec 26, 2007
11:43 AM
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Fwd: killer video - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Nash < [address removed] > Date: Dec 21, 2007 5:39 AM
Subject: kil
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Kristye Dixon
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Dec 21, 2007
6:50 AM
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Christian youth camp 'perversions'! -
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Chris McDougal
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Dec 20, 2007
12:18 PM
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New Event: Walk on Water Event - Announcing a new event for The Birmingham Atheists Meetup Group! What: Walk on Water Event When: Saturday, December 29, 4:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Who should come: Anyone willing to brave t
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Kenny
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Dec 19, 2007
8:47 PM
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Dec 19, 2007
4:44 PM
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Dec 19, 2007
12:41 PM
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Ice Skating on 29/30 December - 'ello Freethinkers, In addition to our R-rated monthly meetings over at whole foods, we ought to be doing something fun. Here's a thought that's been on top of my mind for a while. How about we have ice-skating as a group activity on the next weeke
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adrenaline
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Dec 19, 2007
12:05 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] Fwd: huckabee - Bread and circuses have been a part of democracy as long as democracy has existed. But its unique to see a preacher and a wannabe president(ial candidate) join that circus in the capacity of a joker.
Looking for last minute s
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adrenaline
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Dec 11, 2007
8:29 AM
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[atheists-132] Anyone near or in Columbiana, AL? -
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Blair Scott
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Dec 10, 2007
6:25 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] Fwd: huckabee - I can't wait til Hilary or Obama get a call from Satan during the Evil Democratic Senators Convention. As far as shtick goes, that was pretty low on the scale. But it got him out of having to say anything meaningful to the audience.&
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Dec 10, 2007
2:28 PM
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Fwd: huckabee - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: kristye dixon < [address removed] > Date: Dec 2, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: huckabee
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Kristye Dixon
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Dec 10, 2007
9:03 AM
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New Event: Winter Solstice Prep - Announcing a new event for The Birmingham Atheists Meetup Group! What: Winter Solstice Prep When: Tuesday, December 18, 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Event Description: As the solstice approac
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Kenny
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Dec 5, 2007
6:38 PM
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Josh and Tonya
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Nov 25, 2007
9:04 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] nov 27th - Sorry, everyone! Meant to only send that to Michael!
-----Original Message-----
From: michael nash <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 5:54 pm
Subject: [atheists-
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Toni
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Nov 25, 2007
6:21 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] nov 27th - And, duhr, are you two planning on going?
-----Original Message-----
From: michael nash <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 5:54 pm
Subject: [atheists-132] nov 27th
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Toni
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Nov 25, 2007
6:20 PM
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nov 27th -
The Great Dothan Alabama Creation Evolution Debate
Category: Religion and Philosophy
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Nov 25, 2007
5:54 PM
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FYI:Feast of the Senses - Lake Hypatia Saturday, December 22 and Sunday, December 23, 2007 ***16 November Version**** Bernie Bray, Coordinator Alice Cleveland, Associate Coordinator Committee Members:
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Kenny
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Nov 16, 2007
6:51 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] ok, sushi eaters - I don't recall whether I rsvp'd to the sushi thing or not, but in case I haven't please count me as YES. Hope they have a good vegetarian sushi menu! -Rick Kristye Dixon <[address removed]> wrote:
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adrenaline
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Nov 6, 2007
11:04 AM
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ok, sushi eaters - The time for Saturday night is 7:00! If you don't know where Kimono is, here is the address:
5426 hwy 280 ste# 14 Hoover AL 35242
There is also a martini bar a few doors d
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Kristye Dixon
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Nov 6, 2007
6:55 AM
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A Conversation? - Is God Necessary for Morality? : A conversation with an atheist WHAT: Conversation with an atheist: "Is God Necessary for Morality?" and other topics. WHEN: Sunday, November 18 2007, 6 PM WHERE: Samford Univer
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Kenny
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Nov 3, 2007
12:31 PM
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ok, folks - It seems as though i may have to ask for an answer sooner than next Thursday regarding the sushi! It seems we are at a threshold of sorts as to whether or not we wilI be getting a private room. Thanks to those who have already replied yes, I will co
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Kristye Dixon
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Nov 2, 2007
3:43 PM
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Oct 31, 2007
5:50 PM
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Sushi! - Hi everyone! We are planning a dinner next Saturday, 11/10 to go to eat sushi. Mike's birthday is on 11/8 so it is kind of a birthday dinner, although we ALWAYS find reasons to go eat sushi. We will be going to Kimono on 280 because
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Kristye Dixon
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Oct 31, 2007
5:48 PM
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New Event: November Meetup - Announcing a new event for The Birmingham Atheists Meetup Group! What: November Meetup When: Tuesday, November 20, 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Event Description: Great response for Whole Foo
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Kenny
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Oct 31, 2007
11:06 AM
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Chris McDougal
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Oct 31, 2007
9:34 AM
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Carol
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Oct 31, 2007
7:56 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] November Meetup? - Benny - To get to the Whole Foods (if that's where we're having it still) get on 459 toward Atlanta/Gadsden. Take exit 19 (280) and turn left. Whole foods is past the Summit by about a mile to a mile
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Kat
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Oct 31, 2007
1:39 AM
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Re: [atheists-132] November Meetup? - I have yet to come to a meeting because I havent figured out where whole foods in cahaba village is , but keep in mind , if you would like to, that you can meet at my home . I live in shelby county and my living room and kitchen are large enoug
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Benny Hicks
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Oct 30, 2007
9:04 PM
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Re: [atheists-132] November Meetup? - Funny, Kenny, I was actually thinking this morning about the 'noise issue' we had the last time we tried it inside and if it would be any different once the weather turns cold. I say let's keep it there at least for November. Like Cheryl, I ha
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Toni
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Oct 30, 2007
6:57 PM
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