Central Minnesota Freethinkers

08/26/2021

The elevation of Greg Epstein, author of “Good Without God,” reflects a broader trend of young people who increasingly identify as spiritual but religiously nonaffiliated.

04/18/2019

Hello, freethinkers!

We have some exciting news to share with you. After more than a year since our previous, less-than-stellar membership platform was retired, we now have a brand new, modern, dead-simple membership system in place. If you're someone who enjoys the events we arrange and supports our charitable causes in the community, please go join. Right now. Before you forget. It's fast and it's only $20. https://cmfreethinkers.org/membership/become-a-member

Some important notes, for clarity...

Involvement in Meetup is not membership. Meetup is how we coordinate and announce events. Being a member of our Meetup group is not membership in the CMF organization. You'll need to join on our website to be a true member. https://cmfreethinkers.org/membership/become-a-member

Paypal is still available for donations, but is not membership. You can still click the link in our website menu to make donations as you see fit, but doing so doesn't make you a member. Only joining online does that.

Your PayPal account may still be configured to make automatic annual payments from our earlier membership system. It's your responsibility to cancel those. Do so by logging in at PayPal.com. Click the gear icon at upper right, then the Payments tab, then Manage Automatic Payments. Cancel the entry for Central Minnesota Freethinkers.

We really hope that this new, simple system makes joining a breeze and that you're proud to be officially involved with Central MN Freethinkers. If you have any trouble or questions, please contact us. You may email us ([email protected]) or just chat up one of the board members at an event. We're happy to help.

https://cmfreethinkers.org/membership/become-a-member

And welcome aboard!

We're a local community of atheists, humanists, and freethinkers dedicated to charitable causes and promoting reason and rationalism in the St. Cloud, MN area.

04/19/2018

Growing up Catholic, attending Catechism, going through confirmation, and being a part of the youth ministry was such a huge part of my…

12/13/2017

CNN's Jakes Tapper fact checks Roy Moore campaign spokesman Ted Crockett, who inaccurately claimed that a Christian Bible must, by law, be used when being sw...

08/15/2017

VSB is a really good (aggregate) blog, and the comments on this article are very good. Lots of clever folks there making good arguments.

I think I must have been 9, maybe 10 years old when it finally dawned on me that the doctrine Pastor Bivens was hollering at the assembled black folk from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church didn’t make any damn sense to me. I remember it distinctly because of how uncomfortable I was at the time....

04/15/2017

Heads up for our spring roadside cleanup. Please visit our Meetup page (and join if you haven't already done so) to see details.

Sunday, April 23rd at 10am - meet at Nokasippi Landing
1573 Ferry Rd, Fort Ripley, MN

Central Minnesota Freethinkers is a nonprofit charitable, social, and educational organization created to foster a community of reason. We are atheists, agnostics, humanists, secularists, and freethin

02/05/2017

Can't recommend this video enough...

Why is there something, rather than nothing?

This is the "Universe From Nothing" talk given by Lawrence Krauss in 2009 on the accelerating expansion of the universe and how we know its fate.

01/30/2017

Sorry this page has been a little sleepy lately. Looks like the next 4 years will keep us on our toes, though.

Some disparaging reading for you...

The struggle to defend American values begins.

11/25/2016

Winter Solstice Party!!!
Sunday, Dec 18th
5-8:30pm
Tuscan Lounge at Midtown Square (3333 W Division St, Saint Cloud)

If you can, please RSVP via our Meetup site - https://www.meetup.com/Central-Minnesota-Freethinkers/

Join us to celebrate the Winter Solstice. It is a potluck, so bring a dish to share. We are purchasing wine through the Tuscan Center, so no alcoholic drinks please. Family friendly event - Feel free to bring family and friends!

If you so choose we will be collecting donations for Anna Marie's (a non-perishable food item or monetary donations).

Hope to see you all there!

Central Minnesota Freethinkers is a nonprofit charitable, social, and educational organization created to foster a community of reason. We are atheists, agnostics, humanists, secularists, and freethin

07/20/2016

The Central Minnesota Freethinkers have an opportunity to do some charity work. Please consider joining us to pack meals at Apollo High School on Thursday, July 28 from noon until 2:00pm. If you plan to attend, please RSVP on Meetup

Central Minnesota Freethinkers is a nonprofit charitable, social, and educational organization created to foster a community of reason. We are atheists, agnostics, humanists, secularists, and freethin

02/16/2016

Holy crap. There are at least flagrant (spurious?) errors (lies?) in the first sentence alone.

1) No, Trump has actually failed at nearly every venture he's attempted, 2) He has never "worked hard" in his life (mouthing off constantly and bossing people around doesn't qualify), and 3) his meager taxes don't go to the President any more than mine went to Dubya.

Are these people really that stupid, or are they just liars? How can they not see what a slimy pig he is?

Conservative Presidential candidate Donald Trump is a smart businessman. He works hard, and does whatever he can to pay the minimal amount of taxes to President Barack Obama. Now, as Trump announced in his book “Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again,” we learn Donald Trump’s bold and