I wish I had more Atheist and Agnostic offline friends...It would be a relief to have liberating conversations over coffee (or your choice of beverage) about things that have nothing to do with God or me being crazy about not believing in a God.
Is that too much to ask? ? It is. That's why I have a lot of online friends with whom I can converse. Eh, one day it'll happen.
Also, I must add that I probably have opened myself to "unique" inbox messages from faceless profiles or questionable beings from another planet... Lmao oh well, there's a block button for a reason.
It really is nice to have. I've got a group of friends I can't wait to get back too, and we can talk all night and the supernatural never comes up. I consider myself extremely lucky to have them in my life.
Hope you find a couple fairly soon. Good luck.
Hopefully, your luck will spread to me! I need that group where I can have a deep conversation about myriad topics! I used to have one when I was in college, but alas...our belief systems have changed since then...well mine has.
@CatiValti23 keep looking. They're out there.
I too would like to meet more Atheist and Agnostic off line for coffee. I have some friends who have absolutely no belief in anything beside death being the end. I would like to explore more thoughts.
Tell me about it! It gets annoying after a while. It's like, "have you ever considered other ways of thinking?" I totally get it!
Wish you were closer to Tyler. ?
Eh, 3 hours, shmee hours. If you ever wanna visit H-town, hit me up!
Check out meetup.com
I've heard of this but I was leery of using it. I shall give it a go then.
Okay, setting up my profile was fun! Thank you for this suggestion!
[americanhumanist.org] Check this out, it will give you Humanist groups in your area. I am a member and now VP of the Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanist Association. Great group of people. We do have a meet up group, but we got started through the American Humanists Association.
Oh, this will be quite useful! I appreciate this information!
Wow! I found one in my city! Now the next step is to actually show up to a meetup. That will be fun! Lol! Gotta shake the nerves off. Ha ha! Thank you so much!
@CatiValti23 My experience has been that the Humanists are some of the nicest people you could ever meet.
Wow! Thank you all for the resources! I'm going to check these sites out! I appreciate all your comments!
In Ottawa, I feel religious with the agnostic leanings I have. Most people never even mention religious stuff at all, and if you ask them, I think most just say they are atheist. Possibly the crowd I tend to hang out with, but maybe there is a north/south thing? Anyway, I'm new to this site, so I just thought I'd make an idle harmless speculation to get my toes wet.
In the US South, people wear religion openly and assume you belong to a church. They even ask strangers which church they belong to. So, it gets annoying after a while. Even simple conversations often have religious undertones.
It is very different. Lol.
I think a lot of openly non religious people, and I'll use that general term, would like to connect with like minded people in life. I know I would. Religious people congregate. That's one thing they do well. Turn up at a religious place and there you are. Not the same for the non or anti religious. I had hoped of maybe making a group of friends here on site, with whom I would have contact. But it's not easy to do that, and I've set that aside. I imagine those of you in large cities where there are lots of members from here might be better able to do that. Hope so.