What we’re about
Minnesota Atheists is Minnesota's oldest and largest atheist organization. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization that seeks to promote the positive contributions of atheism to society, provides a community for nonbelievers, educates the public about atheism, and promotes separation of state and church. We help make atheism part of mainstream society. We look forward to meeting you!
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Upcoming events
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•OnlineMNA Online Book Club — The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
OnlineJoin us online Sunday December 14th at 2 p.m. to discuss The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger.
The Light Eaters is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild and awe-inspiring world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence. In looking closely, we see that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing and make its way toward it? Zoë Schlanger takes us across the globe, digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close.
What can we learn about life on Earth from the living things that thrive, adapt, consume, and accommodate simultaneously? More important, what do we owe these life forms once we come to understand their rich and varied abilities? Examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research, Schlanger spotlights the intellectual struggles among the researchers conceiving a wholly new view of their subject, offering a glimpse of a field in turmoil as plant scientists debate the tenets of ongoing discoveries and how they influence our understanding of what a plant is.
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Tentative future books are:
Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide by Keith Payne
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Wisdom of Plagues by Donald McNeil
If you are interested in any of these titles, or have other book suggestions, please message me or leave a comment below.12 attendees
Winter Solstice Party
Original Gabes by the Park, 991 Lexington Parkway, Saint Paul, MN, US2025 WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY!
Hosted by Minnesota Atheists
The deadline to purchase tickets has been extended until the end of day Sunday (Dec 7th) or until it reaches capacity, whatever happens first! A handful of seats remain, so secure your spot now! Purchase your ticket at: https://mnatheists.company.site/Winter-Solstice-Dinner-2025-p706276293
Sunday, December 14, 2025
5:00-6:00 pm. Social Time
6:00-7:30 pm. Dinner
7:30-8:30 pm. Entertainment
Gabe’s Bar & Kitchen
991 Lexington Parkway N.
St. Paul, MN 55103
(NW corner of Energy Park Drive & Lexington Parkway N.)
Join us for a festive time, with a great meal, joyful company, and engaging entertainment!
FOR DINNER CHOICES WE HAVE:
• Chicken Breast (dill-lemon white wine sauce), roasted broccolini, roasted rosemary baby red potatoes.
• Salmon (cajun remoulade), roasted broccolini, roasted rosemary baby red potatoes.
• Vegan: Vegetable stir fry.
•• All dinners come with a dessert cookie, brownie, or bar treat.
•• All dinners come with your choice of non-alcoholic soft drink or coffee.
•• A cash bar will be available.
The price is $40, which includes a meal, tax, tip, and entertainment. It’s $35 if you are a member of Minnesota Atheists or HumanistsMN. It’s better if you become a member before signing up for this Party.
You can sign up for this event and pay for multiple people in a single visit to the website, but each registration is a separate step.
At the point of checkout you will have two payment options:
• To pay by PayPal, which can be linked to one of your credit cards or to your bank’s checking or savings account.
• To just select your meals and then mail us a check to our P.O. Box to cover the cost. Your meal and attendance will not be confirmed UNTIL we receive payment.
Replying to this Meetup does not secure you a place at this event. You must register at the site and make your payment, either online or by mail.
We can also email you a pdf flyer of this event, that you can print out and return with a check.
THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT IS DECEMBER 5, 2025.
AFTER-DINNER ENTERTAINMENT
Our after-dinner entertainer will be storyteller Kyle B. Dekker, who will perform his solo show "Audacious Ignatius Lost in Atlantis”. It is the true tale of Ignatius L. Donnelly. Populist, politician, and conspiracy theorist. Donnelly came to prominence as Minnesota’s 2nd Lieutenant Governor (1860-1863). His fiery and combative personality, as well as his penchant for conspiracy theories, derailed what could’ve been a storied political career.
His legacy nearly forgotten, all that remains are excerpts of his firebrand speeches, bad poetry, early speculative fiction, and volumes of conspiracy theories about the Lost City of Atlantis and the true author of Shakespeare’s plays.
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AT THIS EVENT WE ARE COLLECTING GIFTS FOR PATIENTS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
• Gifts must be unwrapped.
• Must be new. No used items.
• No toy knives, guns, or any other weapons.
GIFT IDEAS
Infant: rattles, O-balls, sound and light toys, Fisher Price Aquarium or Melody/Motion Soother, Mozart Magic Light Cube, mirrors, stacking and sorting toys.
Toddler: Matchbox / Hot Wheel cars, Fisher Price Little People, Playmobil, Disney, Fisher Price medical kit, puzzles, story books.
School Age: Uno, Connect Four, Sorry, Candy Land, Lego sets, puzzles, Barbie (all ethnic backgrounds) and clothes, I Spy, Seek-N-Find Books.
Adolescents: Gift cards to Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, or Michael’s; playing cards, chess sets, Monopoly, Life, Risk, sketch/doodle pads, nail polish.
Arts and Crafts: Play-Doh, crayons, markers, fussy posters, watercolor paints.
Favorite Characters: Blues Clues, cars and trucks, dinosaurs, Curious George, Doc McStuffins, Dora, Fancy Nancy, Pete the Cat, princesses, super heroes, Thomas the Train.40 attendees
Past events
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