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SUMMARY:New York City Atheists Meetings June Meetup
DESCRIPTION:New York City Atheists Meetings\n\nFLASH! \n\n \n“God Loves You
 ”: Aren’t You Tired of Hearing That?\n \nWhat Does It Mean? Why Are They An
 noying Us? How Can We Stop It?\n\n \nOne member who has done street tabling
  for NYC Atheists told us: “If one more religious person walks by and says 
 ‘god loves you’ to me I’m going to jump over the table and punch ‘em!”\n\n 
 \nWhoa\, there. We’re not sure even these religious people know what these 
 phrases they throw at us mean. Love is an odd concept in the alleged relati
 onship of god and man. Does it mean that god supposedly thinks about you an
 d cares about you—if so\, why\, in this world of billions of people? Or doe
 s it mean love in the physical sense? In which case\, isn’t god a dirty old
  man?\n\n \nHow do we handle the sticky situation when slogans of this type
  are thrown at us\, when the insincerity and phoniness of these phrases are
  indeed an irritant. And what about “god bless you”--or worse--“I’ll see yo
 u in hell” or “blasphemer!” Do we respond with anger or courtesy? Do we dea
 l with the subliminal insult behind the words or do we deal with the actual
 \, sometimes irritatingly kind\, words themselves?\n\n \nHow Do You Handle 
 It?\n\n \nCome to the Tuesday evening Meetup at the Stone Creek Bar and tel
 l us how you deal with the prevalent\, all-too-common occurrence of having 
 to deal with other people’s public religious comments and observances! Plea
 se\, no fisticuffs.\n\n \nWe will also discuss our new bus advertising prog
 ram\, due to debut on June 22rd.\nTell us what you think about us putting o
 ur atheist slogans out there in front of people who have been advertising g
 od for generations. Of course\, our bus ads are a drop in the bucket compar
 ed to the barrage of in-your-face “Jesus Saves” ads that we have endured ov
 er the years.\n\n \nCome\, let it all pour out! Vent your annoyance! And he
 lp us figure out how we can counteract the volcano of Jesus ads\, TV shows 
 and big-tent hollering by the religionists.\n \n\nEVENT SUMMARY\n \n\nWHAT:
    “God Doesn’t Love Us—or\, How Our Bus Ads Can Help Drown\n              
   Out the Barrage of Jesus Ads” –a discussion sponsored and led\n          
        By New York City Atheists.\n\n \nWHEN:   Tuesday\, June 26\, at 7 pm
 \n\n \nWHERE:  Stone Creek Bar & Pub\, Back Room\n                140 East 
 27th St. (3rd/Lex)\n\n \nCOST:    Free. But because Stone Creek lets us use
  their room at no cost\,\n               we expect you to buy at least one 
 drink-- or food. The munchie menu\n               is good and moderately pr
 iced. Stone Creek’s repertoire of beer is\n               competitive.\n \n
 \n         You are free to linger afterward\, to chat\, flirt\, whatever.\n
 \n \nFor further Information:\n\n \nJane Everhart\nDirector of Communicatio
 ns\nNew York City Atheists\n212-879-2687\n \n \nNew York City Atheists is a
  501C not-for-profit organization dedicated to the Separation of Church and
  State and to promoting the Atheist life style and values.\n\nNew York\, NY
   10011 - USA\n\nTuesday\, June 16 at 7:00 PM\n\nAttending: 32\n\nDetails: 
 http://atheists.meetup.com/24/calendar/10453610/
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LOCATION:STONE CREEK - 140 EAST 27TH ST. (3rd / Lex) - New York\, NY  10011
  - USA
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