Atheist Convention Pictures!
Posted on: October 1, 2007 - 2:44am
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Atheist Convention Pictures!
Photos from the convention. More to come later...
Richard Dawkins in RRS interview.
Hitchens in the same chair.
Lori Lipman-Brown (Atheist Lobbyist in Washington), Greydon Square, Hambydammit.
Documentary Film Crew on back row. Rich and Sapient front.
Brian37 being, well... Brian37. Sapient observing.
Dore (Film Crew) and Rook. Gosh they're cute!
More pictures to come. I'm on the slowest computer in the world. Have patience.
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(SHHHHH! It's Jesus!)
This is what a week of sleep deprivation looks like.
Our Nine Foot Tall Bodyguard... he's about 6 feet behind Sapient, if you're interested in perspective.
LeftofLarry and Tomcat
Jesus and HealthyAddict
Hitchens again
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Richard Dawkins and Rich Rodriguez
Sapient, Deacon Fred, and Kelly
Belger, Sapient, Kelly
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Holy crap, sweeeeet pics!
Damn I wish I were there!
Awesome pics! I wish I could have gone!
Very nice pics. It was down the road from me but by the time I realized that I had the potential to go, it was too late.
Maybe next yet.
That asshole with the "born again atheist" hat, how the hell did he get in?
Very nice pics..bro..and it was great meeting you this weekend. Cheers
LEFT of LARRY
Hey Brian37, are you thinking of updating your avatar?
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A: "No."
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For any person P, question Q, and concept X
If the asking of Q depends on the existence of X, and P asks Q
Then X exists, and P should not be surprised of that
Great pics, man!
Didn't get much of a chance to talk to you guys, but it was a hell of a time, and great meeting everyone.
Definitely going to make the haul to CA for next year.
I really had a wonderful time, I am sorry I wasn't able to spend As much time with Brian, Kelly, Rook, mrgawn....ect (damn that list could go on forever)
But Your also Correct in pointing out, that NO ONE gave Anyone from RRS (or any other Part of any of these wonderful groups that came together under this Umbrella) a hard time, or thought one was Better then any other. I think it is basicly because we all know that it takes Alot of different Ppl working alot of differant Angles inside a movement, to get the common Goals accomplished.
Again, "Thank you!", I had a wonderful time, and I look forward to doing as much as "we" can, to help, ALL of this movement, and struggle, to See and eventualy end the NEED at some point, for such talks as we are having Today. But Until that day comes, It is so nice to see, and Know so many Rational Thinkers, in One place and so close to our Nations Capital! (even if they are making it look and feel more like DISNEYLAND there) Peace & 143
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Nope, Mr Burns is staying put.
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Did Dawkins steal that guy's wallet? O_o
Nice pictures. I wish i could have made it.
It's the other way around. Dawkins was wondering who had stolen his wallet all day, hence the quirky smile and Rich over there was pissed that he got found out.
I want that lapel pin. RichardDawkins.net here I come!
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MY PICTURES FROM THE CONVENTION: A short recap from my point of view. I came to this convention mainly to meet the rational response squad members. Sure, meeting Dawkins and other celebs was great, but I wanted to finally meet with a group of people who have been part of my life for about 2 years now. Needless to say it was absoulutely one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. You mother fuckers are the best.
This convention has left me energized, and ready to keep fighting irrationality. We are growing in numbers, we are getting bolder, and stronger. Every day more and more atheists are coming out of the closet and starting to realize that something needs to be done about religious extremism. This convention was proof that we are here and we are here to stay. No longer can the theists dictate our social and political discourse without a fight.
Although there were no single moments of the convention that were better than others, the highlight of the weekend for me (outside of meeting other RRS members: Sapient, Yellow, Rook, Razorcade, Rich Rodriguez, Kelly, HealthyAddict, Brian 37, Hambydammit (sp?), Tomcat, Mr GAWN, Greydon Square, Everlastinggobstopper, Comedy Jesus, ShaunPhilly, and others) was meeting and conversing with Matthew Chapman (Charles Darwin's great great grandson). To shake the hand of a man who is directly related to THE MAN was absolutely inspiring.
