Atheist Mega Churches

[Sparko]

they sound desperate to me. They need God but won't admit to believing him, so they go through the motions. Really sad.

[thewriteranon]

The original one has already schismed when some atheists complained that it wasn't atheist enough.

[TheWall]

This feels like a joke. A really bad fundy atheist joke.@

[mossrose]

"A landscape dominated by faith"?

Are you kidding me?

[Sparko]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looked like a typical Sunday morning at any mega-church. Several hundred people, including families with small children, packed in for more than an hour of rousing music, an inspirational talk and some quiet reflection. The only thing missing was God.

Nearly three dozen gatherings dubbed "atheist mega-churches" by supporters and detractors have sprung up around the U.S. and Australia — with more to come — after finding success in Great Britain earlier this year. The movement fueled by social media and spearheaded by two prominent British comedians is no joke.

On Sunday, the inaugural Sunday Assembly in Los Angeles attracted several hundred people bound by their belief in non-belief. Similar gatherings in San Diego, Nashville, New York and other U.S. cities have drawn hundreds of atheists seeking the camaraderie of a congregation without religion or ritual.

The founders, British duo Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, are currently on a tongue-in-cheek "40 Dates, 40 Nights" tour around the U.S. and Australia to drum up donations and help launch new Sunday Assemblies. They hope to raise more than $800,000 that will help atheists launch their pop-up congregations around the world. So far, they have raised about $50,000.

They don't bash believers but want to find a new way to meet likeminded people, engage in the community and make their presence more visible in a landscape dominated by faith.

more at https://www.yahoo.com/news/atheist-m...214619648.html

[TheWall]

So what do they like have their own book.
Is it like.
And today we turn to Hume 17:12.

[TheWall]

[Sparko]