Organized Non-Religion

Yesterday, Friendly Atheist shed light on a new Penn group, Rekindle Reason: Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers, which aims to give atheist and agnostic members of the Penn community an open forum for discussion. While we applaud the group for filling an obvious void in Penn's religious scene, we must admit that certain parts of its mission statement come off as intolerant and, quite frankly, offensive.

...Our meetings shall be havens in which people can question religious beliefs in absolute safety and security.

We wish to encourage the constituents of the University of Pennsylvania community-at-large to think critically about their superstitious and indoctrinated beliefs, as well as make the community aware of the detrimental effects on individuals and on society that religious belief all-too-commonly spurs.