Skepticon Giving Back

 

Thanks to our speakers for allowing us to put their recordings online Skepticon has received around $125 from online support. In accordance with our promise we wanted to give this money back.

We decided to put the funds into individual loans through Kiva. “Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.” www.kiva.org

For more information on who Skepticon has been supporting, take a look at the links below.

Eufemia Margarita

Azhar

Fazilat

Bothina

Halima

Also i want to give a special thanks to our Media Production …

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New Date for Skepticon V

Big change for Skepticon V! This year’s event has been moved one week earlier to November 9th -11th.

Please spread the word and stay tuned for more updates.

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Challenge Accepted

Challenge Accepted

Richard at the Friendly Atheist recently posted his suggestions for ‘soft sell’ pro-atheist billboards, including:

To which we at the Skepticon team say:

We’ve priced billboards in the Springfield area and think it can be done for as little as $2,000 – and if we end with more? We’ll put it on buses in St. Louis and Kansas City. Here’s our concept template:

(Note that this is an updated version of our first concept, altered based on your comments and …

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Local Support

Local Support

Tons of local businesses went out of their way to serve HUGE Skepticon crowds on short notice. Farmer’s Gastropub was AMAZING! Jimmy John’s and Pickleman’s showed us lots of love! Trolley’s opened early for us & made us a special express menu! If you had a positive experience with a local restaurant, please give a nice review!

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Post Skepticon IV Survey

Post Skepticon IV Survey

Help Us know what you liked and what you would like to change!

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Skepticon Book Shelf

Skepticon Book Shelf

 

A lot of people ask about the books that our speakers write and talk about in their speeches. Here is where you can find all of those books

 

 

 

Nailed
by David Fitzgerald
Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn’t it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical …

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