{"id":1331,"date":"2012-01-27T14:53:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T19:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2012-01-27T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T19:53:42","slug":"fun-friday-atheist-temple-planned-for-uks-nonbelievers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2012\/01\/fun-friday-atheist-temple-planned-for-uks-nonbelievers.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Atheist Temple Planned for UK&#8217;s Nonbelievers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaindebotton.com\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Alain de Botton<\/a> has announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/01\/25\/atheists-temple_n_1231848.html?ref=religion\" target=\"_blank\">plans to build an Atheist temple in the United Kingdom<\/a>, presumably so nonbelievers have a place to gather and share their philosophies.<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8230; isn&#8217;t that what Starbucks is for?<\/p>\n<p>Also, I can&#8217;t wait to see how the architect will handle this kind of project. Maybe the building can feature a giant\u00a0X instead of a cross?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/wp-admin\/void(0);\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/wp-admin\/void(0);\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/wp-admin\/void(0);\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Alain de Botton has announced plans to build an Atheist temple in the United Kingdom, presumably so nonbelievers have a place to gather and share their philosophies. Um&#8230; isn&#8217;t that what Starbucks is for? Also, I can&#8217;t wait to see how the architect will handle this kind of project. 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