I want to thank all of you for making this one hell of a fucking weekend. Cheers, and stay rational everyone.
Left of Larry.... pics below.
The Pastor Deacon Fred
Members of New York Atheist, Beltway Atheists, and the good Pastor Deacon Fred.
Lori Lipman Brown
Richard Dawkins
Greydon Square and Mr. GAWN
RATIONAL RESPONSE SQUAD IN THE MOTHER FUCKIN' HOUSE!!!!
You know who these people are, oh and Comedy Jesus is hiding among us. But it's all good, cause he's a Rational Responder.
Rook is fucking metal!!!
Mr. GAWN and Brian37
Razorcade is the man!!
Yellow #5 and Rook are metal.
Film Crew
Yellow #5 and HealthyAddict
This pic is fucking METAL...haha!!!
Comedy Jesus...um...well...I don't know, I had started drinking at 2pm when Jeff from Beltway Atheists bought me a drink..and this was around 9 or 10? I was drunk. So don't ask damn it. www.comedyjesus.com
Well HealthyAddict um...we...jesus...you know..
Friendly Atheists. Heman Mehta and myself. www.friendlyatheist.com
Rational Response Squad
Sapient and Kelly's well...you know.
Rational
At Bailey's taking shots with some Rational Response Squad folks and Matthew Chapman (Charles Darwin's Great Greaty Grandson).
I fucking love it.
Greydon and HealthyAddict
Greydon and myself..when metal meets hip hop.
Yessir.
Rich Rodriguez, Yellow and Brian37
Matthew Chapman wiht the RRS baby..represent!!!!
Yellow and EverlastingGobstopper. She thought Left of Larry was an old white dude.
More of Matthew Chapman
Sunday Morning, Sapient gets asked to autograph a coke can.
Brian Sapient
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Video slide show on youtube...
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Another Cool Slide show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2m60bPCi9U
That's awesome Larry! It sucks you can't make out all the words to my toast at the end, but that is fucking awesome.
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Et suppositio nil ponit in esse.
"You act ridiculously," said Ion, "to doubt everything. For my part, I should like to ask you what you say to those who free possessed men from their terrors by exorcising the spirits so manifestly. I need not discuss this: everyone knows about the Syrian from Palestine, the adept in it, how many he takes in hand who fall down in the light of the moon and roll their eyes and fill their mouths with foam; nevertheless, he restores them to health and sends them away normal in mind, delivering them from their straits for a large fee. When he stands beside them as they lie there and asks : 'Whence came you into his body?' the patient himself is silent, but the spirit answers in Greek or in the language of whatever foreign country he comes from, telling how and whence he entered into the man; whereupon, by adjuring the spirit and if he does not obey, threatening him, he drives him out. Indeed, I actually saw one coming out, black and smoky in color." "It is nothing much," I remarked," for you, Ion, to see that kind of sight, when even the 'forms' that the father of your school, Plato, points out are plain to you, a hazy object of vision to the rest of us, whose eyes are weak." - Lucian, Lover of Lies
Sorry Rook, I didn't have the nice recording equipment your film crew had.
But I believe the film crew caught it all on tape, perhaps it will make it through the editing cuts. Anyway, you guys fucking rock.. Keep up the good work and stay in touch.
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Hey Left, it was awsome meeting you. But did you have to put that pic of me up where I look like I am getting a blowjob from Ann Coulter under the table.
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Hey Larry nice T-shirt man!
Hey Brian it was good hangin' out. But unfortunately if you're drunk and there's a camera around..it's fair game!! hahaha
cheers. I had a blast.
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Hey thanks, It's good to see metal fans.
THE FALL OF THE GODS that's what it says on the back.
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Looks like everybody had a blast. Awesome photos. There's something like it coming to CA, you say?
Next year's AAI conference will be held in Long Beach, CA on the Queen Mary. Tenative date is late September.
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Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
One wonders how many years of telling preachy theists to "shut yer gob" it takes to win from their own lips the name "EverlastingGobstopper".
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Now THAT'S an awesome picture.
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The look on Deacon Fred's face is awesome, maybe it was just gas !!
These little characters are so cute. By the looks of these pictures, you guys had a great time. How many in attendance ?