FreeOK | Oklahoma Freethought Convention

Posted by Admin on Feb 15, 2012

Caleb Lack

Dr. Caleb W. Lack is a professor and clinical psychologist at the University of Central Oklahoma. Over the past six years he has published close to three dozen scientific articles, book chapters, and books, as well presenting at numerous national and international conferences. Dr. Lack serves on the editorial board of several peer reviewed journals and has consulted for and been interviewed by local,...

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David Silverman

David Silverman is President of American Atheists has been an atheist since he was 6 years old. Following a traditional Jewish education (including a Bar Mitzvah), he attended Brandeis University, where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science while honing his debating skills with theists in numerous informal debates. After earning his MBA from Penn State, he married one of the...

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Eddie Tabash

Eddie Tabash is a constitutional lawyer in the Los Angeles area. He chairs the legal committee of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and serves on the organization’s Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Board of the Center for Inquiry and the Council for Secular Humanism. He has filed briefs with the United States Supreme Court and California Supreme Court on separation of...

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Greta Christina

Greta Christina is one of the most widely read and well respected bloggers in the atheist blogosphere. She is author of the new book, Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless and was ranked by an independent analyst as one of the Top Ten most popular atheist bloggers. A regular atheist correspondent for AlterNet, the online political magazine with over 1,200,000 hits a...

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Abbie Smith

Abbie Smith is a popular science blogger and graduate student of Oklahoma University studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of viruses, especially retroviruses, within patients and within populations and how that evolution impacts our health. She spoke at the inaugural FreeOK convention on July 30, 2011 in Tulsa,...

Posted by Admin on Feb 6, 2012

Hemant Mehta

Hemant Mehta graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with degrees in Mathematics and Biology. While there, he also helped establish their first secular student group, Students WithOut Religious Dogma (SWORD). He earned his Masters in Math Education at DePaul University and currently teaches high school math in the suburbs of Chicago. He has worked with the Center for Inquiry and the Secular...

Posted by Admin on Feb 6, 2012

Seth Andrews

A former believer of 30 years (including a decade as a Christian radio host), Seth ultimately discovered that religion lacked any legitimate answers, especially in the bright light of scientific discovery. Instead of being satisfied with a belief system inherited from family and culture, Seth found greater satisfaction in “thinking” for himself, and he eventually encouraged others to do the...