Atheist Community of Austin

Atheist Community of Austin

The Atheist Community of Austin (ACA) is an educational non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. The central goals of the ACA are to "promote positive atheism and the separation of church and state". [cite web |title=The Atheist Community of Austin |url=http://www.atheist-community.org/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]

Activities

The ACA undertake a number of public activities and community service efforts regularly, such as blood drives and cleaning up streets through the "Keep Austin Beautiful" "Adopt-A-Street" program [cite web |title=ACA Community Service Activities |url=http://www.atheist-community.org/community/ |accessdate=2008-10-08] , and also produce the following shows and publications:

* A weekly public access cable television show called "The Atheist Experience", which is aimed at explaining atheism and related topics to a primarily Christian audience. [cite web |title=The Atheist Experience TV Show |url=http://www.atheist-experience.com/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]
* A biweekly internet radio show entitled "The Non-Prophets", which is uncensored and features more humour than the TV show. [cite web |title=The Non-Prophets: An Austin-based Internet Radio Show |url=http://www.nonprophetsradio.com/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]
* A popular lecture series, usually held at the Austin History Centre, covering a number of atheist interests. [cite web |title=ACA Lecture Series |url=http://www.atheist-community.org/lectures/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ] [cite web |title=City of Austin - Austin History Center |url=http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]
* The ACA publish "The Austin Atheist", which is actually available online via the community website. [cite web |title=The Austin Atheist |url=http://www.atheist-community.org/library/newsletters/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]
* The "Atheist Eve" cartoons, drawn by Tracie Harris, are a series of illustrations which often employ components of dramatic irony occurring in an ordinary situation. [cite web |title=Atheist Eve |url=http://www.atheist-community.org/atheisteve/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]

Current President

Matt Dillahunty is the current president of the Atheist Community of Austin as well as being the host of "The Atheist Experience". Matt and "Non-Prophets Radio" producer Russell Glasser have formed a counter-apologetics wiki entitled "Iron Chariots". [cite web |title=Atheist Experience: Matt Dillahunty |url=http://www.atheist-experience.com/people/matt_dillahunty/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ] [cite web |title=Main Page - Iron Chariots Wiki |url=http://wiki.ironchariots.org/ |accessdate=2008-10-08 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.atheist-community.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.atheist-experience.com/ The Atheist Experience television show]
* [http://www.nonprophetsradio.com/ The Non-Prophets radio show]
* [http://www.ironchariots.org/ Iron Chariots wiki]


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