Thursday, September 27, 2007 | print version

2007 AAI Convention

at Washingon DC

This event is sold out. Please keep posted to our website during and after the conference for video posts of the talks by Richard and others. Additionally, the Rational Response Squad will be hosting the conference live, including interviews of Richard and other luminaries. For more information go to: http://www.rationalresponders.com/

Athiest Alliance International will be hosting their convention in Washington DC. Guest speakers include Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007

Time: 08:00 PM

Location:
Washingon DC
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Washington DC, USA 22202

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Quotes of Note:

"...the stereo- type of scientists being scruffy nerds with rows of pens in their top pocket is just about as wicked as racist stereotypes."

Richard Dawkins

"I think it is not helpful to apply Darwinian language too widely. Conquest of nation by nation is too distant for Darwinian explanations to be helpful."

Richard Dawkins

"The patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a conviction that doesn't seem to owe anything to evidence or reason, but which, nevertheless, he feels as totally compelling and convincing. We doctors refer to such a belief as 'faith'."

Richard Dawkins

"It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science."

Richard Dawkins

"Secularists are often wrongly accused of trying to purge religious ideals from public discourse. We simply want to deny them public sponsorship."

Wendy Kaminer