## Community Guide
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#### Statement of Purpose
- This is a support and conversation community for people who don't believe in gods.
- Superstition hucksters have no reason to subscribe or post here at all.
- If you are looking to debate or proselytize, options will be linked lower in the sidebar.
#### Acceptable
- Honest questions or conversations.
- Discussions on parenting or advice.
- Struggles, frustrations, coming out.
- Atheist memes. We can have fun!
- News headlines relevant to atheism.
#### Unacceptable
Depending on severity, you might be warned before adverse action is taken.
- Anything against [site rules](https://mastodon.world/about).
- Illegal and/or NSFW material.
- Troll posts and comments. There will be no attempt to explain what that means.
- Leading questions, agenda pushing, or disingenuous attempts to bait members.
- Personal attacks or flaming.
#### Inadvisable
- Self promotion or upvote farming.
- Excessive shitposting or off-topic discussion.
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Application of warnings or bans will be subject to moderator discretion. Feel free to appeal. If changes to the guidelines are necessary, they will be adjusted.
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>If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.
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>Likewise, if you are a member, sympathizer or a resemblant of a group that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of any other group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you you will be banned on sight.
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>Provable means able to provide proof to the moderation, and, if necessary, to the community.
~ /c/nostupidquestions
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If you want your space listed in this sidebar and it is especially relevant to the atheist or skeptic communities, PM DancingPickle and we'll have a look!
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#### Connect with Atheists
- Matrix: [#atheism:envs.net](https://matrix.to/#/#atheism:envs.net)
#### Help and Support Links
- [Freedom From Religion Foundation](https://ffrf.org)
- [The Secular Therapy Project](https://www.seculartherapy.org/)
- [Secular Students Alliance](https://secularstudents.org/)
- [Black Nonbelievers](https://blacknonbelievers.org/)
- [The Clergy Project](https://clergyproject.org/)
- [Atheist Alliance International](https://www.atheistalliance.org/)
- [Sunday Assembly](https://www.sundayassembly.org/)
- [Atheist Ireland](https://atheist.ie/)
- [Atheism UK](https://www.atheismuk.com/)
- [Atheists United](https://www.atheistsunited.org/)
#### Streaming Media
This is mostly YouTube at the moment. Podcasts and similar media - *especially on federated platforms* - may also feature here.
- [Atheist Debates - Matt Dillahunty](https://www.youtube.com/@SansDeity)
- [Rationality Rules](https://www.youtube.com/@rationalityrules)
- [Friendly Atheist](https://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyAtheist1)
- [Making Sense with Sam Harris](https://www.youtube.com/@samharrisorg)
- [Cosmic Skeptic](https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic)
- [Genetically Modified Skeptic](https://www.youtube.com/@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic)
- [Street Epistemology](https://www.youtube.com/@magnabosco210)
- [Armored Skeptic](https://www.youtube.com/@armouredskeptic)
- [NonStampCollector](https://www.youtube.com/@NonStampCollector)
#### Orgs, Blogs, Zines
- [Center for Inquiry](https://centerforinquiry.org/)
- [American Atheists](https://www.atheists.org/)
- [Humanists International](https://humanists.international/)
- [Atheist Republic](https://www.atheistrepublic.com/)
- [The Brights](http://www.the-brights.net/)
- [The Angry Atheist](https://the-angry-atheist.com/)
- [History for Atheists](https://historyforatheists.com/)
- [Rationalist International](https://www.rationalists.net/)
- [Atheist Revolution](https://www.atheistrev.com/)
- [Debunking Christianity](https://www.debunking-christianity.com/)
- [Godless Mom](https://www.godlessmom.com/)
- [Atheist Freethinkers](https://www.atheology.ca/)
#### Mainstream
- [Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/atheism)
- [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/atheism)
- [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/atheism)
- [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/atheism)
- [Salon](https://www.salon.com/topic/atheism)
- [The Conversation](https://theconversation.com/topics/atheists-2779)
- [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/tag/atheism)
- [HuffPost](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/atheism)
#### Bibliography
Start here...
- [The Bible](https://www.bible.com/)
- [Bhagavad Gita](https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/)
- [The Quran](https://quran.com/)
- [The Book of Mormon](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng)
- [Adi Granth](https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/TheAdiGranthortheHolyScripturesoftheSikhs_10707647.pdf)
...proceed here.
- [God is Not Great (Hitchens)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great)
- [The God Delusion (Dawkins)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion)
- [The End of Faith (Harris)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Faith)
- [Why I Am Not a Christian (Russell)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_I_Am_Not_a_Christian)
- [Letter to a Christian Nation (Harris)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation)
#### Proselytize Religion
- [Convince an Atheist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
#### From Reddit
As a community with an interest in providing the best resources to its members, the following wiki links are provided as historical reference until we can establish our own.
- [Coming Out](https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/comingout/)
- [Seeking Asylum](https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/harm/asylum/)
- [Want to Debate?](https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/tensuggestions/)
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