re: #811 Josephine

I was at the Centre for Inquiry Monday night to hear Maryam Namazie speak about freedom of speech and political Islam.

In response to someone’s question about not being able to find soup kitchens or charitable organizations at which to volunteer that weren’t run by religious groups, she said that secular humanists need to start such organizations.

And good for them if they do. I just find it comical that this group wants to copy all the trappings of your typical evangelical church, minus God. I’d like to find a church that doesn’t have small group meetings, forced handshakes in the middle of the service, name tags, fellowship as a verb, gossip disguised as a prayer request, or green bean casserole.