So this idea hasn't left the planning stage yet. I'd like to gather a list of important dates/events that would have significant meaning to the atheist movement, and then choose one of those dates as the holiday.
I think it would also be useful to plan/develop/invent customs that would also be greatly symbolic and meaningful. Maybe create a logo that people could put as facebook pictures. Come up with events where people can hang out and talk about it. Maybe there could be a reflective moment called "question of the year" or w/e where people look back and consider what the greatest scientific advancement has been and talk about its impact.
As far as I can see, we just need to flesh out some ideas so that it can seem like a legitimate, sensible custom to hold, with a few clearly defined events/meanings to practice/celebrate, obviously on a voluntary basis. I kind of picture it like a short story. If I were writing about this, what would take place? What is its purpose? How do people celebrate it? How does it market itself to the culture? I feel like I have to address these types of questions before it has enough legitimacy to survive.
I'm open to other thoughts/suggestions/questions about it as well. I think it would be nice to have a holiday I could truly look forward to and fully embrace its meaning and symbolism.
I think it would also be useful to plan/develop/invent customs that would also be greatly symbolic and meaningful. Maybe create a logo that people could put as facebook pictures. Come up with events where people can hang out and talk about it. Maybe there could be a reflective moment called "question of the year" or w/e where people look back and consider what the greatest scientific advancement has been and talk about its impact.
As far as I can see, we just need to flesh out some ideas so that it can seem like a legitimate, sensible custom to hold, with a few clearly defined events/meanings to practice/celebrate, obviously on a voluntary basis. I kind of picture it like a short story. If I were writing about this, what would take place? What is its purpose? How do people celebrate it? How does it market itself to the culture? I feel like I have to address these types of questions before it has enough legitimacy to survive.
I'm open to other thoughts/suggestions/questions about it as well. I think it would be nice to have a holiday I could truly look forward to and fully embrace its meaning and symbolism.
Religious but open minded about the arguments of atheists? You may have spent your whole life learning about the arguments for religion. May I present to you 10 segmented hours for the case against it?
