It is hard to find a unifying prpose. Probably the most active organization is the Freedom From Religion Foundations, which fights to keep church and state separate. Keeping church and sate separate is probably the most unifying idea of atheists.

Most people here want to enjoy intelligent, science-based, religion-free conversation, and dream of possibly meeting someone compatible who lives near them.
That's my purpose, anyway.

The only thing I'd like to see "accomplished" is the end of ALL religion, and
it's influences on all people.

That's never going to happen.
Too many humans are too tied to their delusions.

You can't have an interest group based on not believing in something. Some of us had to suffer and struggle to get here, and some were born here. I used to think we could be a cohesive group, but I was convinced otherwise very quickly by atheists who are racist, sexist, nihilists, and some who never had to make a decision about it - I call them "natural atheists." I hope that someday most everyone will be a natural atheist, and xians will be an anomaly, but they are an uninteresting bunch.

You have to have something else. Atheist bowlers? Atheist gun nuts? I'd join an atheist progressives group, but I live in Kansas, and there are probably only three of us here.

Secularism: Keeping religion out of government, medical decisions, and public schools.

For me, this community serves as a place to share ideas, comfort each other, and encourage some who are not yet outspoken in their non-belief. Also to promote confidence and create awareness in the world that secular folks are just as warm, caring, inclusive, compassionate and reasonable problem solvers as religious folks and often even more so.

For me one goal would be to reduce the stigma and promote (as normal) more free-thought regarding spirituality, away from supernatural deities and outdated ideas, and more toward a naturalistic and humanistic way of life.

I think all we can hope to accomplish is making a good environment for those who find their way out of religion; help them understand that there is nothing wrong with them for not groveling before magical jinns in the sky.

Besides that we should just do what sane people have always done. Sharing information and experiences for the benefit of others and having a bit of fun while doing so.

FIGHT RELIGION, REDUCE RELIGION, SPREAD MESSAGE, RECRUIT OTHERS, FIGHT EVERY PLACE IN SOCIETY, EVERY PLACE IN THE WORLD, SAVE FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM THIS HARM

According to me, fighting the ignorance and harm of religion for us and our future generations is the biggest unifying cause.

I believe removing and reducing religion from our lives and in the world is the single most effective and useful cause we can fight for, give time, money and effort to than to any - I mean any other cause, charity, mission, organization, passion, drive or purpose.

Just making progress in this mission, we will have automatically reduced a lot of injustice, misery, pain, atrocities, violence and harm to human being and animals in this world.... with one swipe.

No other single cause can do more good to humanity than this one. Religion is the root of the most misery and pain in this world.

Evidence based everything. Politics, medicine, education, the whole shebang. If it ain't testable, falsifiable and backed up with hard data, it's bollocks.

I personally would like to see the World reject belief in magical beings, and the religions that come with them.
In order to end of the retardation that these belief systems have on the entire social species.

We are a coalition united against a common enemy, that being others who wish to impose their religious beliefs on us. For me that's enough. I don't want a single purpose or creed defining such a large population.

Abandonment of compulsive group identity. We are all different and sharing of attitudes or opinions doesn't require any more than common 'point agreement' without any need to share all or ANY other points of view. Respect for the individual and acceptance that all who agree aren't necessarily in agreement on other issues or even in agreement for the same reasons, could greatly improve the environment here.

That so many have free'd themselves of gods yet remain 'dyed in the wool' ideological slaves and fearful of non-group ideas is disappointing.

Maybe I'm not as dedicated or militant as others, but I don't have anything I 'would like to see accomplished' in regards to atheism. It's an aspect of who I am, not a call to arms.

The thing that almost everyone is interested is the supernatural, most people call this supernatural realm, heaven or paradise. WHAT would I like to see accomplished? I would like to get the word out that the supernatural does not exist. Belief in a supernatural realm (the place where gods exist) started long ago when our species lived in caves and this delusion has been with us ever since. This delusion is not of great concern, if a person accepts it for what it is, a mental construct. It is a dream world where we first imagined the spirits of the dead to exist, and deists have used it to propagate the scam of religion and ultimately the most dangerous of all, the monotheistic, messianic faiths who pray for the end of the world. GROG

The only unifying factor is a rejection of religion, but even that is for differing reasons. It certainly isn't an ability to avoid being gullible, as witness the number of atheists who believe in homeopathy.

A ‘unifying position’ sounds like a call to arms. I’ll be busy that day.

My experience is that many atheists aren’t that independent in their thinking, though many do make a lot of noise.

Insisting that arguments and debates are decided on their merits as much as possible. I consider much of the freethought communty engages in hand-waving with regards to the official 9/11 narrative.

Like Groucho Marx would often state:

Not a very accurate paraphrased quote, it goes something like this;

“I would never join or belong to any group, club, or political party that would have me as a member!”

"Is there a unifying purpose that would apply to a majority of this diverse community?"

Not to be foolish enough to fall for the ignorance and superstition of religion.

The cost of gasoline to go down.

I appreciate all the thoughts .

Non-believers are just as susceptible as anyone to demonstrate extreme stupidity. Witness how the Atheist Community of Austin has become infected with trans-mania.