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Statement of Purpose
- This is a support and conversation community for people who don't believe in gods.
- Superstition hucksters have no reason to subscribe or post here at all.
- If you are looking to debate or proselytize, options will be linked lower in the sidebar.
Acceptable
- Honest questions or conversations.
- Discussions on parenting or advice.
- Struggles, frustrations, coming out.
- Atheist memes. We can have fun!
- News headlines relevant to atheism.
Unacceptable
Depending on severity, you might be warned before adverse action is taken.
- Anything against site rules.
- Illegal and/or NSFW material.
- Troll posts and comments. There will be no attempt to explain what that means.
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- Self promotion or upvote farming.
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Connect with Atheists
- Matrix: #atheism:envs.net
Help and Support Links
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- The Secular Therapy Project
- Secular Students Alliance
- Black Nonbelievers
- The Clergy Project
- Atheist Alliance International
- Sunday Assembly
- Atheist Ireland
- Atheism UK
- Atheists United
Streaming Media
This is mostly YouTube at the moment. Podcasts and similar media - especially on federated platforms - may also feature here.
- Atheist Debates - Matt Dillahunty
- Rationality Rules
- Friendly Atheist
- Making Sense with Sam Harris
- Cosmic Skeptic
- Genetically Modified Skeptic
- Street Epistemology
- Armored Skeptic
- NonStampCollector
Orgs, Blogs, Zines
- Center for Inquiry
- American Atheists
- Humanists International
- Atheist Republic
- The Brights
- The Angry Atheist
- History for Atheists
- Rationalist International
- Atheist Revolution
- Debunking Christianity
- Godless Mom
- Atheist Freethinkers
Mainstream
Bibliography
Start here...
...proceed here.
- God is Not Great (Hitchens)
- The God Delusion (Dawkins)
- The End of Faith (Harris)
- Why I Am Not a Christian (Russell)
- Letter to a Christian Nation (Harris)
Proselytize Religion
From Reddit
As a community with an interest in providing the best resources to its members, the following wiki links are provided as historical reference until we can establish our own.
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I have the opposite problem. I'm a complete atheist, but having been a devout Christian for 35 years I don't want to explain it to anyone, or Cthulhu forbid, present them an opportunity to get that free toaster by advertising my availability for conversion, so I just don't.
But I can't stop the horrified sneer. I've tried. But what they talk about, what they preach, what they insist is Christianity, is anything but. I mean, I know this distinction is just mythology vs. mythology to a number of folks here (and with exceptionally good reason, lol) but having been an actual scholar of it, it's literally revolting.
It's not just that the Christians of antiquity would be horrified and repulsed, it's also that the Christians of just forty years ago would be repulsed. I don't even give a shit anymore, it's not real, but jesus fucking christ get your lies straight, people.
So whether I'm an atheist or I'm a Christian, they all hate me: if I speak in Christian I end up poking holes in the bullshit without even meaning to just by referring to the classic belief system once known as Christianity, but if I don't speak then I'm not openly agreeing with them (they sure as fuck know Matthew 12:30/Luke 11:23) and they take that shit very personally: either way I'm automatically outgrouped.
Which may not actually be a problem, now that I think about it: they're self-selecting out. Okay, never mind. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, lol.
You were a christian scholar? Mind if I ask what sort of things you were interested in, when you were researching? I'm always curious about what the real intellectual types are pondering in their beliefs or church history.
With no offense taken but with respect to this community, I'm going to decline to answer.