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While there is the US Policy board, there isn't really much to discuss about atheism, per se. "Yep, still no deity" is about it.Other than US *local* policy, at this board "anything goes". Discussing even foreign policy broadly is okay here, provided it doesn't gravitated around Democratic vs Republican topics. They have a history of generating a positive feedback loop that causes all other subjects to disappear. That is the entire reason that this board was forked with the US Policy board.
On the other hand,
I believe there are plenty of things to talk about regarding atheism itself from a psychological/philosophical perspective.When F. Nietzsche famously declared "God is Dead" it was not a mockery, but rather a statement of tragedy, in his vision. Despite being atheist himself, profoundly well read and well educated, he believed that as mankind at large was to soon work out that there is no God, then it would not be a victory of culture, but a tragedy of culture with people falling into egocentrism and nihilism.
In my view, the best solution to replace religion (other than the love of knowledge, plus as they often term these days - studying humanism) with attention towards aesthetics. I use the term broadly, to include art, mythology, and the 'humanities' subjects. Seeking employment, there is some pressure to study subjects like law, marketing, or finance, instead of philosophy and the arts.
In my view, our present world lacks attention to aesthetics - and just observing incentives from our employee / rented-slave oriented culture would make that seem likely. By aesthetics, I include the study of our past aesthetics - ie, anthropology and cultural history.
To some extent Nietzsche predictions proved true, with what unfolded during the 20th Century including the movement of nihilism but more broadly our present obsession - almost with it having become a religion (it worshipped, interlaced in many speeches, etc) - with individuality, individual rights. Since the 1970s there was even - in Europe, USA and their colonies - the political abolition of community. Margaret Thatcher infamously declared "There is no such thing as society". Her idea is that we should only think about ourselves, and allow market forces to produce everything for us. In my opinion this neoliberal psychology, which is continually promoted to us (owing it to be beneficial to companies), has an effect of "atomising" people (earlier we had lunches with friends and community hall meetings - now we are alone, check our portfolio value, think how to reduce expenses or increase income) which can have negative long-term psychological consequences.
With that in mind, the videos here might be healthy for atheists to fill gaps (or add richness) in one's world view. The channel is called "Unsolicited advice" and covers philosophical topics by a wonderfully poetic atheist:
https://www.youtube.com/@unsolicitedadvice9198In each video, he discusses a specific topic. For example, the last topic was about men being so pragmatic and self-focussed, that they may accidentally reject even what they desire (friendship), resulting in a lingering loneliness that culminates into emptiness (often with depression) over many years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=973sEAQZKzY- Manlobbi
