Atheist music

The British atheist Sanderson Jones is a founder of the Sunday Assembly atheist church movement. Atheist churches play some atheistic music. The music is not exclusively atheistic.

Atheist music is music that has been written to express atheist ideology or atheist religious concepts (see: Atheism is a secular religion).

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”. There are no atheist radio stations dedicated to playing atheist songs. In addition, although there are full-time Christian musicians who support themselves by playing for churches (or other Christian audiences) and through the sales of their music, there are no full-time atheist musicians who devote themselves to playing atheist music.

See also: Low amount of quality atheist art: Atheism is an uninspiring and negative concept

Atheist churches play some atheistic music. 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.

Stevie Wonder is a Baptist who got his start in music at the Whitestone Baptist Church in Detroit. Atheism is not prevalent in African-American community. See: Western atheism and race

The journalist Kimberly Winston reported in the Huffington Post:

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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.

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Christian comedian Tim Hawkins on atheist songs being played at atheist churches

The Christian musician and comedian Tim Hawkins pokes fun at the concepts of atheist songs being played at atheist churches and atheist kids song

See also

• Atheist art
• Atheism and musical–rhythmic intelligence and artistic intelligence
• Atheist poetry
• Atheism is uninspiring

Humor:

• Indian Christian culture is better than low class atheist "culture"
• Great and inspiring music by atheists on atheism