I see we had a previous thread on "Atheist mega-churches":
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.p...unday+Assembly
NPR's Morning Edition just aired a segment on same, talking primarily about a left-coast organization that features a lot of music, a lecture by a neuroscientist.... That sort of thing.
Apparently pretty popular.
I know a lot of ex-churchie folks miss the sense of ceremony and community, I can see the appeal.
However, (and the main reason I'm bringing this up in a new thread) is that the report indicated that a New York based group has already had a schism of sorts, some members feeling that the Assembly was too atheist-oriented.
I know our local group of very long standing, the Ethical society, split off the Rationalist Society since those folks felt that the Ethical Society was getting too churchy.....
Thus another parallel with actual religions....
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.p...unday+Assembly
NPR's Morning Edition just aired a segment on same, talking primarily about a left-coast organization that features a lot of music, a lecture by a neuroscientist.... That sort of thing.
Apparently pretty popular.
I know a lot of ex-churchie folks miss the sense of ceremony and community, I can see the appeal.
However, (and the main reason I'm bringing this up in a new thread) is that the report indicated that a New York based group has already had a schism of sorts, some members feeling that the Assembly was too atheist-oriented.
I know our local group of very long standing, the Ethical society, split off the Rationalist Society since those folks felt that the Ethical Society was getting too churchy.....
Thus another parallel with actual religions....
via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=271542&goto=newpost
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