Two recent events

Over the weekend I attended two events: the Humanist Food & Fellowship on Saturday and the Tulsa Atheists Meetup on Sunday.

The Food and Fellowship was held at Monterrey's on the east side of the Fontana Center. Fourteen of us met there for some real good Mexican food. I had Chicken Cancun. Excelente! There were about four conversations going on simultaneously.

This afternoon at 1 pm was the August meeting of the Tulsa Atheists Meetup, for which I am organizer. This meeting was also held at the Fontana Center in a place called the Agora Coffee House. I will be turning this job over to Kenny in November. Our treasurer is resigning, and the group wants me to take that job. We had, I believe, 15 people at TAM today. It used to be that conversation at these meetings would gravitate to talk about the war in Iraq. Now, conversation ends up being about health care. Most of our members favor some kind of national health care with coverage for all. Presently, 47,000,000 Americans have no health coverage at all! Out of that number, approximately 40,000 die prematurely each year. Never complain about having to walk down the hall to use a common toilet; just be glad you are alive and remember the 40,000 who are not as fortunate as you.

Bill D. suggested that at the upcoming vigil to be held to bring attention to the healthcare problem, that we hold up signs which read "WWJD." That, of course, stands for What Would Jesus Do? The silence from the clergy is due to the clergy being in bed with the Republicans. The clergy do not want to displease their benefactors. During the Bush years many resources were shifted to the churches. In effect, they have bought the silence of many Christians. Of course, not all Christians have been bought off. Just the Christians on the Right. I have nothing but admiration and respect for such Christians as Jim Wallis and his Sojourners group.