AHC: Atheist assemblies with with a more traditional and strict imagery, and style of service

Perhaps a modern version of Confucianism modeled on Western forms of worship, but which is distinctly anti-religious (dismissing Christianity as foreign heathenry, and Buddhism as superstition)? Perhaps it could happen if a fascist, non-Christian dictator took over China, instead of a fascist, Christian dictator.
 
I'm an atheists and I find the entire concept of atheist assemblies ridiculous and utterly pointless.

I may be projecting here but if even Informal assemblies can't get someone like me to find them anything but laughable I don't see how a more formal one could be any more successful
 
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Yes, I also find it kind of silly to belong to an organization, the only common bond being that you don't believe in one particular thing. For example, let's say that you don't believe that the Earth is globe shaped. You very well might join an organization where all of the members believe the same alternative theory as you, such as that the earth is flat. But if I were a flat-earther, I would be unlikely to join a general anti-globe organization, if some of the members believed it was cube shaped. Yes, we would be united as being anti-spherists, but we wouldn't necessarily have much else in common.

Similarly, if I were an atheist, I might join some other organization, such as one that was pro-ethics or pro-science. And I suppose we could have our meetings on Sunday mornings and maybe even dress up and sing some songs. But it would seem like a waste of time to go to a meeting just to celebrate what I don't believe in.
 
From what I've read about these organizations, their purpose seems to be to give non-believers the social experience that going to church every sunday gives to believers. They aren't people who are "united in that they don't believe in one particular thing" they are united in the belief that a weekly meeting in a church-like environment makes them feel good and they don't want to give this up just because they are Atheists.
 
From what I've read about these organizations, their purpose seems to be to give non-believers the social experience that going to church every sunday gives to believers. They aren't people who are "united in that they don't believe in one particular thing" they are united in the belief that a weekly meeting in a church-like environment makes them feel good and they don't want to give this up just because they are Atheists.

Well, yes, but to me it would seem to make a lot more sense just to call it a Sunday morning social club or moral club or something. If you focus on the fact that everyone is an atheist, it seems like it would get rather boring after a while. In particular, what would they do if everyone joined? For example, I happen to believe that the Earth is sphere shaped. So I guess there's a certain amount of value in getting together with other people who believe the same thing and celebrating that it's sphere shaped. But it's very unlikely that I would join a club made up simply of other people who believe merely that it's not flat. For a while, I guess that would be kind of rewarding, since we could make fun of the people who thought it was flat. But once we managed to convince everyone else that it's not flat, it would seem kind of silly to keep meeting.
 
So...atheist assemblies with Christian trappings? Given that a significant portion of atheists in the West consist of Christians who lost their faith and/or community because of overly rigid doctrine and practice and thus attach negative connotations to them, that's highly unlikely. Your best bet would be some sort of Traditionalist group in the style of Julius Evola and company who no longer believe in the doctrine but believe that practice, and other people believing the doctrine is a good thing, but those kind of people are more likely to stay closeted in an established church anyway.
 
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