1/29/04 - Suggested topics:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS - Any events, news, or other items that you feel are of interest to the group can be announced at the start of Free Inquiry Forum.
2. Which democratic candidate do you feel has the best chance of defeating George W. Bush? Should primary voters select a candidate on the basis of perceived electability?
3. The number of middle and high school students educated at home is now estimated at between 1 and 2 million. There has also been an increase in homeschoolers being admitted to college. What is your opinion of homeschooling?
4. Is the teaching of the doctrine of Hell a form of mental child abuse?
5. Barnard, a civil rights attorney, has brought a lawsuit challenging Utah's ban on polygamy. Does he have a strong case? Should polygamy be legal?
6. Are the potential benefits of the Mars Rover Project worth the cost? (Discuss Online)
7. Is organ bootlegging inevitable?
8. Discuss Robert Boston's talk on "Defending the Separation of Church and State in Difficult Times" at the Wednesday public meeting of Americans United.

Quote of the week: "The threat of eternal hell is an extreme example of mental abuse, just as violent sodomy is an extreme example of physical abuse." [ Richard Dawkins, ‘Religion’s Real Child Abuse’, Free Inquiry, Fall 2002, Vol. 22, No. 4., p. 9.]

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