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AIR: Assembly of Inspiration and Reason (Official)

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Website: http://theaironline.org
Location: Atlanta, GA
Members: 77
Latest Activity: Feb 3

AIR Mission Statement:

AIR is a new nontheistic community being established as a prototype in the Atlanta Georgia area. If you are interested, please join.

We think it is possible to find inspiration in music, art, literature, and the beauty of the universe. We want to honor traditions, and celebrate holidays, but without irrational beliefs. We want to teach our children morals and critical thinking by using the great religious stories and parables, but without teaching absurdities. And most of all, we want to enjoy the benefits of community with like-minded individuals. As the old saying goes, why do we have to, “throw the baby out with the bath water?"

So several Atlanta families are starting what we are calling the, “Assembly of Inspiration and Reason,” or AIR for short. It is our goal to provide all the benefits many of us used to get from church, without the superstition.

The official website will be online soon. Until then, you can read about it here.

Our Mission Statement:
The Assembly of Inspiration and Reason exists to establish, assemble, and foster nontheistic communities; to inspire and edify individuals and families through humanistic philosophy, social interaction, and ceremonial traditions; to promote a naturalistic worldview forged in reason and refined by science; to champion individual liberty and safeguard the separation of church and state; to raise public awareness and acceptance of nontheism.

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Comment by John Johnson on February 2, 2012 at 8:03pm: Yep. No comments for a year and a half, that's pretty much fizzled.

Comment by Rob Welborn on February 2, 2012 at 7:55pm: So has this group fizzled out then?

Comment by Rich Leighton on August 2, 2010 at 11:22am: I just joined! Hello, everyone.

Comment by Chris Highland on August 1, 2010 at 2:52pm: This seems a good idea with reasonable possibilities. I would only add the need for social action as well as interaction. Any creation of positive, balanced, rational and artistic community is a necessary contribution to our culture and the world. Cheers!

Comment by Jessale Lewis on July 5, 2010 at 8:51pm: I can't wait for the next Air meeting...

Comment by Little Name Atheist on May 1, 2010 at 6:10am: If ya'll have anything written down other than on this group and the website, I'd love to know about it. We're just getting non-theist group organizing off the ground here in Vermont, and A.I.R. sounds like a good model.

Comment by Jessale Lewis on April 13, 2010 at 10:12pm: ...The unEaster Celebration seemed to be a hit. I had a good time, and met some nice people. I thought it was fabulous!

Comment by Jeffrey Eubanks on March 22, 2010 at 11:22pm: My family and I are very glad we found this assembly through a friend. We will be at the unEaster celebration coming up. This kind of community is really helping my wife come out of her "Atheist shell". We are excited at the idea of meeting others that have similar ideas to ours.

Comment by Anwar Diamante on December 6, 2009 at 8:44am: This is awesome, I was at a panel discussion hosted by the center for inquiry. They too, said that it is sad that we do not have places to commune. Churches, mosques, and synagogues are places for people to have a communal atmosphere. These religions create these centers either in their places of worship or near their places of worship. So, right on!!!