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By Joe Smith Dr. Samantha MontanoDisasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis In the November general meeting of Minnesota Atheists, the featured speaker was Dr. Samantha Montano who gave a presentation on Disasterology: Managing Disasters in the Climate Crisis. The lecture was an informative outline of the shortcomings Read more
A Crisis of Faith: How Religion Ruined Our Global Pandemic By Kamrin Duncan Outbreak was published last year by Noah Lugeons, and as the title suggests, provides an argument that religion was the reason behind the American catastrophe of Covid-19. Lugeons focuses not just on the current pandemic, but how Read more
By Kamrin Duncan The first time I realized I no longer believed in God was during a visit to the planetarium when I was in college. The show being featured at the time was about how Earth was created. Bill Bryson’s book, A Short History of Nearly Everything took me Read more
By Kamrin Duncan Godless is a young adult novel, published in 2004, by Pete Hautman. Godless stands out with its bold title, especially in the YA genre. Surprisingly, the book does maintain a neutrality between religion and atheism and rather evaluates the dangers of religion and power while exploring the Read more
By Grant Steves Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (Sam Harris) – 256 pages; Simon & Schuster (September 9, 2014) Sam Harris appears to be a contradiction. Can you be an atheist and be spiritual? Harris has, through his past books and debates, established himself as an atheist. However, Read more