First Coast Freethought Society
@jaxfcfs
The First Coast Freethought Society (FCFS) is an organization of atheists, agnostics, humanists, and those who prefer science & reason over religious dogma & fanaticism. Visit our website for meetings and events: fcfs.org
“There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.” ― Ruth Hurmence Green
“Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?” ― Annie Dillard
“It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that, they are getting people killed. This is really my concern..." ― Sam Harris
“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” ― Stephen Roberts
“I want an avowed atheist in the White House. When time comes to push that button, I want whoever's making the decision to understand that once it's pushed, it's over. Finito. They're not gonna have lunch with Jesus...
“An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.” ― Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Monday Musings: “Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.” ― Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
Join our virtual movie discussion group on Tuesday, July 28 at 6:30 pm on Zoom to discuss the 1982 movie Young Doctors in Love. RSVP on Meetup: mtup.link/e/EtHPiA
Join the Jacksonville Nones for our skeptic’s lunch at River & Post on Wednesday, July 22 from 2-4. RSVP required: mtup.link/e/EtGSdg Come enjoy great food and engaging conversation with fellow skeptics, atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and the religiously curious.
“God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.” ― Neil DeGrasse Tyson
“The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world with its liberating, expanding and beautifying possibilities..” ― Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me.” ― Hitchens
“Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?” ― David Hume
“If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.” ― Edmond de Goncourt
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” — James Baldwin
“How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.” ― Christopher Hitchens
“A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.” ― Richard K. Morgan
Happy (hot) July! Lots of events happening this month! Join us for one or more gatherings, in person and online. Event details are registration links here: tinyurl.com/fcfsJuly2026
Join us on Zoom Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30 pm to discuss the 2010 film The Infidel. Hope to see you there! RSVP on Meetup for Zoom link: mtup.link/e/Es4JmA
Join your fellow humanists, atheists, & freethinkers on Thursday, July 9 at 6:00pm at Culhane’s Irish Pub-Southside for an evening of good food and great conversation about science, reason, humanism, current events, philosophy, & whatever else comes up over dinner. RSVP REQUIRED: mtup.link/e/Es0czw
“The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.” ― Bill Hicks
“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.” ― Richard Pryor
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.” ― Gene Roddenberry
“We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.” ― Sam Harris
“I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either...” ― Stephen Hawking
Sunday thoughts: “The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Join us on Zoom on Monday, July 27 at 6:30 pm to hear David Jaffee and Katie Renzi give a presentation titled "The Financialization of Human Shelter and the Rental Housing Crisis in a Sunbelt City." FREE, virtual meeting. RSVP on Meetup: mtup.link/e/EsWXyA
Sunday thoughts from Dan Barker, author of Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists...