BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WoltLab GmbH//WoltLab Suite Calendar 5.4//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:\"A Few Days In Athens\" Zoom Book Club Meeting. Th is week - Chapter Sixteen! BEGIN:VEVENT TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:event-63@www.epicureanfriends.com URL:http://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/calendar/event/1654-a-few-days-in-a thens-zoom-book-club-meeting-this-week-chapter-sixteen/ DTSTART:20220516T000000Z DTSTAMP:20220516T000000Z CREATED:20220516T000000Z SUMMARY:\"A Few Days In Athens\" Zoom Book Club Meeting. This week - Chapte r Sixteen! DESCRIPTION:\"A Few Days In Athens\" Zoom Book Club Meeting. This week - Ch apter Sixteen!\n\nThis is the last chapter and contains the full-frontal a ttack on religion. Topics include:\n\nChapter 16 – Epicurus Addresses an A ssembly on the Evils of Religion [URL:https://afewdaysinathens.com/16-Chapt erSixteen/]\n\nEpicurus tells the crowd he will address the place of man in the universe.\nIn this inquiry we must dismiss presumption and fear.\nThe elements of the universe are evidently eternal and unchangeable\, and that these elements make up all things and give them their qualities.\nEpicurus asks why we doubt the power of science and says that man alone doubts the p ower of his senses and perverts himself to poison the sources of his happin ess.\nThe source of this error is in the overdevelopment of our imagination – and the first link in the erroneous chain of thought is RELIGION.\nRelig ion is the true dethroner of human virtue and the root of all evil and mise ry in the world.\nThe world is full of religion and also full of misery and crime.\nGods cannot be observed\, and are of such nature that they can hav e no relevance to men.\nReligion is not merely useless\, it is mischievous by its idle terrors\, its false morality\, its hypocrisy\, its dogmatism\, and its false threats\, hopes\, and promises.\nThe common concepts of the g ods are offensive to both men and the gods.\nWhether it is a god or a philo sopher who speaks\, the evidence of nature is that the message of both is “ Enjoy\, and be happy!”\nThe good is all that brings you pleasure\; the evil is that which must bring you pain\, and in this there is no paradox\, no h idden tables.\nJust as religion is unsound\, so is the common understanding of morality and “virtue.” Folly invented it\, and knavery supports it. L et us arise\, examine\, judge\, and be free!\n\n\nNote: The use of video is strictly optional. We welcome any of our friends who choose to use audio o nly.\n\n\n\nImportant Links:\n\nLink to PDF of the original book at Archive .org. [URL:https://archive.org/details/fewdaysinathensb00wrigiala?view=thea ter#page/n5/mode/2up]\n\nAFDIA Website with the entire book: http://www.af ewdaysinathens.com [URL:http://www.afewdaysinathens.com/]\n\nRECURRING ZOOM LINK - USE THIS EACH SESSION:\n\n\n\nTopic: A Few Days In Athens - Zoom Bo ok Review 2022\n\nTime: This is a recurring meeting\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\ nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85285185334?pwd=WnJWRWNkbkpqQVVTY2gyaWdHQzEyQT09 \n\nMeeting ID: 852 8518 5334\n\nPasscode: 219879\n\nOne tap mobile\n\n+164 68769923\,\,85285185334#\,\,\,\,*219879# US (New York)\n\n+13017158592\,\,8 5285185334#\,\,\,\,*219879# US (Washington DC)\n\nDial by your location\n\n +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)\n\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n\n+1 3 12 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n\n+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)\n\n+1 669 900 683 3 US (San Jose)\n\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houst on)\n\nMeeting ID: 852 8518 5334\n\nPasscode: 219879\n\nFind your local num ber: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kecx4HCZfV DTEND:20220516T010000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR