Members receive a print copy of The Minnesota Atheist by mail. This is an archive of past newsletters in PDF form. Regular features include:

• President's Column
• Building Committee Report
• Inbox (letter column)
• Atheists in Print
• Cable Television Program ("Atheist Talk") Report
• News and Notes of Interest to Atheists

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November 2008
September 2008
August 2008
June/July 2008
May 2008

January 2008
Sex Across the Curriculum / The role of religion in public affairs / MNA Meetup Report / Board Nominations / MNA Board Appoints Assistant Treasurer / How To Present Atheism / Winter Solstice Fun / American Atheist Conference Speakers / Lord or Legend? Wrestling with the Jesus Dilemma / In God We Doubt Review

December 2007
Atheists Talk Radio Show Announced / Confronting Theism / The Future of Science in America: A Proposal for Advocacy / Q.uestioning an Atheist / FFRF Convention / An Atheists' Guide to Jury Duty / Richard Dawkins at American Atheists Convention / FFRF Billboards / The Bible and Its Influences / To Believe or Not Believe

November 2007
The Real First Freethought Billboards? / Vanita Mishra Nominated to MNA Board / American Atheists Conference News Update / I Wish I Had God's Malpractice Attorney / Atheist Alliance International Convention

October 2007
Ten Years of 4th Sunday Brunches / Should MNA Be Involved in Charitable Work? / Where Are All the Secular Singles? / Remembering Esther Holste / Ellen Johnson Meets with MNA Members / Book Review: Cults in Our Midst

September 2007
MNA to Host American Atheists National Convention / In Memory of Bob Wodtke / No Religious Test for Public Office? / Turkey, Islam, and Secularism / Freethought Picnics / 25 Years of Atheist Social Events / Fifth Sunday Breakfast / Mpls, Rochester Gay Pride Fests 2007 / Book Reviews: Natural Atheism, Leaving the Saints, Religious Literacy

July/August 2007
MNA Action Stops School Prayer • New MNA Editorial Board • Olmstead County Diversity Program Welcomes Atheist Speakers • Atheist Section at Borders • Freethought Picnic Photos • MNA's Day of Reason • The Religion That Nearly Poisoned Head Start

May/June 2007
The 300 Club • Camp Quest Preview • Lori Lipman Brown and Hemant Mehta at MNA Membership Meetings • Supreme Theocracy? • Atheist Outreach • Atheists in the StarTribune

April 2007
Special Edition • May Day Parade • Volleyball and Dinner with C.A.S.H. • MNA Spring Garage Sale • 2nd Annual Day of Reason • 5th Sunday Breakfast

March/April 2007
New Board of Directors • Doubting the Divine: Robert Price Lecture • Breakfast Fundraiser Photos • An Atheist-Humanist's Eye View

January/February 2007
Minnesota Atheists Elections • Edward Tabash Column: Government Cannot Favor Believers or Nonbelievers • Matthew LaClair: High School Atheist Hero • 2006 Solstice Banquet Photos • The Secular Organization for Sobriety (S.O.S.) • "An Evolution Christmas" • When Santa Claus, Jesus and the Solstice Compete

November/December 2006
Protest of Focus on the Family Event • Pancake Breakfast • Hector Avalos on Origins of Religious Violence • The Pope vs. Islam • America's Church-State "Roll in the Hay" • Religious Right Contradictions

September/October 2006
Minnesota Atheists Meetups • Film Review, "The King" • Camp Quest Review and Photos • An Atheist Remembered: Kevin Elverhoy • Book Review: "Worlds of Their Own" • Summer Picnic Photos • Lee Salisbury Profiles Elizabeth Cady Stanton

July/August 2006
Day of Reason • Matt Stark Honored • In Memoriam: Ted Moore • My Story: Atheism in the Workplace • Myth of Irreducible Complexity • Cartoon Intifada • Federal "Marriage Protection" Amendment • Pro-Life Police State

May/June 2006
Minnesota Atheists at AAI Convention • No Atheists in Foxholes? Think Again • Religious Study, Atheistic Results • "Ex-Gay" Movement Based on Faulty Perceptions • Bush's Faith-Based Thinking Has Proven Delusional, Divisive

