September 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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September 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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Hello freethinkers! Just a brief reminder to let you know we will be having our monthly Fayetteville Freethinker this Sunday the 30th.

In retrospect it was a good idea to have our meeting on Sunday this time, since this is a very busy week for the Fayetteville area with
the Bikes, Blues and BBQ event. By Sunday the traffic shouldn't be too bad, so you should be able to make your way to the library without too much trouble.

At the meeting, Doug Krueger will tell us about a famous argument for God's existence, called The Ontological Argument. This argument,
popularized by Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109), supposedly proves, beyond all possible doubt, that God must exist. The definition of
God is all you need to prove that God exists. Is he right? Can Anselm prove that God exists by using the dictionary instead of the Bible?
And what happens if we use the Devil's Dictionary..?

Doug has assured me that although this argument is nearly a thousand years old, he can still pitch it in a way that makes it
fresh and fun. (If he doesn't, everyone gets their money back!)

Linda Farrell will have an interesting moral question for us to ponder.

Darrel will conduct a debate instruction/discussion where everyone can pitch in. This will focus on fast, cheap and easy internet investigative tools
and tips for getting to the bottom of claims you see floating around in the news and everywhere else it seems.

We've had a donation of several books so we are looking for a volunteer to be our "Freethinker Librarian." Think about it.

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Meeting Details:

When: Sunday, September 30, 2012.

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 to your right. You can bring a snack or coffee from Arsaga's in the library lobby.

Map: http://tinyurl.com/b3sfgf
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Re: September 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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Clips we played at our September meeting:

Dinosaurs Ep53 The Greatest Story Ever Sold (1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0G5uuRh3Vw
Dinosaurs Ep53 The Greatest Story Ever Sold (2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7NIhti93o
Dinosaurs Ep53 The Greatest Story Ever Sold (3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMoo13ysLY

Ron Paul Supporters Spray Vinegar at the Sky to Kill Chemtrails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdeAF_Prfo
"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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