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1.7 miles away in Portland, OR159 MembersAre You Lonely Tonight?
Saturday 10:00 AMat Purest Café in Portland, ORWell, if you are lonely you should realize that you’re certainly not alone in your loneliness.… Read moreWho's attending?
34 attending… Please keep in mind that the aim of these discussions is not to relate personal experiences or anecdotes - the idea is to try to keep the conversation on a more abstract level rather than a personal one. In fact, the goal is not even to simply trade opinions – what a friend has called “duelling opinions”. Rather, the point is to try to reach some kind of synthesis, or conclusion about the topic being discussed, and to attempt to reconcile, if possible, conflicting or contrasting opinions. A Prov …
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4.8 miles away in Portland, OR56 Free ThinkersI would be thrilled to find a few other people who are interested in a broad, in depth study of General Semantics.… Read more
Who's attending?
2 attending… The discussions will be focused and dedicated to the given topic. There will be a start time, but no defined endpoint and all members are heartily encouraged to contact each other and meet separately or set up more public meeting times. Discourse seems good to us…most of the time. Welcome and I look forward to meeting you!
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7.3 miles away in Portland, OR102 Members
June Book Club: Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Tuesday 7:00 PMat Angie's place in Portland, ORHello everyone, For June, we will be reading Perfume by Patrick Süskind. … Read moreWho's attending?
6 attendingWe'll meet once a month to discuss current and classic works selected by the group. To start, meetings will take place in my home; members willing, they may rotate to others' homes and/or public gathering spaces, such as cafes, wine bars, or parks.
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4.4 miles away in Portland, OR64 NoPoers
Hear Tycho at the Doug Fir
Thursday 9:00 PMat Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, ORTycho is ambient and electronic music. I've seen him years ago in Sacramento, where I met him playing ultimate frisbee.… Read moreWho's attending?
2 attendingHello! Sick of trudging all the way to the Eastside? This is a group for people in the NoPo/Overlook/Killingsworth/PCC/St.
Johns area. We will meet primarily around close-in North Portland and close-in NW. Although the group will focus more on books, we can also have discussions on just about anything!
The North ("NoPo") is a great area that is often overlooked from the rest of Portland. Traditionally thought of as sort of a grungy area of town, the "fifth quarter of Portland" is actually is a m …
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14.6 miles away in Vancouver, WA9 Einstein's Friends
EINSTEINS GENIUS
Thursday 6:00 PMat YWCA Clark County in Vancouver, WAThursday 5/24/2012 at YWCA - 3609 Main Street Vancouver WA 98663 ... Meeting begins at 7:00pm.… Read moreWho's attending?
2 attendingA study group for the curious. Lets share our knowledge. Get together for beginner to advanced. Lets get to know Albert Einstein. A study group on Science & Physics. A study group on Einstein's "Unified Field Theory." A group to look at & discuss the universe.
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6.5 miles away in Portland, OR28 Peacemakers
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This is a group to make peace with others and develop our peacemaking skills through reading and dialoguing about 1) our various worldviews, and 2) peacemaking and nonviolence. This group is not about convincing others or coercing them into your (or my) worldview, but it is about learning to dialogue empathically with people who don't share all the specifics of your worldview. It is also about having a chance to share your own worldview with others who are listening empathically. One must not fi …
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5.4 miles away in Beaverton, OR51 Natural Explorers
Potluck Social
Thursday 7:00 PMat Murrayhill Condominiums Clubhouse in Beaverton, OR"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverenc… Read moreWho's attending?
3 attending"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." ...Carl Sagan What is this group all about? It is about exploring 'spirituality' (meditation, life's big questions, etc.) without the belief in god(s) nor the supernatural. Is it possible to be "spiritual" while also rejecting everything supern …
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5.4 miles away in Beaverton, OR230 Truth Seekers
The war on contraception: religious fundamentalism and public policy
Wednesday 7:00 PMat First Unitarian Church in Portland, ORNote: Our group is not sponsoring this event, just helping to advertise it since it bears on the subjects of science, religion, and morality. … Read moreWho's attending?
3 attendingThis is a group to discuss the issues between science and religion. All religious faiths (and atheists) are included and welcomed. Anything that deals with science and religion is fair game, such as: -- Is there DNA evidence for evolution? -- Were Adam and Eve real people? -- Can Christians accept evolutionary theory? --- NOTE --- --- NOTE --- --- NOTE --- --- NOTE --- --- NOTE --- Please only attend if you are sure that you can share your views in a respectful manner. Some p …
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