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

[daaron]

17. Groups? Schmoups.

Organized atheism is entirely political in nature, and attract politically-active firebrands - many of whom are looking for an Occupy-like brand of camaraderie upon which to hang their ideological hats. Does it mean something that young white men are disproportionately likely to say, "To hell with god, I'm outta here"? Does it mean something that pews are mostly filled with women?

My GF and her best friend are atheists here in farmland Missouri; we're the only three we know of. But we don't get together to talk about atheism. We get together to ride the Rhino, or horses, or pick blackberries, or entertain my GF's BFF's 4 yo redneck-in-training-pants. In fact, we've never had one conversation about atheism. Another one of the great things about casual atheism is that you get back all those hours you used to spent navel-gazing and fretting over the demographic makeup of your social movement.