Any atheist in waterford ??

Naviafzi

Hello i am new in waterford. I have no atheist friends here. If here is any active group in waterford plz inform me ..

looksee

Hi, I am not aware of any group nearer than Cork. Tbh I think most atheists are not much bothered about meetups - atheism is just something that they are.

Michael OBrien

Naviafzi wrote: »

Hello i am new in waterford. I have no atheist friends here. If here is any active group in waterford plz inform me ..

Contact someone in atheist.ie and ask if they know any group in Waterford, or nearby. Also check out Humanists in Ireland. They may have a group in your area. Most humanists are atheists.

As a Cork member of A.I., if you wish to pop over to visit us or have a meal with us, you are welcome. It can take a couple of hours to drive to Cork.

Naviafzi

Thanks dear
I am also the member of atheist ireland . But i am looking atheist friends who are staying in waterford. I ll try to join you guys in cork .. Thanks

Michael OBrien wrote: »

Contact someone in atheist.ie and ask if they know any group in Waterford, or nearby. Also check out Humanists in Ireland. They may have a group in your area. Most humanists are atheists.

As a Cork member of A.I., if you wish to pop over to visit us or have a meal with us, you are welcome. It can take a couple of hours to drive to Cork.

Hotblack Desiato

Most of the population are atheists, just in denial

Michael OBrien

Naviafzi wrote: »

Thanks dear
I am also the member of atheist ireland . But i am looking atheist friends who are staying in waterford. I ll try to join you guys in cork .. Thanks

Why not start a group locally. Try Meetup.com and see what happens. As a member of AI, you could send out an event for a meal, or a pub night and see if anyone is interested.

Atheists are not the easiest group to organise with, so some effort is called for.

looksee

Michael OBrien wrote: »

Why not start a group locally. Try Meetup.com and see what happens. As a member of AI, you could send out an event for a meal, or a pub night and see if anyone is interested.

Atheists are not the easiest group to organise with, so some effort is called for.

Thats because they only have a negative interest in common, not a lot to build on! Bit like trying to organise a non-golfers club or a non-stamp-collecting club.

The days when the local PP would automatically assume he was chairman/ spokesman (or just turn up to keep an eye on things) are long gone, or a meeting of a women's group would start the evening with a prayer, then go on to discuss fundraising for the diocese Lourdes trip (honestly, I joined a group that called itself the 'women's friendship group' and claimed to be non denominational / religious and they did just that. I did not last long with them.) So its reasonably safe to join groups without having to listen to that nonsense.

Hotblack Desiato

OP, you may not be that familiar with how religion works in Ireland. Most people will state that they are catholic, and a few protestant, and a few other, and a few no religion. In reality most of them wouldn't give a moist shíte about any of it, it's a cultural identity for muppets who can't move on beyond the 17th century.