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Atheist "church" in London.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21319945
I thought the best part about being an atheist was not having to go to places like this. You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis. 
Just a bunch of knobheads who happen to be atheist, trying to be, well I don't know what - twats?
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
Churches do perform a social function as well. Probably why Unitarian Universalist churches are popular in the USA.
dammit i knew this was gonna happen one day. why!!!!!!
(February 4, 2013 at 2:24 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Churches do perform a social function as well. Only for god botherers. Pubs also perform just as good a social function. As do many other clubs and places where you can meet people. I think the point I'm trying to make is that atheists do not need a "church" to have get togethers.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
It really doesnt sound like if it was something worth going to
Sure we don't, but this isn't about what people need; this is about what people want. These people clearly want a place to meet up and talk about ideas on a Sunday. Maybe they don't want to go down the pub, or to clubs or other places. Maybe all their friends are religious and go to church on Sunday.
I'm not sure why people are so against this idea. When did meeting up with people, singing songs, discussing science, and having a good sociable time become wrong? I must have missed that memo. (February 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Sure we don't, but this isn't about what people need; this is about what people want. These people clearly want a place to meet up and talk about ideas on a Sunday. Maybe they don't want to go down the pub, or to clubs or other places. Maybe all their friends are religious and go to church on Sunday. It's all a bit vegan, beardy, tree huggers, wearing woolly jumpers, playing folksy type music and eating tofu, going "Heyyyy, we're cool too. Heyyyy, we have our own church, don't you know?" for me. Makes me want to puke, to be honest.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
 RE: Atheist "church" in London.
February 4, 2013 at 3:00 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2013 at 3:00 pm by Zone.)
So people who don't believe in something specifically can get together to enjoy the experience of not doing anything particularly with each other?
(February 4, 2013 at 2:41 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: It's all a bit vegan, beardy, tree huggers, wearing woolly jumpers, playing folksy type music and eating tofu, going "Heyyyy, we're cool too. Heyyyy, we have our own church, don't you know?" for me.Methinks you are reading too much into this. I see no examples of anything you've said in the article. (February 4, 2013 at 3:00 pm)Zone Wrote: So people who don't believe in something specifically can get together to enjoy the experience of not doing anything particularly with each other?How is discussing science, singing songs, and generally having a fun time with other people "not doing anything particularly". |
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