Royal Holloway Secular Students
Having an atheist group on campus is great fun, as long as you can remember what your group is called. Last September I created the first such group Royal Holloway had seen, the “Atheist Union”. Later that year we changed the name to “Atheist & Agnostic Alliance” because some people refused to join otherwise, and it looked more open that way.
Then, this summer a guy created the “Royal Holloway Humanist Alliance” which I quickly got in contact and met up with. At the meeting we decided that two secular groups on campus was plain silly, and so we created the “Royal Holloway Secular Students” group, which is an umbrella group for both the Atheist & Agnostic Alliance and the Humanist Alliance.
Enough is enough, we have a group name now…hopefully one that will stick. We are planning fortnightly debates on secular issues, such as Abortion (next week), Faith Schools, Evolution vs Creationism, and Shia Law.
Should be fun…
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Ah, I envy you! There were such groups at your university! I’m trying to get a group started at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, but I haven’t had any luck. How do you get people to join? Any suggestions? I’d love to know!
Ian Andreas Miller
11 Oct 08 at 5:51 pm (GMT)
Suggestions? Hand out flyers, put up notices, and get involved with other groups. We got a few debates with the Christian Union going and got a fair few people.
Adrian Hayter
12 Oct 08 at 2:54 am (GMT)
There are secular folk at practically every major institution in the world. We just need to organize, and we’ll actually be represented.
Actually representing secularism politically and legally is a keystone in finally ridding the world of the nonsense that is organized religion so we can move beyond the lies and respect the universe for what it is.
Dan
17 Oct 08 at 4:35 am (GMT)
Ahhhh, Atheist Blogger, I’d have joined the RHUL Secular Students if it had existed in my time at RHBNC.
Rob A
22 Oct 08 at 3:13 pm (GMT)