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Center for Inquiry | Michigan

Science, Reason, and Secular Values

About Me


Hitchens vs Hitchens: On God, War, Politics, & Culture
Live webcast on April 3, 2008, 7:30pm EST from Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI
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Center for Inquiry Michigan provides a community for freethinkers to explore ideas from a rational, scientific, and non-theistic perspective. Our membership is comprised primarily of people who consider themselves humanists, atheists, agnostics, naturalists, deists, skeptics, or freethinkers.
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Events:
Center for Inquiry has two main meetings each month at the Women's City Club in Grand Rapids, MI. We also have Movie Nights, Women's Group, Youth Group, Family Activities, and On Campus events throughout the year.
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Center for Inquiry | On Campus:
Our student program Center for Inquiry | On Campus has active groups at Grand Valley State University and Aquinas College. We are in the process of founding groups at Grand Rapids Community College and Kendall College of Art and Design.
Additional Information:
Founded: 1997
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Members: 380
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My Interests

atheism, humanism, agnosticism, naturalism, skepticism, deism, science, religion, philosophy, evolution, morality, ethics, secularism, rationalism, psychology, secular humanism, atheist, humanist, agnostic, freethinker, secular humanist, naturalist, philosophy, social issues, politics

Past CFI Michigan Speakers
Paul Kurtz (Center for Inquiry)
DJ Grothe (Center for Inquiry)
Dan Barker (Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Ellen Johnson (American Atheists)
Rob Boston (Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Richard Carrier (appeared in the movie The God Who Wasn't There)
Robert Price (author of The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave)
Michael Shermer (Skeptic Society)
Tim Callahan (Religion Editor, Skeptic Magazine)
Sherwin Wine (Society of Humanist Judaism)

I'd like to meet:

Humanists, atheists, agnostics, naturalists, deists, skeptics and other freethinkers.

Books:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

End of Faith - Sam Harris

Breaking the Spell - Daniel Dennett

Atheism: The Case Against God - George Smith

To see a list of other books recommended by CFI Michigan members:

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Heroes:

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What is a freethinker?

free-think-er n. One who has rejected religious authority and dogma in favor of rational inquiry and speculation.
Posted by Center for Inquiry | Michigan on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:56:00 PST