Our mission is simple: bring the local non-theist community together in a warm, welcoming way, where every member can speak openly and honestly about his or her lack of belief in supreme beings or deities without being judged and without the fear of reprisal or condemnation from society at large. Towards that end, we welcome all atheists, agnostics, skeptics, secular humanists, free thinkers, brights, and anyone else who embraces reason, logic, and critical thinking while rejecting the unsubstan …

This is a group for drinks, food and informal discussion around all things skeptical: UFOs, ghosts, cryptozoology, alternative medicine, new age and new thought and pseudoscience. Hosted by the educational charity the Centre for Inquiry (www.cfiontario.org) under its Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism (CASS). CASS is a national, fast response team which critically examines scientific, technological and medical claims in public discourse. Working with our expert advisers we ad …

The Centre for Inquiry Ontario is an educational charity which aims to foster a secular society by promoting reason, science, secularism and freedom of inquiry in every area of human endeavour. We do this through various programming such as lecture series, film screenings, book clubs, discussion groups, campus outreach, media, community and social services and many volunteer-run committees. CFI Ontario is one of many centres across Canada, all under the umbrella of CFI Canada. CFI Members get in …

We are a collection of atheists in the Buffalo and Western New York area.  The group was started to promote positive atheism and to help bring atheists together in a friendly environment.  We also take a skeptical view on all pseudo-science and those who would dismiss critical thinking.  Join up, and get involved with like minded people right here in Buffalo and Western New York!

This is a community for atheists and agnostics in the Erie area. Come and hang out with fellow non-believers. We discuss religion, philosophy, science, family, life, relationships, ethics, the weather, etc...

Since the beginning I've had a sense that there ought to be some discipline of cognition, some art of thinking, the studying of which would make its students visibly more competent, more formidable: the equivalent of Taking a Level in Awesome. - "A Sense That More Is Possible" Thinking and deciding are central to our daily lives. The Less Wrong community aims to gain expertise in how human brains think and decide, so that we can do it more successfully. We use insights from cognitive science, s …

This is a group dedicated to advancing and promoting critical thinking, reason and evidence-based methodology as the only reliable strategies to accurately understand reality. Our intent is to assume an activist role in the Tri-State area exposing and illuminating the fraudulent and unsupported claims of pseudo-science, alternative medicine, the efficacy of intercessory prayer, vaccine, evolution and climate change deniers , cryptozoology, supernatural interpretations of reality, homeopathy, par …

This group is for people who love open dialogue! It's for the irreligious, the religious, and those exploring religion. Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Deists and Atheists are all welcome! Topics may include: sexuality, healthy skepticism, the concept of deity, the value of anecdote, religion & politics, religion & its function in community. Looking forward to vibrant, spirited debate - the type you're afraid to have around the dinner table. Expect long conversations, and lots of beer (or other dri …