All souls welcome at church's morning service for atheists
November 10, 2012
Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=20121110_18_A15_CUTLIN179644Why would atheists go to church?
Wouldn't that be like someone going to a movie theater, staring at a blank screen for an hour, and then going home?
Not at all, says the Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, who this fall started a special service for non-theists at
All Souls Unitarian Church.
"These are people who are not inspired to live their lives a certain way by ideas of God or by Scripture but who have the same human needs for
community,
compassion,
meaning and marking the significant
passages of birth, coming of age, marriage and death," he said.
Lavanhar said the church started the
humanist service in September, partly in response to the rapid growth of atheism in society.
"The fastest growing religious segment of our society are those who call themselves non-religious," he said. ...
Alex's comment: UU is perhaps the "religion" for atheists. Provided the current rapid expansion of the atheist population, UU is facing unprecedented opportunity to grow.
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