I'd like to get a membership into a large, prominent, and possibly selective Atheist organization. Can anybody point me in a good direction?

communists?

seriously, why are you wanting to join a club? so you can sit around and agree with each other and freak out the religious.

why not join a sporting team, or something useful? who gives a shit if you are 'not a part of something big'?

quote:Originally posted by RAOVQ:

communists?

seriously, why are you wanting to join a club? so you can sit around and agree with each other and freak out the religious.

why not join a sporting team, or something useful? who gives a shit if you are 'not a part of something big'?

Maybe he lives in a mainly religious community and doesn't want to be around idiots?



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i personally that anyone who desires to be a in a club for no purpose other than to belong is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

religion and iq are not linked anyway, i know some very intelligent religious people. perhaps the person in the small town should not be so arrogant.

Try checking out your local Humanist association. Im thinking about joinging just for the hell of it and to support the cause http://www.iheu.org





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quote:Originally posted by RAOVQ:

i personally that anyone who desires to be a in a club for no purpose other than to belong is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

religion and iq are not linked anyway, i know some very intelligent religious people. perhaps the person in the small town should not be so arrogant.

Actually there is an inverse correlation between religiousness and intelligence, but of course there are many exceptions.

quote:Originally posted by Perspicacious:

Actually there is an inverse correlation between religiousness and intelligence, but of course there are many exceptions.



do you have a source for that nugget of informations?

quote:Originally posted by Nohman:

I'd like to get a membership into a large, prominent, and possibly selective Atheist organization. Can anybody point me in a good direction?

Would it be fair to say that you want to be in an atheist church?

I find it very interesting how atheist always make sure their beliefs are known. Almost as bad as Christians.

quote:Originally posted by AnAsTaSiO:

Would it be fair to say that you want to be in an atheist church?

I find it very interesting how atheist always make sure their beliefs are known. Almost as bad as Christians.

i find it funny how christians catagorize anybody that doesnt believe in god an atheist

afaik there are no modern studies which show any real inverse correlation between intelligence and religion. why should there be? its like saying there's some kind of link between intelligence and favourite colour.

its all about what stories you've been told, some of the world's smartest people have believed in the dumbest stories

quote:Originally posted by AnAsTaSiO:

Would it be fair to say that you want to be in an atheist church?

Would it be fair to say that if he wanted to join an organization for Democratic beliefs, that he wants to be part of a Democrat church? No, it wouldn't.

quote:Originally posted by AnAsTaSiO:

I find it very interesting how atheist always make sure their beliefs are known. Almost as bad as Christians.

There are different atheist organizations with different goals, but "making sure their beliefs are known" alone, probably isn't one of them.

Valid reasons for joining one would include helping (or at least having an interest in) keeping the Church and State separate, defending the civil rights of atheists, or simply interacting with like minded people. I'm sure you'd love to tie this in somehow with atheism being a religion, but it just ain't so.

quote:Originally posted by boozehound420:

i find it funny how christians catagorize anybody that doesnt believe in god an atheist

Huh? Anyone who doesn't believe in God (or gods) is an atheist.

quote:Originally posted by boozehound420:

i find it funny how christians catagorize anybody that doesnt believe in god an atheist

If you don't believe in God , you are atheist. You could easilly be something else also, but you would be atheist in regards to God.

quote:Originally posted by truckfixr:

If you don't believe in God , you are atheist. You could easilly be something else also, but you would be atheist in regards to God.



ya i guess your right, i have atheist views but also other idealogies aswell. The perception of atheists is horrible though, as closed minded people the say its all fake and end it at that



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That's annoying how christians act about non-christians. They can't imagine life without religion, so they figure whoever doesn't believe in jesus must have some surrogate faith, like aitheism, or satanism, or their car, football, or heroin.