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ProfessorGAC

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79. My Church Looks Remarkably Like A Golf Course

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 07:53 AM

Nov 2013

You'd probably think it was a golf course as you drove by. Nope, it's the church i go to. That's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Don't need safety in numbers to rationalize my belief system. Not gonna put down anyone who does, though.

I don't sleep in on Sunday morning. I'm at "church" because my tee time is 6:30 during the warm weather.
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Atheists starting godless churches [View all] Redfairen Nov 2013 OP

Doesn't Unitarianism fill that gap? Bragi Nov 2013 #1

Yes....pretty much Stuckinthebush Nov 2013 #3

Not in my Church JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #6

I think that would be considered to be out of the mainstream UU Stuckinthebush Nov 2013 #7

Nah JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #15

Nope Stuckinthebush Nov 2013 #86

Thats not Unitarian Universalist at all! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #28

Not really JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #4

As an atheist-leaning agnostic I saw Unitarian congregations as intellectually incoherent. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #22

Dunno, I think it varies from congregation to congregation Warpy Nov 2013 #18

It sounds like it varies, perhaps geographically. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #23

No it doesn't.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #31

It's a bit one directional, it seems. Chan790 Nov 2013 #61

then you are proselytizing too. I reject that from anyone. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #65

A parable from my day. Chan790 Nov 2013 #73

this is your opinion...and no they don't all proselytize... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #85

Well Dorian Gray Nov 2013 #80

My point remains that an atheist in a UU congregation... Chan790 Nov 2013 #83

Why not start a bowling league? pscot Nov 2013 #2

Or go to your local pub? FSogol Nov 2013 #5

I meet most of my atheist friends at death metal shows OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #43

I once lived in a small town with around three hundred Cleita Nov 2013 #50

I am not religious... CherokeeDem Nov 2013 #8

As an atheist I don't think I would want to attend Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #24

I agree loyalsister Nov 2013 #52

Except that they don't. The media does. The organizers call it an assembly. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #70

Do I have to wear a hat? It's what turned me off of "real" church fadedrose Nov 2013 #68

Yeah, I agree. Sunday morning is for sleeping in. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #71

I've always considered one of the benefits of being an atheist... KatyMan Nov 2013 #9

DING, we haz a winner NightWatcher Nov 2013 #25

Fine with me. HappyMe Nov 2013 #10

I think that this would be as unpalatable to me as would a pentacostal service Orrex Nov 2013 #11

My group has mandatory sleep in on Sunday morning rurallib Nov 2013 #12

Sounds like a weekly community resource meeting. Why call it a church? haele Nov 2013 #13

Why not? Cleita Nov 2013 #14

Atheism need not be a belief system, and science should not have a church Orrex Nov 2013 #16

Scientists need not attend. Cleita Nov 2013 #19

What would a "church of science" be, in your estimation? Orrex Nov 2013 #21

Consider this. Cleita Nov 2013 #26

That doesn't explain what a "church of science" might be. Orrex Nov 2013 #27

I don't know either. I'm sure a bunch of like minded people could Cleita Nov 2013 #36

Everyone has a "World View". Everyone has philosophical frameworks. Everyone. KittyWampus Nov 2013 #64

Atheism need not be a belief system, and science should not have a church Orrex Nov 2013 #78

I am an ordained atheist minister Ohio Joe Nov 2013 #17

Using Religion to Discriminate Zorra Nov 2013 #20

In theory, yes you can! n/t Chan790 Nov 2013 #63

Doesn't starting a church go against the belief of atheism? Initech Nov 2013 #29

Bingo! B Calm Nov 2013 #46

Well, the organizers don't call it church so there you go. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #56

oxymorans spanone Nov 2013 #30

this will not end well Egnever Nov 2013 #32

How embarrassing LittleBlue Nov 2013 #33

Organized Atheists for the Non-heretical Heretic. What would you name the locations NightWatcher Nov 2013 #35

How embarrassing that you believe the article. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #67

what songs would be in the Atheist hymnal? NightWatcher Nov 2013 #34

"This is the entire atheist hymnal, right here." Heidi Nov 2013 #81

Isn't an "atheist church" the same as a regular "meetup?" Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #37

but tax exempt. KurtNYC Nov 2013 #47

My wife and I went to the North Texas Church of Freethought a few times back in the 90s derby378 Nov 2013 #38

I hae never heard anything so stupid and I'm an atheist malaise Nov 2013 #39

They're doing what the UUs have already done. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #40

I don't understand the point. MadrasT Nov 2013 #41

Otherwise known as a "gathering of people." NOT a "church" and NOT a "sermon." WinkyDink Nov 2013 #42

An atheist "church" is frogmarch Nov 2013 #44

Call it a community. That's what church actually meant in the beginning Cleita Nov 2013 #49

They do. They call it an assembly. The media has dubbed it a church. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #57

Thanks. That's better! nt frogmarch Nov 2013 #58

an atheist schism arely staircase Nov 2013 #45

Call Me Old Fashioned... Blue Idaho Nov 2013 #48

The assemblies actually don't qualify for the definition of mega anything. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #59

Thank Goodness for that! Blue Idaho Nov 2013 #88

Nope. No thanks. LadyHawkAZ Nov 2013 #51

I'm an atheist, and... no thanks. N/T devils chaplain Nov 2013 #53

Oh crap, I saw this on South Park Incitatus Nov 2013 #54

Lol. Union Scribe Nov 2013 #55

Most likely this terminology originates from crap journalism. nt alp227 Nov 2013 #60

Yes, indeed it does and a lesson on how to people will believe Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #66

It's great. Every Sunday Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #62

One of the reasons why I am an atheist is because I don't Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #69

Is it a church? They don't call it that. They call it an assembly.. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #72

I know that. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #82

The Australian angle... fadedrose Nov 2013 #74

When I lived in another state fadedrose Nov 2013 #75

Wait, what? nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #76

Quaker Meetings like mine are more inclusive. quaker bill Nov 2013 #77

My Church Looks Remarkably Like A Golf Course ProfessorGAC Nov 2013 #79

Can't see the problem, meself. sibelian Nov 2013 #84

Seems like a good idea! n/t zappaman Nov 2013 #87