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Atheist "Church"
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RE: Atheist "Church"
(November 11, 2013 at 11:39 am)TheBeardedDude Wrote: Firstly, I apologize if there is already a thread on this.

Secondly, I keep seeing articles about these Atheist "Mega-churches" everywhere, and I don't know what I think about them.

On the one hand, I understand why some people want them for the community. I do miss that aspect of church in a way, it is a great way to congregate with local members of your community and discuss things important and relevant to you.

But on the other hand, this seems rather contradictory for me. I could understand a secular book club better or perhaps a secular community that has a weekly gathering over lunch or something. But this movement seems to embrace the "churchy" aspect of it, and I find that rather hypocritical in a sense (at least if I were to participate in it I would see it that way).

For instance, Jerry DeWitt (whom I respect) has helped to start one too. I heard a podcast interview with him where he repeated (over and over and over) the fact that he isn't taking a salary from it and that it isn't about making money like a church does. I got rather annoyed by that because it was a fairly shameless plug to get people to buy his book as a way of supporting him. (Don't get me wrong, I wish the man well and hope his book does well, but this seems far to evangelical to me).

Thoughts?

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Atheist "Church" - by TheBeardedDude - November 11, 2013 at 11:39 am
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Brian37 - November 11, 2013 at 11:53 am
RE: Atheist "Church" - by TheBeardedDude - November 11, 2013 at 11:56 am
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Brian37 - November 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by TheBeardedDude - November 11, 2013 at 12:08 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Brian37 - November 11, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by freedomfromforum - November 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by TheBeardedDude - November 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Doubting Thomas - November 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by TheBeardedDude - November 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Cinjin - November 11, 2013 at 12:40 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Brian37 - November 11, 2013 at 12:53 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by freedomfromforum - November 11, 2013 at 1:10 pm
RE: Atheist "Church" - by Trino34 - November 15, 2013 at 4:46 pm

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