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Line 1: − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + − Despite atheism existing for thousands of years and predating [[Christianity]], there is a small proportion of music compared to religious music. For example, [[Wikipedia]], which was founded by an atheist and agnostic, has no article on "Atheist music", but Wikipedia does have an article on [[Christian music]]. The comedian Steve Martin wrote a satirical song entitled "“Atheists Don't Have No Songs”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogta8alHiU Steve Martin - Atheists Don't Have No Songs (Live on Letterman 03-16-2011)]</ref> There are no atheist radio stations dedicated to playing atheist songs.
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'''Atheist music''' is music that has been written to express [[Atheism|atheist]] ideology or atheist religious concepts (see: [[Atheism is a religion|Atheism is a secular religion]]).
'''Atheist music''' is music that has been written to express [[Atheism|atheist]] ideology or atheist religious concepts (see: [[Atheism is a religion|Atheism is a secular religion]]).
Although atheist churches are few in number, atheist churches employ atheist music.
Despite atheism existing for thousands of years and predating [[Christianity]], there is a small proportion of music compared to religious music. For example, [[Wikipedia]], which was founded by an atheist and agnostic, has no article on "Atheist music", but Wikipedia does have an article on [[Christian music]]. The comedian Steve Martin wrote a satirical song entitled "“Atheists Don't Have No Songs”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogta8alHiU Steve Martin - Atheists Don't Have No Songs (Live on Letterman 03-16-2011)]</ref> There are no atheist radio stations dedicated to playing atheist songs.
== Atheist churches play some atheistic music but the music is not exclusively atheistic ==
Although atheist churches are few in number, atheist churches employ some atheist music, but the songs are not exclusively atheistic in nature.
The journalist Kimberly Winston reported in the ''Huffington Post'':
{{Cquote|At London’s Sunday Assembly, which attracts as many as 300 people and frequently turns people away at the door, the music has included songs by Queen and Stevie Wonder. At Houston Oasis, a community of nonbelievers established last fall, there are covers of popular songs, rewritten renditions of old songs and original music as well.
“We say we are a community grounded in reason, and music is a part of that,” said Mike Aus, Houston Oasis’ founder, leader and a former Lutheran pastor. “The music we include is intended to inspire and improve your life somehow.”
A recent Houston Oasis gathering that drew 80 people featured the singing of Smythe and Taylor, a Texas-based award-winning musical duo who performed John Waite’s “Missing You,” James Taylor’s “The Frozen Man” and their own “Heaven’s Not the Great Beyond,” about an encounter with a homeless man who may — or may not — be Jesus.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/atheist-churches-embrace-sunday-morning-music_n_3096566.html ‘Atheist Churches’ Embrace Sunday-Morning Music] by Kimberly Winston, Huffington Post</ref>}}
== See also ==
== See also ==