Socrates Café Rockville is open to all, the 4th Saturday of each month at 7pm. We have a coffeehouse-style atmosphere, with coffees, teas, and light refreshments available. For more details, see the website of Socrates Café's creator at www.philosopher.org, or the Socrates Café Rockville web page, http://www.uucr.org/adultenrichment/socrates.php Socrates Café are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while …

… Life constantly encourages critical thinking. Accurate perception of reality is a individual endeavor and is best obtained without the influence of others. People who think that there is more than one reality are deluding themselves because they are assuming that perception of reality is the same as actual reality. Now that being stated....believe whatever you want....but this group is for atheists only.

According to Cicero (Tusculan Disputations V, III, 8), when Pythagoras was once asked who philosophers were, he replied that life seemed to him to resemble the games in the Olympic festival: some men sought glory, others to buy and sell at the games, and some men had come neither for gain nor applause, but for the sake of the spectacle and to understand what was done and how it was done. In the same way, in life, some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding li …

Cocoa of Montgomery County (MoCo) is a group of inclusive Black homeschool families in Montgomery County, MD. Our members enjoy substantially discounted training, supplemental classes for children, weekly social events and support meetings, and much more! Our high energy group is progressive and fun! We advocate life-long learning and independent wealth-building for families. Mostly, we support accelerated learning and critical thinking, and demand high quality education for our children. We are …

DC Atheist Meetup is a member of the DC Area Coalition of Reason (DC CoR).  New members from the DC CoR media effort (started October 19, 2010) are most welcomed. Our groups is here to provide fun, friendship and intellectual stimulation for atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, realists, freethinkers, brights and all others interested in critical thinking. To get the "flavor" of our group, check out www.ReligionRealityCheck.org. If you are considering the move out of the superstition closet …

CFI–DC Drinking Skeptically is an informal social event designed to promote fellowship and networking among skeptics, critical-thinkers, and like-minded individuals. CFI–DC Drinking Skeptically provides an opportunity for skeptics to talk, share ideas (and yes, drink) in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. We discuss the issues of the day and whatever else is on our minds. But most of all, we have fun while promoting skepticism, science, and rationality. Don't drink? Don't let that stop you from joini …

The Center for Inquiry–DC (CFI–DC) offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the D.C. Center sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming. CFI provides an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join t …

… We seek to create a conscience about religious deception and all un-natural beliefs, helping to increment critical and skeptic thinking providing a community space for freethinkers.  We believe a society without dogmas is an important part for societal human development and future generations.  We hope you contribute and enjoy this group.

… Each meeting is focused around one of these critical business success areas: Legal & HR, Accounting & Finance, Sales & Marketing,  Leadership & Management.  A group of spotters will be on hand to help you.  You bring your problem, we split up into groups and get to work.   If you don’t have a problem to share you get to learn and contribute in the solving of a fellow members problem.       What's a Spotter?   At our spottups spotters are the problem solvers.  They are entrepreneurs that have exp …

Meet other local writers and offer one another feedback in a relaxed environment. Members bring at least one hard copy of their work in completed first drafts of stories (both fictional and non-fictional and everything in between). Someone in the group (not the writer) will read the story aloud. Stories should be no longer than about 2,000 words (about 8 pages) and can be as short as a fraction of a page as long as it feels complete.  The workshop will meet for two hours, approximately. There is …

… This is not only fun but could be critical in a tight spot if you get lost, something happens to the group, or you need to improvise on the trail for any reason whatsoever. If you have questions about weather, condition, gear, or fitness, please ask by sending an email to me or one of the other organizers or post to the group for varied opinions. And please use common sense. 2. RSVP Responsibly RSVPing irresponsibly and no-showing have been problems for this meetup and all meetups. This includes …