10/09/03 - Suggested topics will include:

• California voters have dumped Gray Davis and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Will Schwarzenegger be able to fix California's financial situation? Will new allegations that Arnold groped and harassed women continue to appear? What will happen with the current allegations? Will Democrats now work to recall Arnold? How will California, now having a Moderate Republican as Governor, affect the upcoming presidential race?
• The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass. Why does the Catholic Church suppress science in favor of dogma in this situation? Is this a crime against humanity? How should it be dealt with?
• Sarasota city commissioners have voted 3-2 to consider a resolution that would make Sarasota the 180th community to express opposition to the federal counter terrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act. Do you support this resolution? Why or why not?
• Do you believe any supernatural beings (SBs) exist? If so, which one(s)? What evidence would you require in order to believe in any SB(s)? Can you disprove the existence of SBs? How do you distinguish between a supernatural and natural being?
• China is preparing for their first manned space flight. They are also said to be planning to make a manned flight to the moon by 2020. Could this spark a new "Space Race" with the United States or other nations? With robotics progressing the way it is, do we still need to be sending humans to space? Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
• About two dozen companies doing business in the Tampa Bay area now offer chaplain services to employees. Furthermore, these chaplains are exclusively Christian. Should companies offer chaplain services to employees? Does it matter if the chaplains only represent one type of belief system?
• Is there a rational reason for marriage? Is it immoral/unethical to marry for reasons other than love?
• It has been over a year since FiF was first started. What have you liked most about FiF? What have you liked the least? What changes, if any, would you recommend?
• Send your topic suggestions to: info@freeinquiryforum.com

Quote of the week: "It is the fate of the paranormal and the supernatural to be subsumed into the normal and the natural. In fact, there is no paranormal or supernatural; there are only the normal and the natural--and mysteries yet to be explained. It is the job of science, not pseudoscience, to solve those puzzles with natural, rather than supernatural, explanations." [Michael Shermer, Scientific American, March 2003 issue]

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