NCAS was founded in 1987 in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area. We are advocates for science and reason, actively promoting the scientific method, rational inquiry, and education. Full info about our group can be found at www.ncas.org .

The need for critical thinking skills and a humanistic outlook in our world is great. This is no less true in the Black community than in others. Many African Americans have been engulfed by religious irrationality, conned by self-serving "faith healers", and swayed by dogmatic revisionist historians. Many others, however, have escaped the oppression of such delusions, and live happy and upstanding lives free of superstition. African Americans for Humanism DC (AAH DC) exists to bring these secul …

The Independent Investigations Group DC (IIG DC) investigates fringe science, paranormal and extraordinary claims from a rational, scientific viewpoint, and disseminates factual information about such inquiries to the public. IIG DC meets the fourth Saturday of every month. Our public home on the web can be found at iigdc.org  IIG DC is an affiliate of the Center for Inquiry–DC.  All events are crosslisted with the Center for Inquiry–DC  website, Convio, Facebook, and other sites, so RSVPs on th …

Socrates Café Rockville is open to all, the 4th Saturday of each month at 7pm. We have a coffeehouse-style atmosphere, with coffees, teas, and light refreshments available. For more details, see the website of Socrates Café's creator at www.philosopher.org, or the Socrates Café Rockville web page, http://www.uucr.org/adultenrichment/socrates.php Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while …

El propósito de este grupo es ofrecer información sobre distintos temas de interés para escépticos y no creyentes del área de Washington, D.C. al igual que aquellos visitantes que gusten leer sobre ciencia, humanismo, ateismo y recursos en la red que promuevan el racionalismo. Buscamos crear conciencia sobre los engaños de las religiones y de toda creencia en lo no-natural, ayudar a incrementar el escépticismo y el pensamiento crítico y proveer un espacio a la comunidad de librepensadores. Creem …

eet other local Humanists, people who believe in the basic goodness of the human spirit without supernaturalism ========================================== ____________ http://www.wash.org/ _______________ ========================================== The Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH) was incorporated in 1989 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization in Maryland. Our purpose is to promote scientific literacy and critical thinking, to provide a forum for humanists and others to ex …

I have recently graduated college with an engineering degree and found myself with...free time? It's a startling concept, but within this free time, I've started reading classics, philosophy and science books that I've been dying to discuss, but alas cannot find participants. That, my friend, is why this meetup exists! Hope there are others that enjoy reading a wide variety and range of topics that explore our physical, metaphysical and perhaps even pseudo-physical philosophies and theories. I'v …

According to Cicero (Tusculan Disputations V, III, 8), when Pythagoras was once asked who philosophers were, he replied that life seemed to him to resemble the games in the Olympic festival: some men sought glory, others to buy and sell at the games, and some men had come neither for gain nor applause, but for the sake of the spectacle and to understand what was done and how it was done. In the same way, in life, some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding li …

CFI–DC Secular Family Network is a casual discussion group for parents who would like to explore how to raise children outside of religious institutions. Children have the opportunity to get acquainted, play, and socialize while their moms/dads get together for good conversation and support. These events are organized by the Center for Inquiry–DC. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/dc All events are crosslisted with our main web page, Convio, Facebook, and other sites, so RSVPs on thi …

The goal of this group is to be a safe place where post-modern people of all faiths can share their questions, struggles and doubts with other folks seeking to find a way of life that is true to their faith and their philosophy.

Why does God allow suffering in the world? Why isn't Christianity more inclusive? This group is meeting to foster dialogue about our faith and doubts in a safe, open forum. All beliefs and views are welcome here! If you've ever wondered these things or more, then please join us Thursdays (April 12-May 24) at Rí Rá in Clarendon for an open and stimulating discussion through a New York Times Bestseller book by Tim Keller, The Reason for God (complimentary copies will be available). All are welcome …

This group is for people who have a spiritual interest and want to figure out who Jesus is. At our meet-ups, we'll look at what Jesus did and actually said through an inductive bible study and find ways to reach out to our immediate community. The atmosphere will be relaxed; discussion and questions are encouraged. I don't claim to have all the answers, I just want to create a space to discover Jesus.

We're an activites group created specifically for singles who are non-believers, agnostics, and others who have substantial doubts about what religion has to say.  Our members are in their 30's, 40's and 50's. We meet for happy hours, group dinners, wine tastings, comedy clubs, group trips, hiking, golf, skiing, and other events. We're not a discussion / debate group.  We're an activities group where singles can meet other singles of like-mind. If you describe yourself as "spiritual but not reli …