Would you start/join an agnostic/atheist group where you live?
If yes, how would you advertise?
If no, why not?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I am in the process of reactivating, rejuvinating the local atheist group in my real-life community. Atheists, of course, are not in the habit of weekly church-style attendance, unless they just recently left a church anyway, so getting them to all commit to meeting up in person at the same time and place, just to hang out and maybe listen to a talk of something... well, it's a work in progress. I really want an atheist choir, but that is beyond my ability to create for sure, at least for now. 
JamieB
Level 5
Oct 2, 2017
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Agreed. I wouldn’t want to just listen and hang out either.
It could be boring. A lot of groups now and in the past, though, have revolved around lectures and social hours with occasional charity activities (elite literary societies, historical societies, quite a few well-established secret societies like Freemasons). A lot of those established societies are male only, still, so willingness to commit to a group like that is not limited to women (and I wonder if one reason more women than men have been church-regulars over the past few generations has to do with women not having as many established secret societies like that to which they can be admitted). Most well-established elite clubs have an embedded nod to Christianity or in some cases have obscure Christian references embedded in all their rituals, but occasionally literary clubs and academic clubs have functioned as havens for atheists and agnostics among the intellectual elite.
I might join a group if one already existed, but I've never heard of an atheist group existing in Lex, KY.
ChevalMugs
Level 5
Oct 2, 2017
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I tried, but though I found more than enough atheists to start a group, there was no one else who wanted to be out, or who wanted to help run a group. 
sleepyeyes
Level 3
Sep 29, 2017
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I find that to be the case generally. Lack of help running things.
Yes! My city has an Atheists Meet-up group and I met my best friends there.
A2Jennifer
Level 8
Sep 28, 2017
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Cool, how did you find out about it? On Meetup.com or?
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