… We'll do this by discussing some recent writing on atheism, agnosticism, spirituality and belief. And we'll do this by telling our own stories and listening to the stories of others. The goal of our conversation is to provide a safe and interesting place to talk about matters of (dis)belief, and to help us all articulate where we're headed. Another purpose is to increase our sympathies with others whose (non)religious paths differ from our own. The group is designed for anyone curious about arti …

Get up to date information about dates, times, and locations for all those Richies List events. The List is for events that have to do with Atheists, Skeptics, Philosophers, Brights, Humanists, agnostics, freethinkers, secularists, and those who want to build community without worshipping. Join Richies list to get info on all other like groups. Join us for Fridays Drinking With Atheists, DWA.

Get together with local atheists to discuss philosophy, morals, ethics, and to make new friends. Even if you're agnostic, humanist, loosely theist, or just questioning religion, come on over for some friendly, brain-stimulating discussions.

If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library (did you just write a library to access the Meetup API in Go!?), whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open f …

… **Or Python, Java, C, Perl, PHP, Haskell, Coq — we're language-agnostic!

Bright's are people whose ethics and world view are naturalistic and wish to identify themselves as Brights. Read this: http://www.the-brights.net/vision/essays/futrell_geisert_period.html * * *

ATHEISTS GROUP WHOSE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. FOR DETAILS: WWW.NYC-ATHEISTS.ORG

The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism provides a welcoming, diverse community for cultural and secular Jews where we can celebrate and preserve our Jewish identity. As Humanistic Jews we rely on reason, inner strength, and the support of community to face life's challenges and collectively improve the world. We welcome everyone: families, singles, unaffiliated Jews, intermarried or interfaith families, single parent families, LGBT community, atheists, and agnostics. All are welcome here. …

Work on your "game" with us. Our meetups include talks with world-reknowned dating coaches. At the tailend we have optional in-field outings, in which we go out to public venues, meet people, interact and get useful feedback that helps us all improve our social skills -- especially with women. Our group is "style agnostic," so we welcome all styles of "game": routine, natural or your own method. We have members who are as old as the most senior of senior citizens, but you must be at least 18 yea …

Tired of losing good friends to the mommy or daddy track after they have kids and then drop off the face of the earth?  Tired of conversations over dinner and at parties being focused on the kids, schools, and  getting home in time to let the sitter go?     I started this group because the vast, vast majority of my friends cannot relate to me on this important part of life:   the fact that I've never had any interest in having children.   Most of my friends and family, who I love, are parents, a …

This is for people who are skeptical, curious yet open minded or you could even be someone who is trying to come back to the faith.  Or you could be someone who is struggling.  I'm looking forward to some open minded conversations hopefully for months or years to come.

Welcome to the New York City branch of the Center for Inquiry (CFI). The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, free inquiry, and humanist values. The Center for Inquiry-New York City sponsors leading thinkers for lectures and panel discussions on science, philosophy, and religion; supports local community events and campus groups; works with media and opinion makers; and hosts the Center's mission to the United Nations. For more informatio …

Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility t …

Tour the universe.  Drop in any week.  The universe is a big place, but my class is ongoing, and I am up to the challenge.  It takes 2-3 years for me to do a round trip.  With live links to the Wide World Web as my in-class resource, I have an unlimited supply of mind expanding pictures and movies to discuss.  Plus digital universe simulations that I run of the Earth's place in the galaxy, and the galaxy's place in the universe.  For example, on the tour of the Universe, we started in close, zoo …

We are a community dedicated to fostering ethical humanist beliefs and values and to improving the human condition through individual and collective action. We celebrate diversity and welcome newcomers of all faiths, color, sexual orientations, and nationalities - anyone who agrees with the idea that we need to help in making the world a better, more ethical place. We have activities and events for all age groups. Among our activities are a Sunday School, a teen group, and for adults we have so …

I propose a community of people who are interested in stuff, who would share the ideas and works that inspire them, who would take from others new thoughts and perspectives. If there's an interest in such a forum that is live, personal, and free of ideological agenda, such a community is possible. We would take turns as presenters who would sponsor a theme, suggest preparatory material, give a brief presentation, and lead a discussion. Themes can vary as greatly as the interests of the member …