Sat 19 Apr 2008 Concept A (Frank Desilver) We take it for granted, that what came to past - came to past. That the past is fixed in solid rock. What if the past is flexible? Concept A is a concept about a flexible Past - Present - Future. It's a concept that may be the bedrock of "Free Will"
Time and Place for Philorum Group @ Broadway 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month. Mornings: 09:15 for a 09:30 Start. Finish 12:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the morning.) Humanist House 10 Shepherd St Chippendale Sydney, Australia (Just off Broadway.) Cost: $3. ****************************************** Earlier in the week .... Wed 16 Apr 2008 The Sands of Gallipoli: Secular Religion in Australia. (Peter Farleigh) What counts as a religion? Consider certain practices or attitudes - like nationalism and the fanatical following of sport. Though 'secular' can they be regarded in any way as 'religious' activities? With the decline of traditional forms of religion do other things take their place? In other words, is the religious attitude a basic human attribute? Over the last 10 years at least (let's call it the Howard decade) we have seen the Gallipoli legend steadily gain in prominence and stature with pilgrimages to Turkey as almost a rite of passage. What are we to make of this and what will it become in the future? And what about a highly secular endeavour -- science -- is it sometimes promoted and practiced with the same fanatical attitudes as that of the religious fundamentalist? Time and Place for Philorum Group @ Central 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.) The Members Bar, Floor 1 (Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.) The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills Sydney, Australia (100 metres from a Central railway station exit.) Cost: Free (Patronise the bar). http://www.philorum.org _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
