The Atheist Seminary is composed of people who wish to serve as Atheist Ministers – that is, people who help others draw upon a rational, evidence-based world view to fulfill human needs that in ages past were filled by religion and other similar superstitions.
Atheism is not really a religion. We profess no supernatural or otherwise unverifiable beliefs. However, we believe that human beings have certain needs that, in the past, most people have turned to religion for. However, we do not believe that religion is really needed for that purpose. We believe that there is no reason why one can’t draw upon a rational, evidence-based world-view to address these human needs – except that, in many cases, details of how to do so haven’t been worked out. (Religions, on the other hand, have had centuries to do this.)
Furthermore, when someone wishes to fulfill these basic human needs from religion or other superstition, there are plenty of ministers out there who will help them do so. On the other hand, if they need the help of a minister to fulfill those same needs from a rational, evidence-based view, they’ll not likely find any minister to help, as there is no prevalent institution of ministers to help address these needs from a rational, evidence-based world-view.
The goal of the Atheist Seminary is to rectify both of these shortcomings – shortcomings that are not inherent to atheism itself, but rather, to the current status of the Atheist community.