There are those in the Bay Area who "earn" their daily bread from the pain, suffering, guilt, fear, and hate of others.
Rev. B. Woods Mattingley, Founder-Director of The Seeker's Quest, entitled the lead article in his current newsletter: "Why Do We Suffer Pain?"
His answer: "Most serious illness can be attributed to one of several reasons: karmic, in which current life pain results from the excesses or 'sins' of a past life.... Physical pain is also a telling statement that the person has some past-life reason which is creating his present-life pain."
Those who are unfortunate enough to suffer pain do not need guilt piled on top of it!
WHO: Steve Newton, National Center for Science Education and Department of Life and Earth Sciences, College of Marin
WHAT: "Diluvian Daftness: How Creationists Misrepresent the Geology of the Grand Canyon"
WHEN: 7PM, Wednesday February 8 (2nd Wednesday each month)
WHERE: Café Valparaíso at La Peña. A 6 minute stroll from the Ashby BART station. [Click for Map]
SkeptiCal 2012
WHAT: SkeptiCal 2012: We are proud to once again bring together a sterling cast of excellent and knowledgeable speakers on science and skepticism. We anticipate another day of stimulating ideas and conversation.
WHO: Leonard Tramiel, Ph.D., Coordinator of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) San Francisco, is on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) Executive Council, and earned his doctorate in Physics from Columbia University.
WHAT: "Accepting the Absurd: How Skepticism is Revealing the Nature of the Universe"
Our current understanding of the universe incorporates ideas that seem absurd: Space is expanding and accelerating. Most of the “stuff” of the universe isn't 'matter.' This talk will explain the evidence and thought process that have forced a fundamental re-examination of our understanding of the nature of our universe. The result is both strange and deeply satisfying.
WHEN: 7PM Wednesday February 22
WHERE: Fiddlers Green, 333 El Camino Real, Millbrae. A 10 minute stroll from the Millbrae BART & Caltrain station. [Click for Map]
8 February, East Bay SkepTalk: Steve Newton, "Diluvian Daftness: How Creationists Misrepresent the Geology of the Grand Canyon"
22 February, West Bay SkepTalk: Dr. Leonard Tramiel, "Accepting the Absurd: How Skepticism is Revealing the Nature of the Universe"
14 March, East Bay SkepTalk: Dr. Marilin Colon, "Practical Critical Thinking"
11 April, Mark McCaffrey, "Global Warming Skepticism"
