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Dan Dana

Biography

Dan Dana is retired from a career encompassing psychology, teaching, mediation, corporate training, and business entrepreneurship. He is the author of two books on workplace mediation and several conflict resolution curricula. Born in 1945 on a family farm in Missouri, his life experiences include serving in the U.S. Army in Panama and Vietnam (1966-68, noncombat), earning a PhD in counseling psychology (1977), teaching at a university in New England for 28 years, founding and growing a successful internet-based educational enterprise (endowed to a Florida college in 2013), being a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (1998), and living, working, or traveling in over 75 countries on all seven continents. Dan and his wife Susan live in Sarasota, Florida. He is the father of one and grandfather of two.

Smashwords Interview

There are many popular books about atheism. Why did you write another?
I applaud Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Darrel Ray, and other atheist authors for their excellent contributions to what I call the Reason Revolution. My small book, only a 30-minute read, is intended for people who may not have the time or interest to undertake a multi-hundred-page book on atheism. It concisely poses nine science-based “reasons for skepticism” to stimulate readers’ thinking about the plausibility of their beliefs, and offers several “reconciliation theories” to help doubters attempt to bridge the gap between faith and fact. I hope it prompts every attentive reader to make a choice between empirically known reality and supernaturalism.
Your book is free. Why?
Comfortably retired and approaching age 70, I don’t need the money. More importantly, and for obvious reasons, free books are “purchased” more often than books with a price. My objective is to explain atheism and secular humanism to the maximum number of people, especially those outside the secular echo chamber. So, I want to minimize barriers to access to this learning, such as cost and reading-time.
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Where to find Dan Dana online

Website: http://www.dandana.us
Twitter: @Dana2atheism

Series

Atheism by
Science-based atheism, secular humanism, and church-state separation
The Reason Revolution: Atheism, Secular Humanism, and the Collapse of Religion
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Science and Secularism: Haiku Quintets
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Life Is Not Good: Ethical Antinatalism in Haiku
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Haiku Quintets by
The Haiku Quintet is an innovation based on the traditional Japanese poetic form, but consisting of five haiku under a single umbrella idea which, as an ensemble, comprise a narrative theme. A photo or image illustrates and completes the final product. I dub this novel art form "verbal impressionism by curious wordcraft." This volume contains 142 quintets arranged in 15 topical albums, including Love & Relationships, Life & Death, Art, Science, Life Events, Racism, Coronavirus 2020, Politics 2020, Puerto Vallarta, and Lighter Fare. Designed to be enjoyed over many discontinuous sittings, the reader is encouraged to: Browse / Let your mind wander / Follow it there / Repeat.
Haiku Quintets
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Songs of the Pandemic: World Haiku
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Science and Secularism: Haiku Quintets
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Life Is Not Good: Ethical Antinatalism in Haiku
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Books

Life Is Not Good: Ethical Antinatalism in Haiku by
Series: Atheism · Haiku Quintets. Price: Free! Words: 5,690. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Atheism/Agnosticism, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy
This slim book makes a compelling case that the future of humanity would be better served by limiting procreation. Using his signature “haiku quintet” poetic form, he artfully leads the reader to this inescapable ethical conclusion.
Haiku Quintets by
Series: Haiku Quintets. Price: Free! Words: 22,540. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2023 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » Asian American, Poetry » American poetry » General
The Haiku Quintet is an innovation based on the traditional Japanese poetic form, but consisting of five haiku under a single umbrella idea which, as an ensemble, comprise a narrative theme. A photo or image illustrates and completes the final product.
Science and Secularism: Haiku Quintets by
Series: Haiku Quintets · Atheism. Price: Free! Words: 9,650. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2022 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Atheism/Agnosticism
Employs the novel poetic form of haiku quintets to concisely describe mind-expanding bits of science (fact, not fiction, mostly cosmology) and its bond to secularism
Songs of the Pandemic: World Haiku by
Series: Haiku Quintets. Price: Free! Words: 5,900. Language: English. Published: December 15, 2022 . Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » American poetry » General
Accompanying Dan Dana's unique haiku quintets are 179 traditional haiku composed by 61 poets in 21 countries. The result is a browsable world tour of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Some may make you cry and some may make you laugh. All will help you understand how humanity survived that momentous year.
The Reason Revolution: Atheism, Secular Humanism, and the Collapse of Religion by
Series: Atheism. Price: Free! Words: 7,890. Language: English. Published: July 2, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Atheism/Agnosticism, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Cosmos
(4.78 from 18 reviews)
This short book, only 8,000 finely crafted words, is destined to be one of the most cited and influential modern treatises on atheism and secular humanism. It focuses squarely on the inherent irrationality of religion, and reveals its utter irreconcilability with science. Offering several "reconciliation theories" to people of faith, it forces every reader to make a choice.

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