Philadelphia Atheists May Meetup

Informal discussion of Politics, Philosophy and Religion over dinner in old city Philadelphia.

Biblical Quotes Said to Adorn Pentagon Reports - New York Times

A series of cover sheets for intelligence reports written for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials during the early days of the war in Iraq in 2003 were adorned with biblical quotations, and appeared Sunday, six years later, on the Web site of GQ magazine.

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Jimmy Wang has recommended this article from Scientific American: "Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death"
From the article:

• Almost everyone has a tendency to imagine the mind continuing to exist after the death of the body.
  
• Even people who believe the mind ceases to exist at death show this type of psychological-continuity reasoning in studies.
  
• Rather than being a by-product of religion or an emotional security blanket, such beliefs stem from the very nature of our consciousness.
  

Public Transportation

Subway: the location is within easy walking distance of the 5th Street station of the Market Frankford Subway Line.

Regional rail: all Septa passenger rail lines pass through Market East station. From there one can take the subway from 11th Street station eastbound to 5th.

Bus: The 9, 21, and 42 Septa buses travel past the location.