At the conclusion of our interview, Armin had some parting thoughts,
directly for our forum.
A personal message from Atheist Republic founder, Armin Navabi:
“In the past three years, we have developed a website with a blog,
news, and resources and grown a management team of over 50
people from all around the world. The Facebook page has grown to
more than 900,000 fans and the private group to more than 23,000
members, which is now one of the most active private atheist
communities online.
Atheist Republic is a growing community of godless heathens who
share views and ideas, help one another express their atheism,
support one another, and discuss news, books and other atheist
expressions. We give every atheist a chance to share their views with
our community or raise awareness about those things which matter to
them.
Atheist Republic is a reflection of the views and ideas of the
community as a whole. That's why it's called a republic. The entire
community, all our Facebook fans, all of the people who engage with
AR through the website, all direct the course of the community.
It's clear that atheists care. A lot of atheists want to find a way to
help, to make a difference.
The barriers of communication are breaking down, and our new more
transparent world is becoming a much more difficult environment for
religion to spread and control. More and more people are being
exposed to the fact that many atheists are moral, see true beauty in
the world and lead rich, meaningful lives.
The future of Atheist Republic is bright. We have ideas for offline
events and groups, making it easy for our community to plan and
organize through the website. We want to continue to add resources to
the website and have plans in place for adding more poetry and visual
art. We would like to create videos and a podcast to reach an even
wider audience with more information and resources, and we have
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