User:Benhocking/List of atheist organizations

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An atheist is one who disbelieves[1] in the existence of a deity or deities. Different definitions identify various levels of disbelief that an atheist may have. An atheist may be one who asserts that there is no God,[2] one who rejects belief in a deity,[3] or one who simply does not believe in a deity.[4][5][6]

This list does not prefer any particular definition of atheist, but gives precedence to an organization's self-identification. Excluded are groups that have merely expressed skepticism about the existence of God, or who have merely criticized religion. Such sentiments are insufficient to identify a group as an atheist organization. Included are groups that support atheists or atheism as part of their mission.

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[edit] International

[edit] Australia

[edit] Canada

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Finland

[edit] Germany

[edit] Iceland

[edit] India

[edit] Italy

[edit] New Zealand

  • Auckland University Atheists

[edit] Nigeria

[edit] Russia

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard
Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard

[edit] Alabama

An organization that emphasizes education about issues affecting atheists, such as the placement of the Ten Commandments in the Alabama courthouse[7] and not being able to use the courthouse without sponsorship from elected officials.[8]

[edit] Arizona

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] District of Columbia

  • Washington Area Secular Humanists
  • Maryland-DC Chapter

[edit] Florida

  • Atheists of Florida (multiple chapters)

[edit] Georgia

  • Atlanta Freethought Society

[edit] Idaho

  • Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics (University of Idaho, spin-off from Kansas group)

[edit] Indiana

  • The Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana (Greenwood)

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Louisiana

  • Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics (Louisiana State University)
  • New Orleans Secular Humanist Assn. Inc.

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

  • Great Lakes Humanist Society (Mt. Pleasant)

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

  • The Community of Reason (Kansas City)
  • Rationalist Society of St. Louis

[edit] Nevada

  • Las Vegas Freethought Society

[edit] New Hampshire

  • Humanist Association of New Hampshire/Vermont

[edit] New Mexico

  • Atheists and Freethinkers of New Mexico (Albuquerque)

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

  • Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia
  • Inquiry & Freethought Forum (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Pennsylvania Non-Believers (Mt. Wolf)

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Tennessee

  • Rationalists of East Tennessee (Knoxville)

[edit] Texas

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

  • Atheist and Agnostic Student Group (Washington State University)
  • Atheist & Agnostic Youth Group at the University of Washington
  • Humanists of North Puget Sound

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Various dictionaries give a range of definitions for disbelief, from "lack of belief" to "doubt" and "withholding of belief" to "rejection of belief", "refusal to believe", and "denial". (Oxford English Dictionary 1989)
  2. ^ "The average theologian (there are exceptions, of course) uses 'atheist' to mean a person who denies the existence of a God."(Stein 1980, p. 3)
  3. ^ "Atheism is fundamentally a rejection of belief in any God. It is more than a simple lack of belief, as children and some members of tribal societies may not believe out of ignorance." (Lyngzeidetson 2003)
  4. ^ "Atheists are people who do not believe in a god or gods (or other immaterial beings), or who believe that these concepts are not meaningful. Some atheists put it more firmly and believe that god or gods do not exist." (BBC 2006)
  5. ^ "The broader, and more common, understanding of atheism among atheists is quite simply 'not believing in any gods.' No claims or denials are made—an atheist is just a person who does not happen to be a theist." (Cline 2006a)
  6. ^ "[Most atheists] would hold that an atheist is a person without a belief in God. The distiniction is small but important. Denying something means that you have knowledge of what it is that you are being asked to affirm, but that you have rejected that particular concept. To be without a belief in God merely means that the term 'god' has no importance or possibly no meaning to you. Belief in God is not a factor in your life. Surely this is quite different from denying the existence of God. Atheism is not a belief as such. It is the lack of belief." (Stein 1980, p. 3)
  7. ^ "Ten Commandments trial opens in Alabama", UPI, 15 October 2002. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. 
  8. ^ "Alabama Atheists Allege Unfair Treatment", 23 April 2004. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. 

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