A-Day
We’ve spoken amongst ourselves - and with other self-affirming atheists - and we’ve come a consensus.
We need our own holiday.
Not a Secular Day of Service, nor a Day of Reason, nor Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday. A holiday dedicated to those who self-identify, positively-affirm, no dilly-dallying, proudly-state that they are capital-A Atheist. A day dedicated to letting the rest of society know just how numerous we are.
What would such a day look like?
Think Day of Silence - but with more talking. Some other suggestions to celebrate:
- Skip church.
- “Come Out” to a friend or family member.
- Wear that hilarious t-shirt you bought at AAI last year.
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
- Get together with other atheist friends and make a commotion at a local bar.
Atheists Etcetera (the backbone group of the Positively Non Religious blog) plan to celebrate our atheist-ness on August 1st (Sunday) of this year - one month from today - probably by Skyping together our Midwest and new Westcoast members.
Ultimately the idea is just to have a little fun, make a little noise, and remind the world that - in the words of Bill Maher- ”we’re not the crazy ones”
