Atheism
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Statement of Purpose
- This is a support and conversation community for people who don't believe in gods.
- Superstition hucksters have no reason to subscribe or post here at all.
- If you are looking to debate or proselytize, options will be linked lower in the sidebar.
Acceptable
- Honest questions or conversations.
- Discussions on parenting or advice.
- Struggles, frustrations, coming out.
- Atheist memes. We can have fun!
- News headlines relevant to atheism.
Unacceptable
Depending on severity, you might be warned before adverse action is taken.
- Anything against site rules.
- Illegal and/or NSFW material.
- Troll posts and comments. There will be no attempt to explain what that means.
- Leading questions, agenda pushing, or disingenuous attempts to bait members.
- Personal attacks or flaming.
Inadvisable
- Self promotion or upvote farming.
- Excessive shitposting or off-topic discussion.
Application of warnings or bans will be subject to moderator discretion. Feel free to appeal. If changes to the guidelines are necessary, they will be adjusted.
If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.
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Connect with Atheists
- Matrix: #atheism:envs.net
Help and Support Links
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- The Secular Therapy Project
- Secular Students Alliance
- Black Nonbelievers
- The Clergy Project
- Atheist Alliance International
- Sunday Assembly
- Atheist Ireland
- Atheism UK
- Atheists United
Streaming Media
This is mostly YouTube at the moment. Podcasts and similar media - especially on federated platforms - may also feature here.
- Atheist Debates - Matt Dillahunty
- Rationality Rules
- Friendly Atheist
- Making Sense with Sam Harris
- Cosmic Skeptic
- Genetically Modified Skeptic
- Street Epistemology
- Armored Skeptic
- NonStampCollector
Orgs, Blogs, Zines
- Center for Inquiry
- American Atheists
- Humanists International
- Atheist Republic
- The Brights
- The Angry Atheist
- History for Atheists
- Rationalist International
- Atheist Revolution
- Debunking Christianity
- Godless Mom
- Atheist Freethinkers
Mainstream
Bibliography
Start here...
...proceed here.
- God is Not Great (Hitchens)
- The God Delusion (Dawkins)
- The End of Faith (Harris)
- Why I Am Not a Christian (Russell)
- Letter to a Christian Nation (Harris)
Proselytize Religion
From Reddit
As a community with an interest in providing the best resources to its members, the following wiki links are provided as historical reference until we can establish our own.
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Honestly talking about atheism.
I went to a local atheist group in my area.
It made me realize how pointless it was to actually get together and talk about how we don't believe in something.
Second this. After my 20s I had no desire to discuss it at length with anyone, including other atheists/agnostics. It is what it is.
It's like if you meet someone and they quickly tell you "Barney wasn't a real dinosaur! He was just some guy in a suit" And you go "yep", and that's it, you two know where you each stand on it. The fact is obvious and that's all that needs to be said on the subject. Except for shit talking people who believe Barney was real, which is just petty, there's no where else for the conversation to go.
I live in a fairly religious area and occasionally get cornered for a discussion. I just listen, spout some vaguely affirming non-committal thing and exit the conversation. Nobody needs to know.
I love the Barney remark!
This describes my experience at the atheist group.
So... You all don't believe in God either hey. Okay... Well good night.
(Clearly most of the people were there because they had some shit to get off their chest, and we had nothing in common, and I'm not a free therapist and I don't give a fuck how traumatized someone else was by religion, not my job to deal with it)
This reminds me of this comment about atheism:
Getting atheists together to get a common goal done is like trying to herd cats. Everybody has their own opinion
Totally. The other thing people do not realize is that the only thing we have in common is one thing, other than that it's just the same collection of random idiots you've met anywhere else.
Would you be friends with a group of people you met in the grocery aisle? Because we all share the idea that we like groceries. Yeah no.