Seattle Atheist Church
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Mission
Cultivating community rooted in reason and compassion to support atheists and promote humanist values.
Vision
A world where everyone has secular community support for learning, growing, and doing good for good reasons.
Values
Reason
Compassion
Joy
Mission
Cultivating community rooted in reason and compassion to support atheists and promote humanist values.
Vision
A world where everyone has secular community support for learning, growing, and doing good for good reasons.
Values
Reason
Compassion
Joy
Join us tomorrow at Noon Pacific for a talk on "Correcting Correctly"!
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November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Join us tomorrow at Noon Pacific for a talk on "Correcting Correctly"!
www.meetup.com/seattle-athe...
www.meetup.com/seattle-athe...
From today's talk about how to learn physical skills:
When you learn, you're competing with yourself, and you're always winning!
When you learn, you're competing with yourself, and you're always winning!
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
From today's talk about how to learn physical skills:
When you learn, you're competing with yourself, and you're always winning!
When you learn, you're competing with yourself, and you're always winning!
Great talk today about what it means to treat people like things
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great talk today about what it means to treat people like things
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Today is day one of #thatshumanism! 🎉 – our popular social media campaign featuring our much-loved animations with Stephen Fry. To celebrate, we're launching a brand-new series of posters designed for schools, teachers, and anyone curious about the humanist approach to life. 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Today is day one of #thatshumanism! 🎉 – our popular social media campaign featuring our much-loved animations with Stephen Fry. To celebrate, we're launching a brand-new series of posters designed for schools, teachers, and anyone curious about the humanist approach to life. 🧵
Awe is one of our values because of the sense of connection and awareness it promotes.
We ARE small, but that doesn't mean we're insignificant.
We ARE small, but that doesn't mean we're insignificant.
📊New research: Experiencing awe makes us feel smaller, but not less significant. The emotion of awe shrinks our sense of self while preserving our feeling of personal meaning and importance.
Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/w3Ou50WGBL6
Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/w3Ou50WGBL6
August 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Awe is one of our values because of the sense of connection and awareness it promotes.
We ARE small, but that doesn't mean we're insignificant.
We ARE small, but that doesn't mean we're insignificant.
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Effective altruism combines both the heart and the head. The heart motivates us to help. The head makes sure what we do is effective and well directed.
It’s not enough to mean well - we should aim to do the most good we can with the resources we have.
Source: TED, 2013
It’s not enough to mean well - we should aim to do the most good we can with the resources we have.
Source: TED, 2013
August 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Effective altruism combines both the heart and the head. The heart motivates us to help. The head makes sure what we do is effective and well directed.
It’s not enough to mean well - we should aim to do the most good we can with the resources we have.
Source: TED, 2013
It’s not enough to mean well - we should aim to do the most good we can with the resources we have.
Source: TED, 2013
From today's service about odd friendships:
"A 'Frenemy' is an abuser in friend clothing"
"Predictability is important in friendship, knowing how they'll react in a given situation feels safer"
"Remaining open to positive possibilities creates luck, that can apply to new friendships as well"
"A 'Frenemy' is an abuser in friend clothing"
"Predictability is important in friendship, knowing how they'll react in a given situation feels safer"
"Remaining open to positive possibilities creates luck, that can apply to new friendships as well"
July 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
From today's service about odd friendships:
"A 'Frenemy' is an abuser in friend clothing"
"Predictability is important in friendship, knowing how they'll react in a given situation feels safer"
"Remaining open to positive possibilities creates luck, that can apply to new friendships as well"
"A 'Frenemy' is an abuser in friend clothing"
"Predictability is important in friendship, knowing how they'll react in a given situation feels safer"
"Remaining open to positive possibilities creates luck, that can apply to new friendships as well"
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when I was a kid I tried to use the existence of Santa Claus to prove to my proudly atheist dad that God could conceivably exist.
July 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
when I was a kid I tried to use the existence of Santa Claus to prove to my proudly atheist dad that God could conceivably exist.
It was great to see everyone at the 4th of July Secular Picnic and Seattle Atheist Church 10 Year Celebration!
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It was great to see everyone at the 4th of July Secular Picnic and Seattle Atheist Church 10 Year Celebration!
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It simply is no longer viable for us to hold the 2026 World Humanist Congress in Washington DC as planned, with the US in the state it is. Delighted to announce that we will instead be hosted by the wonderful people of Ottawa, Canada!
June 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It simply is no longer viable for us to hold the 2026 World Humanist Congress in Washington DC as planned, with the US in the state it is. Delighted to announce that we will instead be hosted by the wonderful people of Ottawa, Canada!
"the demands of the public for simple advice run up against the confusing ambiguity of real science"
(Taubes 2001)
(Taubes 2001)
June 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"the demands of the public for simple advice run up against the confusing ambiguity of real science"
(Taubes 2001)
(Taubes 2001)
Even the smallest action you take to help others or to resist oppression makes a difference.
