Eschaton2012 - Celebrating Reason at the End of the World

CFI Canada Eastern Conference for Atheists, Rationalists, Skeptics, Humanists

30 speakers

Coverage of Eschaton2012 - Celebrating Reason at the End of the World

34 sessions

Day 1 Friday 30th November 2012

• 7:30pm Archaeology, Anthropology, and Eschatology

  presented by A.B.Daoust

Day 2 Saturday 1st December 2012

• 9:00am Creationism du jour

  presented by Eugenie Scott

• 9:00am Studying Atheism in the Religion Department

  presented by Steven Tomlins

• 9:45am Science vs. IDiots

  presented by Laurence Moran

• 9:45am Reclaiming the Fairy Tales of Bronze-Age Goat-Herders

  presented by Jim Linville

• 10:45am A despairing perspective on American education

  presented by PZ Myers

• 10:45am Islam, atheism and society

  presented by Heina D., Anila Asghar and Kevin Brown

• 11:30am Audience Q+A, panel on science education

  presented by PZ Myers, Laurence Moran and Eugenie Scott

• 1:00pm Creating Skeptical Heroes

  presented by Sara E. Mayhew

• 1:00pm Does God hate women?

  presented by Ophelia Benson

• 1:30pm Numerology

  presented by Jeffrey Shallit

• 1:45pm The Rapture

  presented by Vyckie D. Garrison

• 2:00pm Q+A, panel on skeptivism

  presented by Sara E. Mayhew and Jeffrey Shallit

• 2:30pm This, really, is all about Elizabeth

  presented by Eric MacDonald

• 3:30pm The Reality Check podcast LIVE

  presented by The Reality Check

• 3:30pm Scholarship vs Faith: Approaches to the study of religion

  presented by Eric MacDonald, Jim Linville, Steven Tomlins and Vyckie D. Garrison

• 7:30pm Chance In Evolution

  presented by PZ Myers

Day 3 Sunday 2nd December 2012

• 9:00am Designing a Post-Religious Culture

  presented by Hank Fox

• 9:00am Pandemic disease and climate change: Threats to humanity?

  presented by Paul Beckwith and Alex Demarsh

• 9:30am Myths About Atheist Values

  presented by Udo Schuklenk

• 10:00am Don't Go In There! Discussing race and racism in the time of the zombie apocalypse

  presented by Crommunist

• 10:00am Audience Q+A & discussion

  presented by Paul Beckwith and Alex Demarsh

• 10:45am The Future of Ethics: Exorcising the Ghost in the Machine

  presented by Christopher DiCarlo

• 10:45am Workshop: Parenting beyond belief

  presented by Annie Urban and Crystal Beauvais Daoust

• 11:15am Godless Ethics and Godless Communities

  presented by Christopher DiCarlo, Ophelia Benson, Crommunist, Hank Fox and Udo Schuklenk

• 11:30am Audience Q+A & discussion

  presented by Annie Urban and Crystal Beauvais Daoust

• 1:00pm Workshop: Gender Issues

  presented by Natalie Reed

• 1:00pm Secularism in Action: Promoting the Separation of Church and State in Canada

  presented by Veronica Abbass

• 1:25pm The new battleground for secular public schools in Ontario

  presented by Gary Fitzgibbon

• 1:45pm —phobias and —isms

  presented by Ania Bula

• 1:50pm Free Speech: the foundation of our fundamental freedoms

  presented by JustinTrottier

• 2:15pm Q+A & discussion

  presented by Natalie Reed, Ania Bula, Vyckie D. Garrison and PZ Myers

• 2:15pm The importance of secular governance for Canada

  presented by Leslie Rosenblood

• 2:40pm Q+A & discussion

  presented by Veronica Abbass, Gary Fitzgibbon, JustinTrottier and Leslie Rosenblood

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