Public activities of the Peruvian Atheist
Association (APERAT)
-Lectures and talks at the “Red Owl” Cultural
Center:
"What is Secular Humanism?" With Helmut Kessel and Victor
Andres Garcia Belaunde, president and CEO respectively of Secular and Humanist
Society of Peru: Wednesday August 7.
"Secular humanismin Norway" with Gisele O'Connor, Peruvian
atheist activist: Wednesday 14 August.
"The Gospels: Cross & Fiction" with Ivan Antezana, president of APERAT
period 2012-13: Wednesday 28 August.
"Skepticism and Atheism": Wednesday 4 September.
"Atheist Library: What books to read to start opening their
eyes": Wednesday 11 and 18 September.
"The Vatican, inc.: Some data not public" with Ivan Antezana:
Wednesday October 2.
"Newtonmas" with Jose Luis Herrera, Vice-President elect
APERAT: Wednesday 18 December.
Gisele
O'Connor (with a coat)
José Luis Herrera
(with a tie)
--Lectures at the National University of
San Marcos Faculty of Arts (Lima):
"Atheists in the XIV National Congress of Philosophy" with
Carmen Zavala, Doriss Vera, Ivan Antezana, José Luis Herrera, José Maúrtua,
Luis Arbaiza Escalante, Manuel Paz y Miño: Tuesday 20 - Thursday 22 August
2013
"The Historical Jesus in the dock" with Ivan Antezana:
Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September.
-New video-interview from APERAT’s Channel:
Interview with Ivan Antezana, president of APERAT period 2012-13, which
addresses issues such as: Atheism in Peru, the beliefs of atheists, the
historical evidence for Jesus' existence, etc.:
Iván Antezana
-Election
of the new Board of Directors of the APERAT:
On Thursday December 13 were elected as members of
the Board, 2013-14: the Physician-psychiatrist Mariano Querol (Chairman),
teacher of mathematics and philosophy student José Luis Díaz Herrera (Vice
President) and literate and teacher Doriss Vera (Secretary-Treasurer).
Mariano Querol (President)
José Luis Herrera (Vice President)
Doriss Vera (Secretary-Treasurer)
-Pronouncements
of APERAT:
On the case of pedophilia
attributed to Gabino Miranda Melgarejo, September 25
About Catholic fanatics intend
to close the exhibition "A street body" at the Museum of Art and the
Spanish Cultural Center of Lima: December 22 (leafleting, 6 pm).
Activities of Applied
Philosophy Editions (EFA)
-Sale in the Book Fair Ricardo Palma 2013 at Salazar Park from
Miraflores, Sunday, October 27-Tuesday, November 5.
-Presentation of Manuel A. Paz y Miño: "Ethical Approaches to the
State-Church in Peru" at the Third National Congress of Political Science
at the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Thursday, 7 November.
-Interview with Manuel A. Paz y Miño on both paranormal and
supernatural claims in Diana Durante's program “Beyond the Rainbow” in
Radio Union, 9:15 pm, November 10.
-Presentation of Manuel A. Paz y Miño: "Ethical Approaches to the
State-Church in Peru" at the International Interdisciplinary Congress on
Philosophy “Religion-Politics & Philosophy” in Cordoba, Argentina, November
14.
Manuel Paz y Miño (with a tie)
EMISSIONS OF THE RADIO SHOW
PARANORMALISTS AT NIGHT (BEFORE SKEPTICS IN RADIO)
What is Paranormal and why it attracts us?: August 19
The
Saint Rose of Lima case. Holiness or mental illness?: August 26
Ghosts:
Is there any of them in reality or in our minds: September 3
True
lies : Does polygraph work?: September 9
UFOs
and Alien invasion: Myth or truth? September 16
Is
there a soul? Are splits and astral travel real: September 23
Is witchcraft
real ? Suggestion or occult powers?: September 30
Does
astrology and tarot work to see the future?: October 7
Is homosexuality a disease:
October 14
The
Secret: Is the law of attraction scientific?: October 21
Is
veganism good for health? Paleolithic or vegan diet?: October 28
Is
abortion a crime or a dogmatic prejudice?: November 4
Did
Jesus exist? Is there historical evidence?: November 11
Does
Quantum healing work?: November 18
Is clairvoyance real?
: November 26
Is the
power of mediums real?: December 2
Is
mentalism and psychic translation real?: December 9
Are contacts
with aliens real?: December 16
Did
Jesus exist? (part 2): December 23
Is
possible to "predict" the future?: December 30
ACTIVITIES OF THE SECULAR HUMANIST SOCIETY OF PERU (SSHP)
-In Diana Durante's program
"Beyond the Rainbow" on Radio Union, 9:15 pm:
July 14: Debate on gay
adoption with Helmut Kessel and Victor Andres Garcia Belaunde, president and
CEO respectively of SSHP
August 11: Are there aliens?
Can we believe in UFOs? With Victor.
September 15: Victor talked
about celibacy.
December 22: What do
unbelievers believe in? With Victor.
-July 12: Article "The
fears and prejudices of Congress" by Congressman Carlos Bruce (fee
associated of SSHP) on the law of hate crimes in Express:
http://www.expreso.com.pe/blog/ladrillo -on-brick-133 #. UeAw2drsSdE.facebook
-August 5: What is secular humanism? With
Helmut and Victor in APERAT .
-August 21: Discussion on LGBT rights in
politics with Carlos Bruce and Helmut Kessel on political party APRA's
headquarters.
-September 16: In N Channel's d6A9n program
there was an interview with Maribel Reyes (Red LGBT) and Helmut on gay civil
partnership law.
-September 19: At 91.1 Radio San Borja F. M.
Helmut Kessel was interviewed as co-author of the proposed gay civil
partnership law.
-October 10: Debate between Victor and
psychiatrist René Flores in Paranormals at Night radio program: Is
homosexuality a disease? Are sexual reorientation therapies effective?
-October 19: Helmut Kessel in an interview in
the international journal Cosas, as
co-author of the Gay Civil Partnership Law in collaboration with Carlos Bruce.
-8 November: Exhibition of Victor as a
professor at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola: Do we have the right to
change human nature?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lefqqvr62Yw
-November 11-15: Victor was at the
International Congress of Philosophy, Politics and Religion in Cordoba,
Argentina.
-November 26: Helmut, co-author of the Gay
Civil Partnership Law and advisor to Congressman Carlos Bruce, made in Trujillo
a presentation about:
http://ucvsatelital.tv/comunidad-gay-a-la-espera-de-union-civil-entre-homosexuales#sthash.lCAfuuTI.dpuf
-December 7: Report of the Gay Civil
Partnership Law in Buzzfeed: “The Congressman, The Cardinal, And The Peruvian
Closet”:
-December 18: Talk by Bruce and Helmut with
Carlos in Iquitos on the Civil Union, Act.
-December 20: Press release of the SSHP sent to
Lima Metropolitan Council, members of Congress and the mainstream media, with
respect to the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance proposed by the Municipality of
Lima, in relation to an incident days ago: http:/ / tinyurl.com/k3kp5vc
-December 26: Press release of the SSHP:
http://tinyurl.com/lpcl7eg on an article published in El Comercio Dialy on science and the existence of God: http://tinyurl.com/me735ej
Helmut Kessel
Diana Durante,
Helmut Kessel & Víctor García-Belaúnde