• At our August meeting the Fayetteville Freethinkers presented our local University of Arkansas freethinker group (Secular Student Alliance affiliate) the gift of two six foot banners that will come in handy at their events:
  

• We conducted a three part Psychic Test with a reward of $10,000 as outlined here. Participants were to attempt to remote view and identify two things hidden in a sealed case: a word written on a card, and a distinct object of some sort. We had nine participants, five at the meeting, four attempts were sent in via email. There were six attempts to get the word and the written and verified submissions were as follows: "bicycle, goat, prevarication, fast, trout, Bullshit!" As was revealed to the audience when the case was opened by a library volunteer, the word on the card was: "Girls"

We had eight attempts to discern the object in the case. The eight submissions, written and verified, were: "Bible, bell, Bologna, shower head, magic wand, apple, White Knight (chess piece), toy car."

As was revealed to the audience when the case was opened, the object was a: "Shoe."

The audience was told there would be a clue, and the clue was at that point revealed to be that the conductor of the meeting had been walking around without his right shoe (because it was in the case!).

We also made available our telekinesis test: a ping pong ball under a glass dome. Move the ball one inch, receive $5,000. All attempts failed.

• We also announced our standing offer of the reward of a home in Fayetteville to anyone who can bring in Bigfoot. The legal details of this reward are posted in our forum here. Since no one brought "Bigfoot" to our April meeting, this reward (value approx. $80,000) is still available.

• Our resident astrophysicist Felix gave a presentation explaining why those fine geocentrist folks over at Galileo Was Wrong are in fact incorrect. The earth is not fixed and immovable at the center of the universe. We also watched this video which takes you on a 13.7 billion light year visual trip from earth, to as far as we have ever seen, and back (in six minutes).

• We talked about the Billboard display (see picture above). To read about how this campaign went and learn and the local freethought groups involved see the new Northwest Arkansas Coalition of Reason website.

• Another freethinker group in the area is FreethoughtNWA. Check out their website. They have lots of news of interest to freethinkers.

• An entire meeting has been recorded and it has been uploaded for you to view online. Thanks to Juju!

• Doug Krueger gave a presentation entitled "What Must We Do to be Saved?" He addressed the question: Does the Bible clearly and unequivocally tell us what someone must do in order to be saved? The slides for his presentation can be downloaded here.

• Felix gave a presentation describing what was going on in these beautiful pictures of the sun. Check out these awesome pictures too.

Information regarding our past meetings and future meetings can be read in our forum. Feel free to join the discussions in our forum.

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