FROG (Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group) – Book Club
The Jefferson Humanists’ book club, known as the Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group (or FROG for short), meets every month to discuss humanist themes in books, both fiction and non-fiction. Past books have included, The Monuments Men, Good without God, The Martian, The Sixth Extinction, The God Delusion, 1984, The Blind Watchmaker, Moral Tribes, and many more. We’ve also read books on select topics, like Islam, Thomas Jefferson, Famous Humanists and Political Extremism, all leading to lively discussions.
We invite you to join the FROGs. We always have great conversations and a good time! If you are interested in being added to future FROG email notices, contact book group leader, Matthew Elisha (mrelisha@msn.com, 303-432-8694).
You also can find notices of our meetings, with location & other details, on Meetup at www.meetup.com/JeffcoHumanists/.
FROG Book Discussion Schedule – 2017-2018
Here is our planned schedule through early 2018. Meetings are on the afternoon of the 2nd Saturday of the month, usually at a JeffCo Library meeting room. Schedule is subject to change. Be sure to go to our Meetup site to register to attend and to find out about any last-minute changes in location, date, time, etc.
SAT, APR 8, 2017 Topic: Robots: What does the future hold? Will robots be a boon to humanity or will they lead to the demise of humans? Read a book on topic which can include fiction, e.g., I, Robot by Asimov, or nonfiction, e.g., Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford, or perhaps watch a movie like Blade Runner, The Terminator or Ex Machina.
SAT, MAY 13, 2017 God, No! Signs You May Already be an Atheist and other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller)
SAT, JUN 10, 2017 Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson
SAT, JUL 8, 2017 The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
SAT, AUG 12, 2017 Topic: Overpopulation
SAT, SEPT 9, 2017 The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth
SAT, OCT 14, 2017 Debunk It! How to stay sane in a world of misinformation by John Grant
SAT, NOV 11, 2017 The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt
SAT, DEC 9, 2017 Topic: The Enlightenment
SAT, JAN 13, 2018 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
SAT, FEB 10, 2018 The Political Mind: Why you can’t understand 21st-century American politics with an 18th-century brain by George Lakoff
SAT, MAR 10, 2018 Trust Us, We’re Experts: How industry manipulates science and gambles with your future by John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton
