Tag Archives: atheism

The frustrations of trying to build community

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sarah

It’s about time I updated my blog on my Sunday Assembly journey. I have barely mentioned it since Sunday Assembly Edinburgh was born over two years ago! So – it turns out it’s pretty challenging to establish a secular equivalent … Continue reading →

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Anger

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Sarah

I was once an angry atheist, for a fairly brief period. Maybe a year or so. It came with finally giving up religion, after a long struggle with it; regretting the energy I’d wasted on it, and seeing it as mostly … Continue reading →

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A new beginning

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Sarah

When I wrote of “getting involved” at the end of my previous post on the Sunday Assembly, little did I know that I – along with my other half – would be putting together the band! Oh, and playing in … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Assembly: church without God

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Sarah

I first heard about the Sunday Assembly (dubbed the “atheist church”) in the news earlier this year. Taking the form of a church service, it is a communal celebration of life (without any reference to a deity), aiming to help … Continue reading →

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