Here’s a clever idea from a clever student.Hemant Mehta sold his time on Ebay — $10/hour to go to church. Check out this linkhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5660982226From Mr. Metha:
When the bidding went over my highest expectations of $10, I decided to donate the money raised to the Secular Student Alliance. The bidding ended at $504. The winner was Jim Henderson of a Christian group called www.off-the-map.org. His website has written a lot of material on the auction (I am now posting there myself at http://www.off-the-map.org/atheist/)… they basically spent their entire year’s marketing budget on buying me. He says he is not interested in converting me; rather, he wants me to go to a variety of churches and fill out surveys on how I perceive them– does their choir draw me in? How are the rituals? Etc.
flanonblvr,
The conferences are held somewhere different every year. This year it’s in Boston. It’s about $1,000 a person. One of the tenets of Objectivism is seek, strive for, and enjoy the best, in people and in products, so the conferences are always held at five-star hotels, complete with a fancy banquet and a full conceirge (sp?). The high cost is for the fancy digs, and also for getting college-level lectures taught by PhDs. There is a small discount for students, and also for registering early.
flanonblvr,
In case you missed it, here is a link to a local individual you may want to contact regarding your conference:
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/17/Northoftampa/Ex_minister_walks_ath.shtml
The St. Pete Times has the story about an ex-Pentecostal minister who sets up a tent on the USF campus to show students that there is an alternative point of view to the religious groups who also set up there. He’s been doing this every Wednesday for almost ten years. He became an atheist in 1978 after questioning his church’s teachings that anyone who didn’t follow the Pentecostal approach to xianity were doomed. He joined a humanist group in Tampa. He’s very concerned about the RR and the foothold they’ve gained, especially locally.
Here is someone who not only is not afraid to stand up for what he believes, but is determined to do what he can to offset some of the propaganda being shoved at today’s young people. Some might call him a zealot. I call him a selfless hero.
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