HAPPY NEW YEAR! Drinking Skeptically-EVERY 3RD THURSDAY!!! @ 6 PM!

A NEW YEAR, is upon us. Time to REFLECT on our common values in contrast to our deep diversity. Let's discuss and discover together what unites us and the COMMON VALUES that hold us together!

Have dinner, conversation and your favorite beer (or beverage of your choice) with other skeptics from Bellingham and beyond!

Our last December 21st meeting had 18 attendees (SEE ABOVE PICTURE). All parties enjoyed a nice meal and drinks and getting to know each other with our circle of introductions!

We are outgrowing this room and will discuss a larger quieter room next door just south of Bob's Burger. More details at meeting.

If by some chance we have less than 8 RSVP's, a day or two before event (hasn't happened yet in the past year!), our private room reservation may be canceled. If that happens, please follow instructions below:

Please wait for other parties at front desk for a shared booth. Either I and/or Salem Smith will be there and will wait to 6:30 pm to see if any late comers show.

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We will start out by introducing ourselves, our personal passions and also share our choice on how to conduct our meeting (2 minutes or less per person).

This is an evolving process and I will gladly accept suggestions to improve the process, quality and enjoyment of meeting for all, if possible!

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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 ecourages 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.

If you wish to challenge this underlying assumption of the scientific method as the only reliable means to approximate reality, please feel free to join us and explain other methods at deriving "truth". We pride ourselves as freethinkers, open to rethink our stance, but not so open that our brains fall out!

Unsurprisingly, we would anticipate a rational explanation backed up by evidence (humm - catch 22? Unwittingly use the Scientific Method to validate other methods of knowing?)

Suggestions for future meeting's starter topics are encouraged. If you have a book that you have finished and are prepared to share it with us or want to suggest a topic, feel free to comment below, message Monty Vonn at secularworld@aol.com, and if approved (most likely) we will include it in a future announcement and perhaps give you up to 20 minutes to share and to open for discussion.

See you there!

Tom Kearney & Monty Vonn
Co-coordinators