Well, a quick announcement: ~brights is back .
Now *SiriuslyBright33 and I, =Paw-BR are running the club.
So the doors are open again, I guess.


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AFFILIATES



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Members and Rules



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WHAT?

This community is for those who live in the real world, be they atheists, secular humanists, freethinkers, skeptics or anyone else with a naturalistic worldview. A positive-sounding, stigma-free umbrella term was coined in 2003 to unite such people: Brights.


* A Bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview.

* A Bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements.

* The ethics and actions of a Bright are based on a naturalistic worldview.


That's it: if you meet these criteria, you are a Bright.


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WHY?

Atheists etc. have a bad reputation in today's overwhelmingly religious and superstitious society. More than 50% of Americans have a “negative” or “highly negative” view of people who do not believe in God. We are perceived as arrogant, joyless, narrow-minded and supercilious, and our opinions are neglected. Meanwhile, religion, new-ageism and so forth are in the ascendent. In this climate, it is important that we nonbelievers are able to feel positive about our worldview.

This new group will hopefully:

* Unite deviantART's Brights.

* Create and promote artwork which is atheistic, anti-[religious/superstitious/supernaturalist] or about science/nature. (Gratuitously offensive work may be rejected)

* Be a positive force in the dA community.

* Make atheists seem less evil!

* Make us all less depressed about the religious majority on dA.


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RESOURCES

The Brights' Net
Brights Online
An Atheist Manifesto
American Atheists
Ex-Christians
The Atheism Directory
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
The Skeptic's Dictionary
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible
The Skeptic's Annotated Quran
The Skeptic's Annotated Book of Mormon