March/April 2006
Minnesota Atheist Members Elect Board • Is Homosexuality "Unnatural?" • Cartoon Intifada • A Proposal to Popularize Rational Atheism • Great Religious Disasters of the Modern Age • Evolutionary Theory Based on Evidence • Apollo, Robin Hood Deemed More Historical than Moses or Jesus • Three Cheers for Italy's Luigi Cascioli • Skeptics Get Along in the Christian Atheist Mutual Tolerance Society

January/February 2006
Whither Minnesota Atheists? • Make No Mythtake • Science Under Attack: The Kansas School Board Redefines Science • 2005 Freethought Follies Photos • In God We Trust? An Interview with Fred Whitehead • Watch Out, Pat Robertson's God: The Pendulum Is Swinging Left • Corporate America Sings the Tune "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" • Jesus' Virgin Birth Story Remarkably Similar to Pagan Savior-God Stories

November/December 2005
Recap of Atheist Pride Event • State Rep. Mindy Greiling on State-Church Separation • Lobbying Report • The Intelligent Design "Controversy" • Toward a Kinder, Gentler Atheism • Who Causes Natural Disasters? • A Presumptuous America Insults God • Religious Stories of Myth Refuted by True-Life American Statistics • Critical Thinking Trumps Religion

September/October 2005
Minnesota Atheists in Paris • Photos from Camp Quest • Freethought Picnics • What Does It Mean to Separate Religion and Government? • Sen. Bachmann Again Misleads Readers on Her Anti-Gay Agenda • Secularism Prospers in America • "Monkeys Preferred As Our Ancestors Over the Bible's God Anytime!" • Christian Author's Popularity Demonstrates Demosthene's Wisdom • Fundamentalist Christianity a Dangerous Force When It Denies Rational, Scientific Thinking

July/August 2005
Remembering Kurt Pinke • Anthony Marr's "Omniscientific Cosmology" • Photos from May Day Celebration • June Freethought Picnic • C.A.S.H. Humanist Conference • Anti-Evolutionists "Know Not What They Do" • "Fundamentalism Would Perish Without Its Imagined Enemies"

May/June 2005
Minnesota Atheists Testify at State Capitol • Atheist Alliance International Convention • Atheist Digest: News from Around the World • "All We Have is Each Other" • "Call Me an Atheist" • First Amendment Should Trump Ten Commandments • Church Zoning Could Have Tax, Moral Implications • State Sen. Bachmann "Mything in Action"

March/April 2005
Prof. Bonnie Ploger: Think Scientifically • Rep. Ron Latz Speaks to Minnesota Atheists • Minnesota Atheists Sign On as Friend of the Court in Current Ten Commandments Cases • Atheist Digest: News from Around the World • 2004 Membership Survey Results • Book Review: My Life as a Humanist by Edd Doerr

January/February 2005
Recap of Presentation by Clark Adams of Internet Infidels • Freethought Follies 2004 • Minnesota Atheists Takes Part in U.S. Supreme Court Case • Frank Manos Memorial

November/December 2004
Annie Laurie Gaylor Named Honorary Member of Minnesota Atheists • Frank Manos: A Life Based on Learning • Fundamental Violations of Separation of State and Church

October 2004
Monica Meyer on Same-Sex Marriage • Katahdin Workshop: A Look Inside • News and Notes of Interest to Atheists

September 2004
Camp Quest 2004 • The Freethought Band • Atheist Awards • Minnesota Atheists Volunteer for Hospice • News and Notes

July/August 2004
Fern Wodtke: You'll Recognize Her Voice • Minnesota Atheists Support Gay Rights • FFRF Battles Bush's Religious Agenda • Atheism and Freedom • Atheist Visibility • Freethought Picnic Photos • News and Notes

