(March 4, 2015 at 11:34 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Is there any organization that provides housing and support for young (18-21ish) atheists who have been disowned by religious parents? If so, I'd like a link, because I can't find anything like it on the net.
If not, shouldn't there be one? I'm thinking something sort of like housing for foreign exchange students.
In about two years, we'll have empty bedrooms here, and putting an ex-whateverist (sorry Whateverist, you know what I mean I hope and I don't mean ex-you) in one and providing room and board for six months or a year wouldn't hurt us much. We might even enjoy it. I know people who do this for foreign high school students for no charge at all (in fact we were thinking about doing that in a few years). All that would be needed is a clearing house to match us up with semi-local young adults looking for work, as well as perhaps parental advise.
Wait... but... the Good Samaritan... the prodigal son... turning the other cheek...
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
