The Congregations

Our look at the subculture of the godless starts in a group therapy session for people “recovering from religion” where attendees range from those traumatized by their religious upbringing to others who felt traumatized by discovering they could no longer believe in a supernatural god. From there, we join the celebrations for a non-religious Hanukah and a Christmas without Christ and attend openly atheist “churches” – whose congregations don’t recognize a god but do hold services, Sunday schools and even summer camps. Are there leaders of these non-believers? Do big-name new atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett offer doctrine? And are these faithless indoctrinating their children into Atheism?