You think that if atheists support eachother must be members of a church?
I'll admit, the only thing I can appreciate about religion is it does have value communally, but only for those people that share that orientation ... for example, its charitable to one another, it aims to care for one another, it provides a basic human interaction that we all need, it is cultural ... on the other side it provides an outlet for priests to have a steady supply of children, it is responsible for some of the biggest wars (pre WWI/II) on the planet against those who do not share the same values, it spawned the KKK, it's values are set in something that is infallible and should never be questions (fascism), it is a business model that channels funds to one much larger organisation tax free.
You seem to think that if two or more people meet up in a room to discuss their perspective it is a church. The Alcohol Anonymous Church, The Lawn Bowls Church, The LAN Party Church?
I don't attend any Atheist Club (Church) meetings or whatever you would like to call it. I can tell you this, I'd probably prefer it be labelled as a religion because then we get to do it all tax free, we would get to genuinely rip down all festivities on public property and say 'IT OFFENDS MY RELIGION' then cry, and call you a racist ... because it was the religious neanderthals that somehow merged the word religion and race together.
Atheist does not have a dogma, no text, no commandments, no specific way of life, just an investigative mindset, a curious mindset, critical thought is the only commandment.
If a group of critical thinkers in one room is a church, then MIT and Mensa are now churches.
The reason why religious people want to declare Atheism a religion is so they can effectively try to diffuse our only statement of 'I am not convinced of religion' by saying, 'but you are in a religion'.
Atheism is as much a religion as being bald is a haircut. Or about how if you don't follow football and therefore don't have a favorite football team, 'No Football team' is your favorite team. Or playing a game of musical chairs and being the only left standing, declaring your lack if chair is still a chair ...
I don't want to be a "church" member; it's insane. I'll admit, the only thing I can appreciate about religion is it does have value communally, but only for those people that share that orientation ... for example, its charitable to one another, it aims to care for one another, it provides a basic human interaction that we all need, it is cultural ... on the other side it provides an outlet for priests to have a steady supply of children, it is responsible for some of the biggest wars (pre WWI/II) on the planet against those who do not share the same values, it spawned the KKK, it's values are set in something that is infallible and should never be questions (fascism), it is a business model that channels funds to one much larger organisation tax free.
You seem to think that if two or more people meet up in a room to discuss their perspective it is a church. The Alcohol Anonymous Church, The Lawn Bowls Church, The LAN Party Church?
I don't attend any Atheist Club (Church) meetings or whatever you would like to call it. I can tell you this, I'd probably prefer it be labelled as a religion because then we get to do it all tax free, we would get to genuinely rip down all festivities on public property and say 'IT OFFENDS MY RELIGION' then cry, and call you a racist ... because it was the religious neanderthals that somehow merged the word religion and race together.
Atheist does not have a dogma, no text, no commandments, no specific way of life, just an investigative mindset, a curious mindset, critical thought is the only commandment.
If a group of critical thinkers in one room is a church, then MIT and Mensa are now churches.
The reason why religious people want to declare Atheism a religion is so they can effectively try to diffuse our only statement of 'I am not convinced of religion' by saying, 'but you are in a religion'.
Atheism is as much a religion as being bald is a haircut. Or about how if you don't follow football and therefore don't have a favorite football team, 'No Football team' is your favorite team. Or playing a game of musical chairs and being the only left standing, declaring your lack if chair is still a chair ...
