The July 2019 edition of The Drawing Room found our members sinking our teeth into tasty BBQ compliments of Grillmaster Justin Camblin and enjoying meaty food for thought on a wide range of topics. Here’s the complete line-up:
- Book Report by Justin Camblin | Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling by Meathead Goldwyn
- Civics | The “Equality” Act: Liberty for All or Will It Turn Preaching into Hate Speech? by David Parks
- Health | Medical Marijuana: Legit or Smokescreen?
- Science | Just Say No to Evolution by Steve Pruitt
- TurboTalk | The National Debt: Crisis or Manageable?
- Ethics | Artificial Intelligence: What Are the Ethical Implications? by Wayne Boyd
- Family | Parenting Adult Children
Fourteen remarkable men were in attendance for the evening. A very hearty “Thank you” (with a mouthful of pork) goes out to Justin Camblin for the excellent BBQ ribs and pulled pork that he spent more than 14 hours smoking.
During Steve Pruitt’s presentation “Just Say No to Evolution,” we mentioned that the full text of Steve’s articulate rebuttal to evolution would be published on The Drawing Room blog site. You can read that here. Also, Larry wrote a related post on his Know Be Do blog entitled “Did God create man or did man create God?”
Also, a couple of notes on the excellent AI presentation by Wayne Boyd: One, click here to read the story and statement from the ERLC (Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention) which Wayne referenced. Second, Wayne mentioned that two devices developed during Word War II, the German “Enigma” encrypter and the “Bombe,” the allies’ deciphering counterpart, laid the foundation for machine learning and AI. Larry recently watched an interesting movie about the story of these machines, The Imitation Game (2014, PG-13). It contains non-biblical themes and language, but is an interesting historic story.
Please feel free to leave comments on what stood out to you during the evening and on various resources that would be good follow-up for the topics discussed.
Next quarter’s gathering of The Drawing Room will be Thursday, October 10, 2019.
