Sunday is usually church day. When you remove the religious fervour you have a place where people can meet socially and friendships are forged. I would go to something similar. What would be a good format for an agnostic gathering where politics, religion, sports and various activities could be shared together on Sunday be?
Sunday Assembly, Unitarians or Humanist congregations
I attend a UU church. Very accepting of atheists and humanists. Lots of good conversations. Have a once a month Humanist group meeting where we discuss a variety of topics. I am also in a celtic band, and we have a open Sunday afternoon Irish Session. Also in co-leader of two different groups that meet twice a month and discuss many topics.
I wish there was a Sunday Assembly closer to us ~ we move about every 2 - 3 years for my husband's job. Churches are a great way to meet like-minded people in a new community, and I do miss that. (Not enough to stomach a church, even a UU...most of whom focus on Christian faith according to my research.) We've considered joining a "country club" - which in my opinion is just a more honest church. You pay your dues and get entertained, instead of being guilted into "tithing".
Simple: 'Sunday Assembly'! SA was created specifically for people like you but ALSO for everyone else as well. i.e. It is radically inclusive regardless of your beliefs or lack thereof, race, political affiliations anything else. Use Google to find your closes assembly & if there isn't one why not instigate your own?
People associate with all kinds of organizations for the fellowship and sense of belonging. It is a key factor in the formation of gangs and every movement from the KKK to the Sierra Club. Everyone wants their perspective on the world to be validated by others and so, "Birds of a feather flock together." I am not sure that there is no similar dynamic among atheists and agnostics because there is no need for one. This may not be universally true but I need no constant reinforcement of my stance on theism unlike many religious people who must hear the same delusional fantasies repeated over and over until they are imprinted on their consciousness. I no more need to attend "Atheist Meetings" than I do "The sky is blue" or the Earth is round" meetings. Atheism is a given in my world and whether other people see this or not is of no consequence to me. Perhaps a group agitating for separation of church and state or taxing religious organizations would attract me but not just a gathering of atheists, per se.
Hi, I just joined this group for reason that i'm in need to talk to people who are no-religious. I never attended any atheist meetings or would to reaffirmed my non believing, but I would maybe as a social club to meet new people and create friendships? Activism maybe part of such group or maybe not ,but seeing and talking to real people beats computer screen.
We have a couple of skeptic groups I found on Meetup. One is called skeptics in the pub, I should go.
There are local atheist groups that plan Sunday meetings, typically every other weekend, where everyone meets up for breakfast. They hang out, talk, and sometimes meet up elsewhere, maybe a park to enjoy the rest of the day around like minded people.
Though, as a extreme introvert, I wouldn't go to a meeting anyway...
I don't know if it's really an atheist, agnostic social gathering, but Sunday mornings are a great time to go grocery shopping, the stores are almost empty while the sheep are at church.
I haven't run into that problem yet at the grocery store, but Walmart is a whole different animal. Whenever I need help there I can never find any, when I do, they'll tell me to go to the wrong place. Then at checkout, they have probably 30 registers but only open one, maybe two.
I agree MustardSeed. I think blue laws definitely violate that separation.
I grew up in Indiana where the only blue law I can think of right now was the no alcohol law on Sunday. I lived very close to the Illinois border where they didn't have such a law so it didn't bother me too much.Besides, if we wanted to have enough beer to go around during the football games on Sunday we'd just stock up on Saturday.
Eventually, the state began to relax that law to allow some bars to be open only if they sold a certain amount of food.
Now I think they've dropped that requirement altogether
So, glad I live in Canada when I here about things like blue laws or having no choice but to go to Wallymart. Almost every retail is open on Sundays as are most restaurants; the hours are a little shorter but, that happened over time as they adjusted to the level of customers expected.