While USA falls back on Fossil Fuels, China brings Green Energy to the World!

PICTURE to the right above - 8 attendees (one behind camera), Sunday May 3rd, 2026.
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Topic 1: Thank you Marshall Goldberg for the Guardian Article:
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/17/america-china-energy-oil-renewables
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Topic 2 - Dan Barker of FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation) debates a Texan Pasture:
Elias Ayala @RevealedApologetics Vs Dan Barker:

Does the God of the Bible Exist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeucoXcUE7c

WARNING! Debate is long, 2 hrs - Feel free to skim over pastor's nonsensical word salad and jump to Dan's short, concise and intelligible proof that the God of the Bible cannot literally exist based on the contradictions and the evil inconsistent immoral acts and commands of a vindictive, calloused jealous God. Dan Barker stays on point strictly and accurately quoting the Bible itself as evidence AGAINST Biblical God's existance.

The Texan Pastor refused to answer Dan's questions and deflected on needing to set the premise on foundation of logic and intelligibility DEPENDS on the existence of God, not just ANY God, but the God of the Holy Bible, but nothing the pastor said made any sense to me! Nor did the pastor live up to his agreement on sticking to just using the text of the Bible itself as evidence for or against the reasonable existence of God described ONLY in the Bible!
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Topic 3 - Thank you again Marshall Goldberg for suggesting we read
Yuval Noah Harari's newest book:

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI – September 10, 2024
Use this link to read about his book:

https://www.amazon.com/Nexus-Brief-History-Information-Networks/dp/059373422X

I (Monty Vonn) just purchased a Kindle version of the book and have started reading it. I am currently 7% through this book.

This can be a long term discussion topic as it is a lengthy book. We may touch on it over many future meetings.
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WELCOME ALL SKAGIT, WHATCOM & SNOHOMISH COUNTY FREETHINKING SKEPTICS & SECULAR HUMANISTS!
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These are just suggested, along with our usual interest in Current Events or attendee's latest personal happenings, activities or passions to share, we have the following topics to cover:
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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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THANK YOU ALL FOR SUGGESTED TOPICS!

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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.