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This is the Meaning of Life for Me...

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Here a copy of my post from our quiet Forum ( http://thebrightsphilippines.freeforums.org ):

Hello everybody,

this year starts very very unmotivated so it seems. That is why I thought about a offer to all our Brights members here to create a little motivation.

So every Member here, who is a registered Bright at "the-brights.net", lives in the Philippines, and posts at least 10 posts, which are not obviously spam or fake, will get a free Brights T-Shirt.

T-Shirt looks like this:

with regards,

Christian

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Hello,

I started a Brights Forum for the Philippines and hope our BLC Members here help me to fill the empty Forum to make it a interesting place to visit for all Brights in the Philippines.

Here is the Link to the Forum:

http://thebrightsphilippines.freeforums.org/portal.php

With regards,

Christian

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Check out these sites:

http://www.jhuger.com/
http://positiveatheism.org/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Lots of public domain books that you can't find in the local bookstores can be downloaded from project gutenberg.
http://www.humaniststudies.org/
http://www.csicop.org/
http://www.godisimaginary.com/
Pulls no punches.
http://www.freethunk.net/
Check out 'Don't say god while having sex with atheists' cartoon.
http://www.secularhumanism.org/
http://www.infidels.org/
http://www.randi.org/
http://richarddawkins.net/
http://www.2think.org/

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Hello,

I would like to know, who of our Members here is able to join a IRC Channel to start a little internet group activity and who does not know how to use a IRC.

For everybody who has no IRC Client in use, I recommend "Chatzilla" (IRC Client add on) for Firefox (Browser).
Here is a link to download Chatzilla which is a add on for Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/16

After installing Chatzilla, you can start it through the "EXTRA" section, between "bookmarks" and "help".
It will open on click in a new window.

In the window on the bottom you can enter commands to enter networks or join channels.

To enter a network you enter: /server NAMEofNETWORK (example: /server moznet )

If you want to join or open a new channel the command is: /join #NAMEofCHANNEL (example: /join #Brights_Philippines )

If you are inside a Channel you can save this channel as startup channel by opening the IRC section (between Chatzilla and Edit button), and checking the text: "open this Channel at startup" .
Then you will enter the Channel without having to enter the commands everytime you start Chatzilla.

Here are same sample Info to which Network and Channel we could use:

/server moznet (confirm with enter button on the right side of the bottom window)

/join #Brights_Philippines (confirm with enter button on the right side of the bottom window)

/nick NEWNICKNAME is the command to change your nickname which is used in the Channel.

But for more Info check out the FAQs for Chatzilla at: http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/

As soon everybody is ready, we have to decide when is the best time for a chat in IRC, therefore everybody can post also a prefered time when he or she can join a chat.

Questions and better Ideas are always welcome.

With regards,

Christian

http://philippineatheists.org/forum/

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Has anyone else here on the Philippine BLC read any of the following books:

Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan (This is my favorite. Dawkins' The God Delusion is a close second).
Varieties of Scientific Experience - Carl Sagan
Why People Believe Weird Things - Michael Shermer
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins