August 2011 Freethinker Meeting

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August 2011 Freethinker Meeting

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Folks, the horrible, opressive heat is winding down, and it's time for our August meeting of the Fayetteville Freethinkers!

Hey, if you have a picture or two from your summer vacation, email it back to us and we will put it
on the screen for you to mention at the meeting.

Dr. Doug will tell us about a development in the local UFO scene. An artifact
owned by an Ozark resident has for years been touted as "Hard Evidence" and proof of extraterrestrial
visitation. However, a recent breakthrough calls this evidence into question. On a field trip years ago,
some of us have examined this evidence personally (we have pictures). Is the item proof of E.T.,
or is it just Earth junk? You be the judge.

We will introduce our new series on logical fallacies. Each month we will bring
you a specific (and common) mistake in reasoning that you should try to avoid.

Darrel has another shocking example of why the world needs less fundamentalism and more freethinkers. Then he will walk us through a multiple
choice Bible quiz (easy) that we're going to present at the University of Arkansas next month. Can you answer the questions correctly? Highest score wins a prize.

We have other presentations in the works but you will have to come to the meeting to see them.

Also, Linda Farrell has taken the initiative to deliver donated school supplies to the NWA Women's Shelter to
assist children effected by violence in their homes. If you would like to contribute to this, she will be collecting school supplies
at the meeting. More details posted here.

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Meeting Details:

When: Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Where: The Fayetteville Public Library. 401 W. Mountain
St. (two blocks west of the town square). Library phone: 571-2222.

Time: 2:00 - 4:30 pm

Room: The Walker Room, the main meeting room. Go in the front door, through the
lobby and go to your right. You can bring a snack or coffee from Arsaga's in the
library lobby.

Map: http://tinyurl.com/b3sfgf

We'll go for dinner afterward at a place to be decided at the meeting.

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Video clips from our June meeting:

First follower leadership lessons from dancing guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ

National Day of Prayer commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSEdh7A4Bu8

Parody of National Day of Prayer commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmA4jLQ0 ... re=related

Mrs. Brown and the Mormons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarofaycN3c

Get them while they're young: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZytbe1a9s

Barton: Founding Fathers wanting creationism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgJp9qd9xOQ

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August meeting attendance: 65
"I'm not a skeptic because I want to believe, I'm a skeptic because I want to know." --Michael Shermer
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