I was partly raised Unitarian Universalist—but thats not what I mean really. On aesthetics these churches fall far short of the pomp and mystery of, say, Catholicism. On beliefs—I want a place that replaces reverence for God with reverence for truth not “whatever it is you happen to revere as long as you’re tolerant of what everyone else reveres”.
I was partly raised Unitarian Universalist—but thats not what I mean really. On aesthetics these churches fall far short of the pomp and mystery of, say, Catholicism.
lukeprog would know more (since he’s interviewed a couple of people running these sorts of organizations for his old blog) but the impression I get is that atheists have varied taste in pomp and mystery and that most atheists would be interested in a weekly philosophy meetup but not a weekly philosophy meetup with rituals attached. There’s still a chance someone has made such an organization in your area, but it is unlikely to be large enough to be self-sustaining or contain sufficient good company.
These exist. Most of them tend to be atheist-friendly rather than explicitly atheist, but odds are high if you live in a major city there’s one.
I was partly raised Unitarian Universalist—but thats not what I mean really. On aesthetics these churches fall far short of the pomp and mystery of, say, Catholicism. On beliefs—I want a place that replaces reverence for God with reverence for truth not “whatever it is you happen to revere as long as you’re tolerant of what everyone else reveres”.
lukeprog would know more (since he’s interviewed a couple of people running these sorts of organizations for his old blog) but the impression I get is that atheists have varied taste in pomp and mystery and that most atheists would be interested in a weekly philosophy meetup but not a weekly philosophy meetup with rituals attached. There’s still a chance someone has made such an organization in your area, but it is unlikely to be large enough to be self-sustaining or contain sufficient good company.