Welcome Freethinking Skeptics & Secular Humanists to our EVERY 2ND Sunday Meet!
Details
PICTURE above - 12 attendees (10 above, one behind camera, and one who showed later after Pix) at last 2nd Sunday, Sept. 14th meeting.
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WELCOME ALL SKAGIT, WHATCOM & SNOHOMISH COUNTY FREETHINKING SKEPTICS & SECULAR HUMANISTS!
Topics (see below for details & links):
1) ALTRUISM, is it a real thing? is it actually good for the individual & society or an affront?
2) Washington State among the Least Religious!
3) Why do People Stop Believing in God? (16 minute video)
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Car Pools Available. Contact me by text (360) 510-2501 or by email:
- SecularWorld@aol.com -.
Our Bellingham car pool location is in a shared business parking lot area with Starbucks - 3101 Old Fairhaven Pkwy, on the SW corner of lot.
Take last south Freeway Exit #250 (Old Fairhaven Pkwy), turn right (west) onto Old Fairhaven Pkwy, and immediately turn right into parking area, or immediately right past Starbucks, and right again into parking area.
We leave 10:25 AM from that parking area to Burlington Haggen meet.
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For those driving strait to meeting location:
Take I-5 exit 230 - Hwy 20 exit, take a right and very briefly head east and take a right on Hagen Dr to the store.
To find the room, enter the Main entrance to Hagen's Grocery Store, turn left, walk down past the registers, and to your left will be the community meeting room with big glass windows and a door in at the end of the windows. ALWAYS, THANK YOU CLYDE ALLEN FOR FINDING THIS VENUE FOR US!
Hagen provides the community room at no charge, so in kind feel inspired to pick up hot or cold lunch and and drinks in the Hagen food and beverage area - both are welcome in the meeting room. Or, on the way out, pick up some needed groceries.
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FOR THOSE WHO'VE PROVIDED THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL GET UPDATED TOPICS IN A FEW DAYS. Email me at SecularWorld@aol.com if you wish to add your name to our email list!
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Topic 1) - ALTRUISM - (by Richard Gillingham) - Is it really a thing? Is it even wise to push it? Do we EVER do an Altruistic deed with zero return, or worse, feeling bad or at a loss afterwards? Or are Altruistic acts misnamed, since even feeling minimally good for doing it is ACTUALLY a reward? LET'S EXPLORE THIS HOT TOPIC!
Richard provided a convenient Wikipedia (short read) link for us to read before discussion:
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Topic 2) - WA among least religious states, new study finds (KIRO Seattle) - Thank you Dennis for this article for discussion! Link Below:
WA among least religious states, new study finds
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Topic 3) - Why Do People Stop Believing in God? 16 minute video - Thank you Dennis for this article for discussion! Link Below:
Why Do People Stop Believing in God?
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THANK YOU ALL FOR SUGGESTED TOPICS!
***********************************************************************************If you have a topic for us to consider for this meeting, please email me at - SecularWorld@aol.com -. If you have an article to share or a short video to watch, send me the link to both. Feel free to bring and share the latest book you may have read to the meeting!
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Monty Vonn - Event Coordinator for 3 local counties
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We encourage attendees to share their life story that lead their journey to the 'Land of Freethought', Free Inquiry and Skepticism towards cultural norms, traditions and stories.
Freethought encourage creative solutions, but then this group uses reason, evidence and the scientific method as the only reliable means to prune down answers to our probing questions and common sense solutions to humanity's current problems.