dont you wish there was more of a community for atheists? [Spirituality & Religion]

No. They'd be all dead. As long as you're alive you'll believe in a god and have faith in that god. When God first created mankind, he put in us the desire to seek Him out which is why we'll never be atheists. Thank God.

Atheists are, in general, free thinkers. Organising free thinkers is a little like herding cats.

Besides, as Pikachu pointed out, what is there to discuss? I have no gods. Oh, well, me too.

Have you been watching the Cricket World Cup? The Black Caps are doing well, don’t you think?

Not really. What's there to discuss with other atheists about atheism?

Oh you don't believe there's a god? Yeah me neither....so how bout them raptors? lol

Although i can certainly see the desire for such a community if you're living in a place where atheism is uncommon or met with distrust and rejection.

Not really I'm an atheist, atheism isn't a group like a religion is. It's just a lack of belief. If there were churches it might as well become like a religion.

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Why do atheists need churches?
This feels like a vegetarian creating better veggie meat 🤔


Hehe, if you have christians trying to figure or unfigure out "atheism" by using the bible. Why not ask them how real the bible is. There are quite a few historians that research the validity of the bible, and how it came to be. What stories are in there, and where they came from. The moment you can point out that the "bible" isn't a valid dataset, theology become what it actually is... a study of literature.

Go to youtube, and look up some intervieuws with: Francesca Stavrakopoulou. She will give you some more sources if you are intrested in researching the bible. You can also read Jack Miles book "God: A Biography" (which is actually a literature study of the character of God in the concept of the bible). Francesca is quite the intresting character, and has a way more subtle approach which I prefer more then Richard Dawkins. Her intervieuws in the series "the big questions" are also really nice. I actually can only advice people to watch every episode of that show that you can find, since it invites people from all believe systems and gives everyone the opportunity to express their believes without shouting. It's quite enlightening if you hear all the voices and try to figure out why they say what they say.

I've never visited them but there is the The Church of Satan.

This from Wikipedia [quote] The church does not believe in the Devil, neither a Christian nor Islamic notion of Satan.[3] Peter H. Gilmore describes its members as "skeptical atheists", embracing the Hebrew root of the word "Satan" as "adversary". The church views Satan as a positive archetype who represents pride, individualism, and enlightenment, and as a symbol of defiance against the Abrahamic faiths which LaVey criticized for what he saw as the suppression of humanity's natural instincts. [/quote]

LaVeyan satanism. Its founder is Anton Szandor LaVey.

I feel that way too. That's one thing churches get right is cultivating a sense of community and doing things to serve the community. I would love to see something like a church for atheists/agnostics, perhaps with sermons or discussion groups on philosophy, morality, skepticism, and critical thinking, and church-like events like potlucks and youth groups and volunteer and charity work.

There are. A regular, bible-based, truth seeking church, welcomes everyone, without exception. Everyone on earth is in the same boat. We’re all sinners. Church is not for saints. That is, some who think they are above or better than others and have no sin. It’s for sinners. Those who recognize their need for Jesus and come for direction and love, not criticism. Those seem hard to find these days, as prophecy predicts that many, inside AND outside the church, shall harden their hearts against God and each other. That is end-time prophecy. However, there are still good churches left. You just have to find them. I wish you the best and hope you’ll find one you’ll feel happy in.

Not particularly, actually. But I do understand the desire for a feeling of community and togetherness.

Not particularly. I'm not interested in being part of a community defined by this. I'm an atheist, but it's far from the most important aspect of my life.

Actually there are some great organisations

Someone mentioned the Unitarian Universalist church before me. I'm not a member but from what I've observed they accept people from all walks of life, including many agnostics ands atheist. One of their churches near me was designed by the same architect of the WTO twin towers, a minimalist design I would say. They do different activities like book groups, meditation, movie nights, potlucks, charity, etc.

I think we have too many, and I don't believe they bring anything positive to the table...

Haven't heard from them for a long time👍️

As others have stated, atheism is simply a lack of belief in Gods. That's a bit too broad to bring a community together. In a way you can look to Christianity and how they have dozens of kinds of churches for differences they have despite believing in the same god.

Humanism is a good, non-God required, community group. Sadly not all areas have them but many do. I've often thought it would be great to start a community group for the faithless that was focused on bringing people together without religion. But I lack the energy to do so myself.

This one looks like fun.

What a friend we have in no one...

Yes.