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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.
- Leading questions, agenda pushing, or disingenuous attempts to bait members.
- Personal attacks or flaming.
Inadvisable
- Self promotion or upvote farming.
- Excessive shitposting or off-topic discussion.
Application of warnings or bans will be subject to moderator discretion. Feel free to appeal. If changes to the guidelines are necessary, they will be adjusted.
If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.
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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 remember way back in /r/atheism, when the zeitgeist was "we need to respect everyone's beliefs even if we don't agree!!!" whenever i would ridicule religion
yea. so now they not only pay no taxes, but now YOUR taxes are paying for THEIR sunday school, except it's every day, and it's compulsory. so glad i don't have kids
I hate that idea. Respect every person, not necessarily their beliefs
Hear hear. I may respect one’s right to their beliefs, as that’s also my right, but an individual’s beliefs can be dog shit. I have no obligation to respect that.
the problem is that the belief has become such an integral part of identity, that anything anyone says about the belief is taken as a statement about the person i.e., "an attack on my beliefs is an attack on ME personally"
and way too many fucking people just go along with that attitude, like that's just a fine way to live life, instead of kindergarten-tier fallacious
And just while their actions still warrant respect, and no further.
I have a son who's coming up on school age quick. I always wanted to home school him and this is one of the reasons.
The curriculum I can handle, my concern was always the exclusion and lack of social interaction. So when I found out there's home schooling groups I was excited.
After looking into just about every group in my area can you guess what each one has in their curriculum and at the center of their core beliefs?
Religion. They're all nutty religion "schools". Turns out that's what a big part of homeschooling is in a lot of places. I guess to them public school teaches too much of that pesky wicked algebra and not enough about the lords word.
that's one of the most important features of mandatory religious indoctrination-- any kids who aren't jesusey enough become targets of bullying/discrimination, and seeing how bullies face no consequences already, then it's not hard to see even the most skeptical kids start toeing the line