Posted on 09/20/2009 7:14:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Atheist and religious skeptic student groups are on the rise across the country's high school and college campuses.
The Secular Student Alliance added its 160th affiliate campus group last week and reports that demand for their group starting packets are high.
"It’s been a challenge to keep up with the demand for services, especially group-starting packets and follow-up," said Lyz Liddell, senior campus organizer, in a statement earlier this month. "That’s a nice problem to have."
The number of SSA campus affiliate groups has increased from 100 in 2008 to 160 this year. In 2007, the alliance counted only 80.
Kirk Wilcox, president of the Non-Religious, Atheist, Free Thinker and Agnostic Alliance, told Central Michigan University's student newspaper Central Michigan Life that he's not surprised.
"Over the years, it’s become more acceptable – people should be proud of who they are," he said. "If you want to be a Christian and go to church, that’s fine, but there should be institutions for people who aren’t religious."
More Americans are claiming no religion and many have taken on more outspoken and public campaigns. According to the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, 15 percent of Americans are part of the non-religious population, or "nones," up from 8.2 percent in 1990.
SSA, meanwhile, provides a social network for students who are seeking an alternative to campus religious ministries, the alliance says.
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Such people should build their own houses of worship if that is what they feel they need.
I just found out that one of the local SUNY schools has a group starting a Pagan organization called PAM. It will be for wiccans and watan worshipers. Nice.
Get an internet connection and homeschool. Your child will take to it like a fish to water.
Fits into Bible prophecy....legions of unbelievers. They are Godless, souless people who only seek pleasure, adulery, wealth and vanity.
and they shall strike forth to persecute the believers.
there should be institutions for people who aren’t religious.
There are, DNC. ACORN, ACLU, HOLLYWOOD, Wow this could go on & on.
But why do the tax payers have to pay for this bull Sh!t.
The Rev is on it’s way, Ammo up, Play defense, start a veggie garden, store water an can goods and buy seeds.
this too will pass, keep yr head down
Is it just me or if you are not religious or an atheist...um...why do you need an organization?
That’s like asking non-voters to form a club. Do they sit and stare at each other all night?
That's the dirty little secret about atheism. It too is a belief.
watan? Hmmm. I mean SATANk.
watan? Hmmm. I mean SATAN.
Such houses of worship would have more mirrors than a barbershop.
Let me understand this... There is a group evangelizing what they don’t believe in? hmmmm You know you dont have a life when....
Hilarious isn't it? These losers seek to impose their beliefs upon us.
Unfortunately, it’s even worse than that.
They don’t sit around discussing how much theism sucks. They sit around talking about their brilliant and rational selves and trying to sound like intellectuals by using big words they found on the internet. It’s actually quite sad.
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