Rationalists ofEast Tennessee Newsletter                 August2008


Roundtable Cancelled  August 3, 2008

Due to the tragic event at TVUUC on July 27th, RET is cancelling our Roundtablediscussion originally scheduled for August 3rd. There will be no meeting.Instead, we strongly encourage RET members and friends to attend UnitarianUniversalist services to show support for the East Tennessee UnitarianUniversalist community.

The topic, "Who Owns Our Children?", led by John McCaffrey will bescheduled for a later date.





Skeptic Book Club

Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 8029 Kingston Pike
                        Aug.10, 2008               4:00- 6:00 p.m.


The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot / Naomi Wolf




Third Sunday           August 17,2008             10:30AM

Our plans have changed - Michael Lance will be leading us in a Roundtable discussion of the recent TVUUC shooting on July 27th.




Don't forget the regional meeting/picnic coming up on September 14th. See thisweb site for more information:

http://www.wncatheists.com/RegionalPicnic.html

Some relevant Ingersoll quotes:

"In the night of death, hope sees a star, andlistening love can hear the rustle of a wing."

"I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life wherelove is not."

"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claimfor yourself."

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate,when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."