I am a Unitarian Universalist. I’ve been a UU for 27 years. I belong to their atheist club. Any others out there?
My wife and I started attending about 6 months ago. We haven't joined yet, but I think we will.
I have no need or desire to be in a structured atmosphere that smacks of woo, even if called an "atheist club". It just does not ring my chimes.
All I can say to that is, we don’t believe in “woo.”
@AdamFinkler -- Didn't say anything like that, and that is one of the problems in this world of ours. Read the content. Think about it for a bit. Read it again. Then react. The UU I understand varies greatly from one church to the next, but the notion of an organized group of freethinkers meeting in a church-like setting smacks of woo, whether or not woo exists in that setting, and that's not for me. Others may get on fine in such gatherings, but that's for them.
Provisionally yes for the past couple of years my wife and I have made a couple of runs at the local UU as atheists, with mixed results. As I've said elsewhere there's a tendency to substitute political ideology for religious ideology, there are, as in any group, a few noxious asshats, and some other stuff to put up with; but we're looking for community and a way to make friends and to stretch ourselves in good ways. So ... something may come of it, or not.
I did not know they would have an atheist club...interesting. I am working on meeting local UU people to start an athiest club with not affilation with any church outside of huminist causes.
I’ve been cyber stalking the local UU congregation for a while. (I guess I kinda miss the community element of church going). I haven’t gotten the nerve to actually show up.
You should go. The people at our local UU church are very friendly and nice.
I have heard theories that a sizable minority of churchgoers are atheists (or at least agnostic) and only go for the community aspect. Not sure how much I believe that (especially in the current climate), but I guess there would be some potential of truth there.
@Ozman With UU’s, we are more than a minority of the congregation.
I've gone to my local UU for the past three months and I can honestly say I enjoy it. I missed the choir, and our religious education classes ( UU version of Sunday school) is having a discuision based off Bart Erhmans writings. Erhmans an atheist new testemant scholar and we've been talking about Christianity from a historical context. If you've been cyber stalking the UU I would really encourage you to go.
Ive been going for a couple of months, and trying to get my mind around what they are all about.
Good luck with that one! Usually you'll find that thery are a very diverse group of people. One Sunday I sat next to a person who consider themselves to be a very liberal Christian. After the service I had coffee with the lady who is a practicing Wiccan. I myself am atheist /ignostic. Unlike many anti-theists, I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. there's a lot of positive things humans could contribute to our communities and society as a whole. I found the Unitarian universalists to be very close to trying to fulfill that mission.