Do Atheists Belong in the Interfaith Movement?

[rug]

Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in the organized atheist, humanist, skeptic and freethought movements about the potential benefits and drawbacks of interfaith work.

Over at Patheos, the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association, Roy Speckhardt, recently made an excellent case that—while the terminology of “interfaith” may be problematic and there are several other important issues to grapple with—it is worth atheists’ while to get involved. At Friendly Atheist, Secular Student Alliance Communications Director Jesse Galef offered a long list of reasons atheists might participate, and how their involvement might improve some of the problems within the interfaith movement. Despite Galef and Speckhardt’s serious concerns and reservations, they have been actively involved in intentionally interfaith efforts, and I suspect their participation has informed their conclusions about the idea.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/4697/do_atheists_belong_in_the_interfaith_movement

[xchrom]

1. Yes. Nt

[cleanhippie]

2. Yes, because interfaith work is not just a religions-only Kumbaya club...

[IntravenousDemilo]

3. Sure, they can be their conscience. n/m

[valerief]

4. No. Atheists belong in government. nt

[provis99]

5. since atheism has nothing to do with faith,

what's the point? Its like asking non-coin collectors to start attending coin collectors meetings.
Heck, since atheists aren't even a group, but rather are a non-group, maybe the interfaith would have better luck getting coin collectors to join.

[Sal316]

6. Yes...because 'interfaith' works towards something bigger...

....than an individual faith.

[Jim__]

7. Yes, the interfaith movement includes humanistic beliefs and that includes, ...

... at least some atheists.