June 2004
ACLU and Minnesota Atheists Keeping the Wall Strong • Members Explore Atheist Values • Members Explore Atheist Values • Atheists on the March in May Day Parade • What Motivates Fundamentalist Hatred? • OutFront Minnesota Honors Its Allies • Robert G. Ingersoll's Eulogy for His Brother • Reality Thrives in an Atheist Garden • Book Review: Doubt, A History

May 2004
Baptists Listen to Atheist View • Bob Nienkerk: Still Going Strong After 76 Years of Religion-Free Life • Game Day Photos • On the March for Women's Lives at Pro-Choice Rally in Washington, D.C. • AAI Spring Convention Report

April 2004
Camp Quest in Minnesota • MN Rep. Mike Jaros Supports Freedom Issues • Profile of a Patient, Active, Determined Atheist: Ron Julien • News and Notes of Interest to Atheists • Positive Atheism in Action

March 2004
Charles Darwin: A Life and a Legacy • Profile of Vern Young • Positive Atheism in Action

February 2004
New Logo Introduced • MN Redrafts Education Standards • Shirley Moll: Growing Up Atheist • Solstice Scrapbook • Positive Atheism in Action • 2003 Freethought Follies Photos

January 2004
Karri Silventoinen Compares Religion in the U.S. and Finland • 2003 Solstice Party Recap • Student Speaks Out on Pledge • Bob Schadenwald on the End(s) of the World

November/Dec 2003
Six (Among Many) Impossible Beliefs of a Former Christian • Can One Be Christian and a Feminist? Katha Pollitt Says "No" • Nobel Conference Explores "Story of Life"

October 2003
Keeping the 4th "R" (Religion) Out of Public Schools • Celebrating 60 Years of Freethought History in Minnesota • Minnesota Atheists at Twin Cities Book Fair • An Exchange of Letters Between Frank C. Hughes and the Treasury Department

September 2003
Minnesota Atheists Regional Conference Report • Minnesota Atheists at Rochester PrideFest • News of Interest to Atheists • Summer Picnic Photos • Activism: Minnesota Atheists-Style

July/August 2003
The Joys of Atheism • Atheists March with Pride • Jesse Ventura Continues to Speak Out • Humanist Picnic Photos

June 2003
May Day Parade Recap • Beware of "Voodoo Science" • Lock-Out Opens Up Wider Discussion at College of St. Catharine • Minnesota Atheists at Gustavus Adolphus Peace Conference • Pledge Bill Passes with Right to Dissent

May 2003
College of St. Catherine Locks Out Freethought Meeting • James Randi and Richard Dawkins at AAI Convention • Can We Know God? Which (Invented) God? • Twin Cities Freethinkers First Meeting: September 26, 1943

April 2003
Church History that Demands Apology • Legislators Seek Rights Rollbacks • Minnesota Atheist Testifies Against Bill • Creation "Science" and "Intelligent" Design: What Are They Thinking? • Results of American Religious Identification Survey

March 2003
Atheists Speak Out About Mandatory Pledge • Celebrating Darwin • Is Religion on the Decline? The Secularization Paradigm Says YES • Minnesota Atheists Testimony on Bill Mandating Pledge

February 2003
Teresa Nelson of The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union on Reproductive Rights • Darwin's Influence • HUD's Proposal for Faith-Based Buildings

January 2003
Recap of Godless Americans' March on Washington • Charlie French Memorial • 2002 Solstice Party • Visit from Bobbie Kirkhart, President of Atheist Alliance International • David Hume: A Long Way from Calvinism • How to Influence Legislative Action • Dowser Fails Skeptic's Test • List of Publications for State and Church Separation Issues

November/December 2002
Atheist Finds a Place in World Religion Classes • Gordon Morris Memorial • Robert Price Visit • An Atheist in Paris (And Frankfurt) • The Friends of Minnesota Atheists

October 2002
Dale McGowan, Satirical Novelist • Profile of Legendary Freethinker Robert Ingersoll • News and Notes of Interest to Atheists

July/August 2002
Minnesota Atheists in the News After 9th Circuit Court Finds "Under God" in Pledge Unconstitutional • Recap of GLBT Pride Event • "Atheist" License Plate Featured in Star Tribune