July Talk
On behalf of Sydney Atheists, I would like to say a very big thank you to Dr Andrew Morrison .
Andrew's talk titled "Child abuse by religious institutions exposed and addressed" covered what religious institutions have done to avoid responsibility and liability for child abuse as well as the ongoing Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. The evening was a great success. The topic was a very melancholy and distressing one that questioned the morality of the Catholic Church in particular. Andrew's presentation of the topic was very informative, enlightening and thorough. For those that missed the evening, we expect to have it on our Youtube channel soon.
August Talk
Our August talk will be another blockbuster with John McCarthy OA, one of Australia's pre-eminent ambassadors whose topic will be "The influence of religion in the affairs of selected countries". John will discuss how religion, religious leaders and the religions of politicians affect the policy of government and the media in countries such as India, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand, Japan and the USA. John will also discuss the changes of belief in the various populations.
For more information and to RSVP for this talk, please go to: http://www.meetup.com/sydneyatheists/events/180330642/
............ Celebrating Science and Reason..............
There is so much intolerance in Sydney for different factions of belief. In the meantime, we need to be careful about grouping everybody into the same archtype just because of the way they label themselves. These talks are a good way to discuss it.
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