Does AU engage in attempts to “de-convert” religious people or proselytize against religion?
AU policy does not promote attempts to de-convert religious people and it is the widely held view of many atheists that it’s often fruitless to try to “reason” people out of their religiously-held beliefs. It’s far more desirable to promote the virtues of secularism, rationality, Humanistic ethics and tolerance as positive values applicable to all people rather than to attempt to diminish the beliefs of religious people. There are far greater returns in that endeavor and most have found that belittling those of religious faith only serves to breed resentment, which is counterproductive to advancing the acceptance of atheism. Why doesn’t AU capitalize the “a” in “atheism?” Following the convention of Atheist Alliance International, atheism is not a proper ideology as it has no tenets, no doctrine, and no rules other than its axiomatic meaning, “no god belief,” and isn’t considered by most to be a formal philosophy or religion. Therefore it isn’t a proper noun. It is capitalized when inc
