Why I won’t be going to Skeptic or Atheist meetings anymore

[daaron]

15. Hey, I'm with you. I'd be outta that atheist group in a hot second, and loudly.

Not that I attend any atheist groups, in fact until not that long ago, I went to church - but like 90% of all atheists and agnostics, part of the joy of quitting god is quitting his churches, synagogues, temples, retreats, study-groups, etc. It's a freeing feeling - like switching to boxers after many years of wearing a chastity belt. Why would we want to organize? Most of us left because we're sick of all the psycho-babble and spiritual rationalizing, to begin with. Sick of hypocrites - even ones like us.

Also, most of us don't have any problem calling a bigot a "bigot," without checking their membership card, first. The fact is, I've known lots of atheists, and date one, but have yet to meet a racist or homophobic one. Usually it's the opposite - they go all unhinged at the slightest hint of racism, homophobia or sexism.

Maybe the "leadership" of "organized atheism" does indeed need to take a look in the mirror. I'd suggest that to them if I had any idea who they supposedly were. The fact is, the leaders of organized atheism don't lead anyone but themselves and each other. Us casually atheist folks couldn't really give a rat's patootie (hope I spelled that right).