# Atheist Churches, Good or Bad Idea.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-churches-good-or-bad-idea/649579>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 7, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-churches-good-or-bad-idea/649579 "2013-02-07T12:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-churches-good-or-bad-idea/649579/553 "2013-02-12T19:02:19Z")

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This is in rely to posts in the Atheists, what do you believe thread:

> [@Atheists: What Do You Believe In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082/67):
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> You guys are going to flame me without doubt. But right now, it looks the blind are leading the blind. And you guys are wondering why the general public ignore you?

Ok, what we’re telling you, and what we’ve been telling you, is that we neither need nor want leaders. Why would we need them, why would we want them? We don’t buy into religion because we do not believe in the concept of a greater being telling us what we should do; why would we accept that from a human being? And as for being ignored, number one, we aren’t wondering that, because there is ample evidence that we aren’t, given all the public handwringing over the “secularization of modern society” and cries to “return to this country’s Christian foundations,” and number two, being ignored would be way preferable than being demonized.

> [@Atheists: What Do You Believe In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082/72):
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> Who’s talking about a uniform philosophy? That is obviously hopeless. How about any philosophy. You guys were able to show some leadership when you broke with Theists. Now, you’re going to drop the ball? Are you going to wait until everybody agrees with you before you attempt to move forward.

If you read the other damned thread, you’ll notice plenty of people talking about their personal philosophies. Why are you saying there aren’t any? And where did you get the idea that there was some kind of organized “break” from the theists? For crying out loud, I was 10 when I realized I didn’t really believe in God. I was part of no movement, I had no atheist mentor. I didn’t lead anybody else, either. THERE IS NO MOVEMENT. There are only individuals who, whatever else they believe, don’t believe in God.

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