August Berkshire has been active in the atheist movement since 1984. He is the president of Minnesota Atheists
and a past vice president of Atheist Alliance International. He is the author of eight pamphlets and his website is
AugustBerkshire.com.
He has the "ATHEIST" car license plate for Minnesota and is proud to be listed in the reference book
Who’s Who in Hell.
August Berkshire at the podium, 2010-10-02
Photograph : J. Jarry
An overview of atheism, touching on such topics as atheist humor; definitions; burden of proof; history of atheism; atheism in the arts; belief in gods and an afterlife; problems with belief; prayer; science and religion; the earth and the universe; evolution and creationism/ID; neurotheology (the god part of the brain); meaning and purpose in life; ethics; abortion; homosexuality; secularism; and humanism.