We don't need a coalition .. . That would be seen to be OPPOSING christians ... why would we do that when it would literally start a conflict.

Where as if we carry on in peace accepting christians for their belief eventually more christians will leave the "faith" when they see reality.

It is declining it's just slow. A coalition would define a clear enemy. Not for us but for christianity .. I don't think we want to make an enemy of other people do we ?

The basis of atheism is think for yourself!

It's probably because we are such independent-minded individuals. Trying get us into formation is like herding cats.

Because Atheism is not a thing
it is the lack of a thing
A lack of Theism

Beyond that we run the Gammut of the political and social spectrum

I pity the shepherd in charge of a flock composed completely of black sheep.
I have spent a fair amount of time considering the subject and found that it is a nonstarter because Atheists are by definition, free thinkers, individualists and nonconformists. How do you put together such a group in an organized manner? The whole premise behind Atheism in my view is that we would just like to be left alone to live our lives in honour and in dignity, apart from the ridiculous shackles imposed by religion and its accomplice government.
Stupid people, weak minded people, people lacking in internal fortitude - these are the people that embrace religion, conformism and subservience - forming an atheist coalition is doomed from the start unless you want to form a cult based upon the concept of atheism but not true to the concept.
(don't get me wrong, there is a lot of money to be made in forming a cult but personally I can't swallow that poison pill myself, thought about it when I was young and naive but even then saw through the lie)
I think discussion groups and support groups for fellow Atheists are a good thing considering the size of the mob that we have to face each day but a formal coalition just wouldn't work in my opinion.

Well, there's the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Satanists, Pastafarians, Humanists, and others. The biggest obstacle is that atheists do not have a generally accepted set of goals and beliefs, so the disparate members would likely only agree on separation of church and state (and have varying ideas of what that means). Our many groups do accomplish quite a bit on that front, though.

Why perpetuate that form of mentality? That's religious and tribe think.

Whenever this question comes up, I always think of the late, great Groucho Marx.
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. "

What's uninformed agnostic?

Because we are not sheep. We support each other however we can, but will not form an athiest church group !

Since atheism is merely a rejection of a proposal, I think it would be counter productive. I don't really need a 'club' to say I reject your hypothesis

Because, just like people who don't believe in Bigfoot, we're not a group. We share nothing necessarily in common. Being an atheist just means you don't believe in something. Antitheist on the other hand could definitely do something like this.

I just dread that it would get hijacked by spiritual anti-Vaxer morons

Well, the Atheists of Minnesota have adopted a section of highway.

Good question...but....to what end? We already have ACLU,. FFRF, Humanists, etc, working to protect our freedoms. Thanks to a free internet, we can have groups such as this one (and it's one of the best I've ever found, bythewaythankyouallverymuch!)

If you can come up with a solid purpose, drop me a line! Please!

I’d rather build a coalition with all people rather make any more divisions.

Any organized group based on some sort of ideology can turn into a self-serving monster. Why? Because the individual unit of that group is still the fallible human who is generally selfish. But group selfishness or horrific group agenda is something that very often emerge and ought to be avoided. If you have ever lived in Japan or in Scandinavian countries, you will very soon find that most people have very few knowledge about religion and religion is barely a topic of talk in day to day life. They just don't care. That's what it should be is how I feel like. But I understand, in a society where half or way more are vouching for one specific religious ideology, it's hard for individuals within that group or outside to do or influence anything big such as politics. And therefore, a coalition may seem necessary. I view this agnostic platform or such similar platforms qualitatively as such coalition. But that should not be a coalition of atheists or non-believers, my opinion again!! They should not be talking or lambasting religious people all the time, rather they should be talking about science, societal affairs, irrational predictable mind, they should be contributing to the society in meaningful way to change the society in a good way. That's how science also progresses. That needs to be a coalition of intelligent people talking about intelligent things, being skeptical to non sense and embracing everyone religious or non- religious. It should not be an exclusive elite group which disdain those who don't understand them or follow them.

As soon as we label ourselves, we fall into the same trap we are (or have been) trying to avoid. There are many organizations that support and provide resources to the freethought/atheist community. As others have stated, I DON'T want to belong to any group, because then you shut out others, and that is what I am trying to avoid. A lack of belief makes me have a lack of desire to "join."

Maybe this is because of the nature of atheism. We do not believe in gods. This is really the only tenant of qualification. To form coalitions and the like we would have to post something on the order of "this is what we believe." Not fr from this you find yourself almost becoming a religion.

For me because I am an individual and like Groucho Marx wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me I ma politically an an anarchist and join and unjoin as I please and I don't want to get caught up in 'group aims' and endless discussions -- been there done that - mostly unsatisfactory - No - Answerable to myself alone in the company of other/or not - is where I am at.

Me personally..... I am trying to stay away from any type of organized whatever. If any other atheists want to get organized then good for them but I believe a lot will agree that doing such thing may defeat the purpose of being a freethinker...

Secular Coalition for America is one, Is this what you mean?

[secular.org]

We already have humanity as a common bond...common needs, motivations, desires, history, and human nature. The only thing we need to unite for is to fight the big lie

Coalition for what? The eradication of religion? I don’t see many other common threads between us here.

I think the "organized" part of religions vs. the individual path of philosophy and logic naturally keep this from happening. A coalition seems inherently counter to atheism, in my opinion. I, for one, am not a "joiner" in many areas of my life.