Tom Flynn has been recounting the history of the year-end holidays – and offering his rollicking rationale for why secular humanists should just sit the merriment out – since his book The Trouble with Christmas came out in 1993. But 2010 is the first year that his presentation is fully Read more
Once again in October, Minnesota Atheists is honored to have as our speaker Dr. Hector Avalos. One of the most persistent arguments being used against evolution is that it led to the Holocaust. The movie, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed makes this argument a cornerstone of its creationist agenda. Dr. Avalos Read more
On Saturday, October 30 a Rally to Restore Sanity will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. There will also be a March to Keep Fear Alive held at the same place at the same time. Both events (the latter one satirically mocking Glenn Beck’s recent “tea party” Read more
A sure sign that the summer is over is the return of our monthly meetings. In September, however, we will have only a business meeting, from noon to 12:45. We are ceding the floor for the rest of the afternoon to American Atheists for their Minnesota Conference, presented by their Read more
On Sunday, May 16th, Minnesota Atheists will host a presentation by Dr. P.Z. Myers. Myers is a biologist, associate professor at U of M Morris and webmaster of the popular site Pharyngula. His discussion will feature three examples – from physics, developmental biology, and neuro-science – where religion has clearly Read more