October 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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October 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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Hello freethinkers! We'll be gathering to have our monthly Fayetteville Freethinker meeting this Saturday, October 27th.

On the agenda so far:

Doug Krueger will look at alleged empirical evidence for an afterlife. Science says that every indicator tells us that when your body dies, that's all folks.
But not so fast! There are stories about people who went to heaven when they were clinically dead on an operating table. And then there are those who speak to the dead....
If the results of that don't cheer you up, we'll look at some of the advances in our knowledge of aging and actual improvements in extending life.

Darrel will have more on internet investigative tools and tips for checking out those claims you see online and elsewhere.

We'll see if we can explore some of the moral questions that are involved in the medical marijuana issue that is on our Arkansas ballot this election cycle (that's right now by the way).

And mark your calendars, we have reserved our room at Powerhouse again for winter Solstice, and this time it will be on the very day, December 21st.

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Meeting Details:

When: Saturday, October 27, 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: October 2012 Freethinker Meeting

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Clips we played at our October meeting:

RICHARD DAWKINS: Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life. Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VV3vjNSG10

Why We Age - And How We Can Stop It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqCo-McgHLw

Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mynrRd7Ak

Big Butter_Burnt Butter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSa8OHtjXW8
"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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