I'm in Nova Scotia! Hello everyone!

We don't need church per se, but I do think we lack the benefit of the social structure and nurturing of community that church supplies to its congregants. In an age where we all feel so disconnected from one another, I do feel a certain empathy for those that attend church seeking community. There are atheist/free-thinker type groups of course, but they are not nearly as accessible as a church on every street corner...

I dislike the label atheist-as it has too many negative connotations-people assume they know what that means but to me it just means I don't believe in a god or gods. It's like calling someone who doesn't smoke a non-smoker... it's kind of ridiculous to label someone with the aberrant activity included in the label (after all we're not born believing in god/gods any more than we're born smokers). But for the purposes of the original question, I would consider myself an atheist... ;)