First annual conference of black non-theists

The Gary C. Booker Mental Self Defense Foundation is putting this on (Aug. 7th – 9th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia), but I can’t access the site from where I am now. Why? I don’t know. Here’s something from another site.

Even after many centuries of being disappointed and miserably failed by organized religion, Black Americans continue to be extremely devout and show blind faith in self-destructive ways. Religious fundamentalism and bigotry continue to promote sectarianism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and anti-intellectualism in Black American communities. Mental Liberation is the final frontier of the civil rights movement.

Join us as we work toward a more secular and rational Black America.

Topics for the 2009 Conference:

1. Why a secular solution to teen pregnancy in black America is needed.
2. The role of the black church in homophobia
3. Where was God during slavery and segregation?
4. Misconceptions about Charles Darwin and race
5. How Black stereotypes have become a second religion
6. Why the Black church receives too much credit for the civil rights movement
7. Why the Black church has alienated the black male
8. The imbalanced relationship between the black female and the black church

E-mail blacknontheists2009@garybooker.org for more information.