Upcoming Events:

Next week Tuesday, Nov 3rd. The club will be having our famous Atheist Bake Sale! We will be selling delicious baked treats but unlike a normal bake sale you actually have two options for payment. For those of you who are a little less willing to part with your ethereal counterparts you can pay the traditional way by giving us 50 cents for a baked good. However, if you are feeling more adventurous you can sign one of our soul contracts and transfer ownership to AAR. In return you will get 1 very tasty cookie. Is it worth it? Come find us on ring road and find out.

Backyard Skeptics is having a meeting on Wednesday, at 7:00pm. Alex, our Treasurer, is able to provide a ride for 2, but he needs to know as quickly as possible so that he can RSVP the skeptics; so, please contact him as soon as you can: either at auzdavin@uci.edu or through Facebook. The skeptics meeting will cover the question: Can we be good without God?
http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/11676390/

Hope to see you all at the meeting this Wednesday from 5–6pm in SSTR 103.

After the meeting, our usual hangout at Jack-in-the-Box has been cancelled in favor attending OC Atheists. We will be providing carpooling to their 6:30 meeting at El Torito (by John Wayne Airport) for discussion, snacks and beverages. At 7:30 we’ll walk across the street to IHOP for the formal meeting. More information can be found at the OC Atheists website. http://www.ocatheists.com/archives/000090.shtml

You couldn’t pick a better day to have our first meeting.

The topic of AAR’s first meeting was coming up with ideas for events this quarter.

Here is what we came up with:

Hold events such as
An anti-superstition fair (break a mirror, go under a ladder, open an umbrella indoors…)
Ask an atheist booth
an Atheist Bake Sale

Doing things in response to the soon to be campus invasion by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron minions: (if you haven’t heard about it, read about it here)
-Creating warning stickers for bibles and handing them out
-Handing out flyers to debunk the claims made in their introduction

Having social events such as
Going on hikes
…and perhaps geocaching http://www.geocaching.com/
Having a Flying Spaghetti Monster inspired spaghetti cookout complete with a marinara baptism
Creating an atheist book club
Going to see movies in theatres:
-Creation:

-Lord Save Us From Your Followers

Having movie nights:
-Religulous

Giving back to the community with things like:
Either hosting a blood drive here on campus or making a trip to the Red Cross
Volunteering at soup kitchens and other such places

Hosting speakers (UCI professors and people from the community)

Doing publicity through Fundie Action Committee counter protesting

Handing out ramen and cup o’ noodles with club information on it.

Based off these excellent ideas and the enthuasiasm from members, this year looks like it’s going to be great!

If you can’t make the meeting, but are free later in the evening, join us in the University Center by the fountain.

Until then, be sure to stop by our table this Friday on Ring Road!

This is going to be my last post as Secretary (after this I officially hand over the power to Eric). I just wanted to post some pictures from our last meeting of the year which was a blast. I hope everyone is having a great Summer and I hope to see you all next year!

Food:

Socializing:

Chris our new Publicity Chair tries to make a quiet entrance:

“Mmmm… These chips are sooooo good”:

Even though AAR isn’t meeting during the summer, there are still atheist events in Orange County and perhaps in your home town!

Check out Orange County Atheists which meets at the IHOP by John Wayne Airport once a month or the CFI Community of Orange County which meets every third Sunday at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center.

For groups in whatever area you may be inhabiting during the summer check out atheists.meetup.com.

Have a great summer and look forward to AAR resuming in the fall!

Secondly, we went down and donated the $73.66 we made from the bake sale to fight AIDS worldwide. Thanks for everyone who made the bake sale a great success!

Good Times:

Discussing religion with other students:

Jar of souls and baked goods:

God’s shows his wrath:

Secondly, during week 4 we had William Lobdell come and give a wonderful presentation on how he gradually lost his religion covering the LA Catholic sex scandal. Here are some clips from his book tour:

Lastly, we will NOT be a general meeting next week. This is because UCI is hosting the mythbusters and we are planning to be in attendance.

Secondly, tomorrow we will be having our AAR Atheist bake sale. However, unlike previous bakesales this time we actually have a mission! As usual you will be able to trade your soul for a delicious baked good. However if that idea seems unappealing to you the standard fee of 50 cents for a baked good also applies. This time we will be donating all proceeds from the bake sale to the UNAIDS programme to fight AIDS worldwide. See the previous posts for more details on this organization.

Lastly, somehow this video seemed appropriate…