gets to be an elder... Perhaps the first question should not be "how?", but "why?". LATE ADD : Perhaps, if your social needs are unmet, and you feel there is a gap, you could join a club related to a hobby or some community service. Socialising does not need to be religion-based. Lets just declare that atheists are a religion, get some tax free govt dollars and start some Atheist Resorts along the Australian coast. God botherers can have churches, Masons can have lodges, Jedis can have temples and atheists can have resorts __________________ "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." Lets just declare that atheists are a religion, get some tax free govt dollars and start some Atheist Resorts along the Australian coast. God botherers can have churches, Masons can have lodges, Jedis can have temples and atheists can have resorts The official GovCo definition of "religion" currently seems to require belief in a Supreme Being or power. I'm not meaning to be talking about changing atheism, just thinking of describing it in a Christian style language. Einstein talked about God as a god is the universe. I'm just thinking why couldn't we do the same and use the double meanings of words, and ways of phrasing things to make them suit our purpose. Most Christian I know don't take the Bible litteraly they reinterpret it, I think we could easily reinterpret it to make an antheist version if we wanted. For example I could say