Atheist 'church'?

[Whateverist]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with rebooting the concept of a church to secular ends

Well I do. Raeven hit the nail on the head with why. I understand your own point about this Sangha, but I do think it's an entirely different circumstance. I'm not doubting the idea behind this 'atheist church' is probably a good idea, but my contention is entirely with them calling it a church. I don't see that word as being 'rebootable'. The word literally means "house of god". IMO calling an atheist gathering a church just creates completely unneeded confusion. It's almost as though these people have tried to be clever. "Ohh hehehe we've called it a church aren't we smart". No, you're just feeding the negative stereotypes people already have with atheists in the way you're going about it. Many religious people will find this whole thing not only laughable, but see it as though atheists are taking the piss out of their religion, something I'm not exactly keen on encouraging, at least not in such a dumbass way.

Who cares what theists think? I'm not trying to impress them. Atheists are cats. We don't herd well (and we don't care).

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Who wants to go with me? I don't wanna go alone. I'm scared.

I hear we sometimes spontaneously combust when stepping on hallowed ground. Think I'll stay home.