Atheist Society

Lecture Programme Second Thursday of the month at 8 pm. Unitarian Church Hall, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne. (Opposite the old Mercy Hospital). Melways Map 2G, D2. Admission free, no prior booking necessary, all welcome. The talk usually goes for 45-60 minutes. A question-to-the-speaker period follows the lecture.

This is an in-person event, and we also host the event on zoom. We sometimes have speakers via zoom, if so they are denoted *. The zoom session is recorded, edited, and uploaded. During the presentation can zoom attendees please mute their mics.
Zoom Meeting ID: 869 9408 2765 Passcode: 728513 (from 13 AUG 2025 to 14 Feb 2026) link

	2025
13 Feb	Robert Bender (Humanist) Darwin Day lecture - Darwin's Study of Volcanic Islands   Video
13 Mar	Dr Ian Storey The Evolution of Cooperation   Video
10 Apr	Leslie Allan (Rational Realm) Why I am a Humanist   Video
08 May	Hein Htet Kyaw (Abu Bakr) * (Burmese Atheists) Decolonise the anti-woke Atheism: Beyond the Western values   Video
12 Jun	Steve Higson (Sea of Faith) God, the Cosmic Dictator
10 Jul	Nick Cikron (Humanist) Evolution of Ethics: Thank God for Secular Humanism
14 Aug	Dr John Perkins (Secular Party) Enlightenment Now (?): The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress. (Review of the book by Steven Pinker)
11 Sep	Chris Guest (Victorian Skeptics) Ancient Curses
09 Oct	Steve Marton * (Atheist Foundation) Abraham
13 Nov	Dr Vince Giuca (Humanist) Why religion Persists
11 Dec	Dr Joe Sampson (Humanist) How The Nonreligious Live

For those who are happy to accept that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable evidence for the existence of a god or gods or the supernatural.

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John Perkins, Convenor. 0411 143744 Email: here
David Miller, Secretary. Email: here
Mail: PO Box 1111, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.