It all adds up. It all matters.
It all adds up. It all matters.
May 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Even the smallest action you take to help others or to resist oppression makes a difference.
It all adds up. It all matters.
It all adds up. It all matters.
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Yo, the town of Bellingham WA is considering making the city an official transgender sanctuary and they're having a town hall meeting this Monday at about 6:30-7ish! Would mean a lot to me if folks in the area showed support, id love a city close to my heart to be a sanctuary!
April 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yo, the town of Bellingham WA is considering making the city an official transgender sanctuary and they're having a town hall meeting this Monday at about 6:30-7ish! Would mean a lot to me if folks in the area showed support, id love a city close to my heart to be a sanctuary!
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"Americans have fought against injustice before, and we can do it again."
Secular Week of Action starts tomorrow! Find an action in your community and join us in creating the world we want to live in: weekofaction.org/events
thehumanist.com/news/nationa...
Secular Week of Action starts tomorrow! Find an action in your community and join us in creating the world we want to live in: weekofaction.org/events
thehumanist.com/news/nationa...
Far From Weakness: Empathy Is Our Country's Biggest Strength - TheHumanist.com
In the face of cruelty and injustice, only empathy will carry us forward.
thehumanist.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Americans have fought against injustice before, and we can do it again."
Secular Week of Action starts tomorrow! Find an action in your community and join us in creating the world we want to live in: weekofaction.org/events
thehumanist.com/news/nationa...
Secular Week of Action starts tomorrow! Find an action in your community and join us in creating the world we want to live in: weekofaction.org/events
thehumanist.com/news/nationa...
From Sunday's discussion: when thinking about the treatment for a diagnosis, the happiness of the individual is critical, if the treatment changes behavior to be more acceptable to others but the person isn't happier then it's probably not the right treatment
April 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
From Sunday's discussion: when thinking about the treatment for a diagnosis, the happiness of the individual is critical, if the treatment changes behavior to be more acceptable to others but the person isn't happier then it's probably not the right treatment
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
look deeper at the things around you, re-imagine their uses, perhaps their 'purpose' can be something else
one person's trash is another's treasure
one person's trash is another's treasure
April 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
look deeper at the things around you, re-imagine their uses, perhaps their 'purpose' can be something else
one person's trash is another's treasure
one person's trash is another's treasure
Collage of member submissions from our 10-year anniversary party
April 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Collage of member submissions from our 10-year anniversary party
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Taking people who are legally here seeking refuge and deporting them to a foreign country's prisons is cruel and despicable. The casual disregard this administration has for the value of human life should concern anyone with a conscience.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Order to Return Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
The chief justice, acting on his own, issued an “administrative stay,” a brief pause meant to give the court time to consider the matter. The justices are expected to act in the coming days.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Taking people who are legally here seeking refuge and deporting them to a foreign country's prisons is cruel and despicable. The casual disregard this administration has for the value of human life should concern anyone with a conscience.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Inspiration can come from many places. Our talk today covered how an atheist Jewish member approaches her study of the Torah.
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Inspiration can come from many places. Our talk today covered how an atheist Jewish member approaches her study of the Torah.
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When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.
AI generated content is like junk food. We have a long biological history of craving sweet and calorie-rich foods because they were hard to get. Now we have it in excess and aren't well equipped to understand when and how it's harming us.
March 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
AI generated content is like junk food. We have a long biological history of craving sweet and calorie-rich foods because they were hard to get. Now we have it in excess and aren't well equipped to understand when and how it's harming us.
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If you’re a victim of bureaucratic violence, no one will ever tell you that the system was designed to hurt you.
You’ll be told you filed the wrong paperwork. You violated a policy. That things have to be complicated because other people abuse the system.
You’ll be told you filed the wrong paperwork. You violated a policy. That things have to be complicated because other people abuse the system.
March 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you’re a victim of bureaucratic violence, no one will ever tell you that the system was designed to hurt you.
You’ll be told you filed the wrong paperwork. You violated a policy. That things have to be complicated because other people abuse the system.
You’ll be told you filed the wrong paperwork. You violated a policy. That things have to be complicated because other people abuse the system.
There are many forms of learning beyond textbooks and lecture in school. Different approaches, such as audiobooks, videos, online lessons, independent experimentation, and apprenticeship may work better for different people's brains and life circumstances and are all valid.
March 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There are many forms of learning beyond textbooks and lecture in school. Different approaches, such as audiobooks, videos, online lessons, independent experimentation, and apprenticeship may work better for different people's brains and life circumstances and are all valid.
"Ideas don't have feelings. We don't need to defend them just because they are ideas, but based on their impact on the world."
March 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Ideas don't have feelings. We don't need to defend them just because they are ideas, but based on their impact on the world."