SkepLit: The Great Atheist Picnic

2:00PM Sunday 26 June 2011 MadLab

Yes! This is your chance to talk about the great books of the New Atheism movement.

SkepLit is hosting a discussion of the recent surge in atheist books, from The God Delusion to The End of Faith.

Atheism and atheists have become very prominent in the last decade or so with the release of "The Four Horsemen" books, not to mention the fight against creationism in the classman spearheaded by Eugenie Scott.

This is your chance to talk about the issues raised in those books, whether you agree with their positions and what you think about what they have to say.

Bring along cakes, cookies, snacks of all descriptions for an Atheist Picnic at Madlab.

Note: There is no prescribed reading for this session, but it would be beneficial to have read at least one of the major recent books on atheism, or similar books by the same authors:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins; God is not Great - Christopher Hitchens; The End of Faith - Sam Harris; Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris

If there are others you'd like to recommend to the group, add them on the wall below.