Ok,,, if I start an atheist "church",,, how many of you will join? No tithes, no ties, no Gods, and no spaghetti monsters ... i do get to wear a robe and one of those awesome Pope hats! Darwin, Dawkins, and Hitchens are Saints!
Try the First Church of Atheism:
Thank you superman!
I really think that a lot of people who go to church do so for the community and social aspects. So we just the those and ditch church and religion.
Already one up and running. Why not join and set up a local branch?
I wish there was a "Church" devoted to science and stem education that was both scientific and agnostic that I could join and raise my son in.
What about 72 virgins? Are some virgins involved? Lol
Hahaha! 71 virgins and a slut! Someone has to teach the virgins!
@Coffeeman good point!
@Coffeeman "Slut" Naughty word. How about "One lady who makes poor personal decisions"?
@rainmaker-47 yeah but that bad personal decision might have been to buy a car she can't afford! We need somebody to teach these 71 young ladies how to fuck!
Absolutely I would attend, especially if refreshments were served.
Right on! We are going to drink beer out of our pope hats!
Too fun!
Oh, now that's just tooo funny!
To those who responded negatively to the above idea: You should realize how much organized religion has fucked up humanity. It's got to go. The church has fucked everything up, replacing organized daily life with slavery, prejudice, misogyny, war, child abuse, mistrust of science, elitism, and on and on.
Here's how outlandish the culture has become under its influence: There's a day honoring the memory of one of history's most murderous, cruel and sadistic individuals. In an authoritarian church the truth means nothing. Christopher Columbus's favorite saint was St. Dominic, the founder of the Spanish Inquisition. The saint was won't to visit burning pyres of sacrificed "heretics" and read them various Biblical texts as they sizzled like marshmallows. Columbus was sending back pure gold back to Spain by the galleon-full. And this country had a holiday in his honor.
Today both of these religious assholes have countries actually named after them: Columbia and the Dominican Republic.
I had the same idea in hippee days. The cultures of the world's communities certainly need reform. Religion has made many sick. Your list of saints is spot on. I would include more scientists of history though, not just today's. Darwin's friend and defender Aldous Thomas Henry Huxley.(Darwin's Bulldog), JBS Haldane, the Carl Sagan of his day, and of course Carl Sagan. Another good candidate is Thales of Ionia, the Farther of the Scientific Method -- he encouraged his students to write down the results of their experiments so they could refute the followers of Greek myths.
Here's the most important contribution your church could make: Make 1859 the first year of the New Era.
That's great! We are living in the year 157!
"A gathering" of like-minded people would be nice. Just a place to hang out. No pseudo intellectuals or other bullsh*t
In early books adopted into the bible the word Jesus used for church was the Greek word “ekklēsia”. The same word is used for when a gathering of citizens are called from their homes into a public place for an assembly.
If you are thinking of some sort of assembly / party / meeting of like minded agnostics I'm in ... but if you plan some sort of organisation with leader, heirarchy, rules and codes - not for me. I follow no god, no person, no rules but my own.(generally aligned to polite society)