List of irreligious organizations

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Irreligious organizations promote the view that moral standards should be based solely on naturalistic considerations, without reference to supernatural concepts (such as God or an afterlife), any desire to do good for a reward after death, or any fear of punishment for not believing in life after death.

Background[]

Individuals and organizations sharing these views, identify themselves by a variety of terms, including, bright, freethinker, naturalist, rationalist, or skeptic.[1][2] Despite the use of these various terms, the organizations listed here have goals in common. Note that, while most of these organizations and their members consider themselves irreligious, there are certain exceptions (Ethical Culture, for example).

In some jurisdictions, a provincial or national humanist society may confer upon Humanist officiants the ability to conduct memorial services, child naming ceremonies or officiate marriages — tasks which would be carried out by clergy in most organized religions.[3][4][5]

List[]

  • Atheist Republic[6] is the world's largest atheist organization with local chapters called consulates all over the world. Their facebook page has over 2.4 million followers.
  • The Brights' Net is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to "building a constituency" and "constructively address[ing] the marginalized situation of persons who have a naturalistic worldview."[7]
  • The Clergy Project provides support, community, and hope to religious professionals who no longer hold supernatural beliefs.
  • European Humanist Federation is a union of "numerous humanist organisations from most European countries" whose purpose is to promote humanism and secularism in Europe.[8]
  • Humanists International is "the sole world umbrella organisation embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, [sic][9] ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide." Humanists International is a union of over 100 Humanist or secularist organizations in more than 40 countries. It is an international NGO (non-governmental organization) with special consultative status with the United Nations.[10]
  • International League of Humanists
  • Rationalist International
  • Sunday Assembly

Australia[]

Bangladesh[]

Belgium[]

Brazil[]

Canada[]

Finland[]

France[]

Germany[]

Iceland[]

  • Sidmennt – Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association

India[]

Indonesia[]

Ireland[]

Italy[]

  • Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR)

Luxembourg[]

Netherlands[]

New Zealand[]

Northern Ireland[]

  • Humani

Norway[]

Philippines[]

Romania[]

Scotland[]

Singapore[]

  • Humanist Society of Singapore

Slovakia[]

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

Turkey[]

United Kingdom[]

National organisations[]

Local groups[]

There are many local humanist groups around the United Kingdom, most being affiliates of Humanists UK and the National Secular Society. Of these, Leicester Secular Society has particular claim to fame in being the world's oldest secular society, founded in 1851.[16] Others include North East Humanists.

United States[]

Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard
American Atheist bench and "Ten Commandments" display (Bradford County, Florida)

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ ." Who does the Secular Coalition for America represent? Archived 2008-04-16 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ Some less common labels include: apatheist, godless (in the non-pejorative, literal sense), ignostic, infidel (or unbeliever), heathen, materialist, or realist.
  3. ^ "Humanist Canada: Humanist Weddings". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  4. ^ American Humanist Association: Humanists Stand Ready to Perform Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies
  5. ^ The Humanist Society Listing of Humanist Celebrants
  6. ^ [1] Atheist Republic
  7. ^ The Movement, The Brights' Network, 2008 (Accessed 9 April 2008)
  8. ^ Presentation, European Humanist Federation website, 2006 (Accessed 10 April 2008)
  9. ^ Laïque (French): "secular"
  10. ^ About IHEU Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, IHEU website (Accessed 5 April 2008)
  11. ^ Eroakirkosta.fi – Internet Deconstructing State Church in Finland
  12. ^ "Les non-religieux veulent aussi être consultés". L'essentiel (in French). Edita SA. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  13. ^ The Norwegian Humanist Association Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, Human-Etisk Forbund website (English version), 2011 (Accessed 5 February 2011)
  14. ^ Membership Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Human-Etisk Forbund website (English version), 2004 (Accessed 9 April 2008)
  15. ^ South Place Ethical Society website (Accessed 5 April 2008)
  16. ^ Leicester Secular Society website (Accessed 5 April 2008)

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