Atheist church movement the Sunday Assembly holds first Adelaide gathering on Wednesday

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People sing at the Sunday Assembly's Los Angeles congregation. Picture: AP/Jae C. Hong Source: AP

TORY SHEPHERD POLITICAL EDITOR |
November 18, 2013 10:35PM

A GLOBAL atheist church movement will host its first gathering of Adelaide non-believers on Wednesday, after a visit by its founder to the City of Churches spurred its creation.

Founder Sanderson Jones said the idea had its genesis earlier, but it was on a trip here that he was finally spurred on to the actual creation of the Sunday Assembly.

He was telling a high-profile Adelaide personality that he was thinking about creating a godless gathering.

"I'd put it slightly on the backburner … then she was like 'you've got to do that' … so I did," he said.

The UK-based comedian started the assemblies in the UK earlier in the year, and they are now spreading across the US and Australia.



Speaker Heina Dadabhoy plays a game with an attendee at the Sunday Assembly in Los Angeles. Picture: AP/Jae C. Hong

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/atheist-church-movement-the-sunday-assembly-holds-first-adelaide-gathering-on-wednesday/story-e6frg6n6-1226762869736

[Lint Head]

1. There is a celestial glow between their hands!

[cbayer]

2. I suspect it was purposeful, but their choice of images is interesting.

If one were to see those out of context, I think most people would think they were seeing an evangelical church.