After leaving the country of my birth and traveling all over the world, living in other countries and joining some "spiritual groups and communities, the last one staying for 18 years in what turned out to be a cult, I became an agnostic and humanist after a very painful process of questioning all my beliefs. At the same time, it's hard to fill that void that it has left and it's hard to meet with like minded people. I live in a small town in northern California and there are no agnostic or humanist groups I could join or even just some people to get together to share ideas with
I'm recently thinking of starting one myself though I feel a bit anxious as I've never done that before and wonder if I've come to a point in my life that I have to give up wanting to belong to a group and stand up by myself with no safety of support from others. ..though it's a difficult place to be as I realize we are a very small minority that has no religion to depend on and feel supported by. Anyone out there that has had that experience that could offer any suggestions or ideas?? Thanks much.