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Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 12, 2019 at 6:38 pm (This post was last modified: June 12, 2019 at 6:39 pm by SenseMaker007.)
The question should be "Does forming any sort of community pose a risk to becoming a religion?" ... it has absolutely nothing to do with atheism.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 13, 2019 at 4:46 am
Who's heavily into non stamp collecting here?
I love non stamp collecting! I'm obssessed! 24/7 I tell ya! I'm outa control!
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 13, 2019 at 4:58 am
(June 13, 2019 at 4:46 am)ignoramus Wrote: Who's heavily into non stamp collecting here?
I love non stamp collecting! I'm obssessed! 24/7 I tell ya! I'm outa control!

I found a stamp with the biplane upside down. Ruined stamp collecting for me.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 13, 2019 at 5:25 am
Were you holding it upside down Dunno
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 13, 2019 at 5:28 am (This post was last modified: June 13, 2019 at 5:32 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(June 13, 2019 at 5:25 am)ignoramus Wrote: Were you holding it upside down Dunno

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BTW, that's equivalent to $4.05 in today's money.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 17, 2019 at 12:04 am
Have meetings? For what? To discuss how we all lack a belief in a specific idea? Doesn't really seem necessary or productive.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 17, 2019 at 12:45 am
(April 5, 2019 at 4:26 pm)Sal Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 3:04 pm)fademm Wrote: I am an atheist, however, I have not attended formal meetings with other atheists / non-theists to have a discussion about atheism. Would holding formal gatherings to discuss atheist ideas create something "religious" in character (such as weekly church attendance) if these meetings were focused around discussing the disbelief in god(s)? 

I personally have been a little reluctant towards formalized meetings to discuss "atheism", however I would be interested to hear what other peoples thoughts are.

There is nothing wrong with the concept of religion.

it's the dogma inherent in the system of religious unquestioning faith that's the problem with religion, IMO. Take that out, and you basically have just social gatherings of people with somewhat aligning socio-political views, if even that. But that begs the question, why even call it a "religion" at that point, it's just "meetings" then.

Around where I live, the closest I have to go to that's not a religious service is cafés, bars and (night-)clubs. So, I go there to meet other people.

I was going to say that surely you must be exaggerating, and suggest you look up something on Meetup, but then I looked up Torshavn and found there really is nothing there. You weren't exaggerating.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 17, 2019 at 7:28 am (This post was last modified: June 17, 2019 at 7:29 am by LastPoet.)
(June 17, 2019 at 12:04 am)EgoDeath Wrote: Have meetings? For what? To discuss how we all lack a belief in a specific idea? Doesn't really seem necessary or productive.

Yes, but removing religion from the equation can be beneficial towards discussing other themes without the nagging "its gods will" cop-out.

Or we could just have a beer.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 18, 2019 at 5:33 am
(June 17, 2019 at 12:45 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 4:26 pm)Sal Wrote: There is nothing wrong with the concept of religion.

it's the dogma inherent in the system of religious unquestioning faith that's the problem with religion, IMO. Take that out, and you basically have just social gatherings of people with somewhat aligning socio-political views, if even that. But that begs the question, why even call it a "religion" at that point, it's just "meetings" then.

Around where I live, the closest I have to go to that's not a religious service is cafés, bars and (night-)clubs. So, I go there to meet other people.

I was going to say that surely you must be exaggerating, and suggest you look up something on Meetup, but then I looked up Torshavn and found there really is nothing there. You weren't exaggerating.

There are local venues, that I go to though, but they aren't that often.
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RE: Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?
June 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm
(June 17, 2019 at 7:28 am)LastPoet Wrote:
(June 17, 2019 at 12:04 am)EgoDeath Wrote: Have meetings? For what? To discuss how we all lack a belief in a specific idea? Doesn't really seem necessary or productive.

Yes, but removing religion from the equation can be beneficial towards discussing other themes without the nagging "its gods will" cop-out.

Or we could just have a beer.

Now that, I can get behind.
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