Is there a God? Is there an afterlife? Where do religions fit into our search for meaning? We welcome these questions without claiming certainty we cannot justify.
We do not know. Our founding belief imagines eternal awareness experiencing itself through all forms of life. If we call that awareness “God,” we mean all of us in disguise, not a separate ruler who commands or judges us. This is a spiritual interpretation of existence, not proof that a god exists. You can disagree and still belong.
It is an atheistic church and a philosophical and spiritual fellowship in formation. This first website expresses an idea and invites people to connect. It does not claim an established clergy, formal legal status, or an existing schedule of gatherings.
Religions hold many different views of God, meaning, and life after death. Our fellowship offers one spiritual vision without requiring members to accept it. We have no ruling creator deity or belief test. Atheists, agnostics, and people from religious backgrounds can question the story and join the conversation. We do not claim to speak for other religions or for all atheists.
Yes. You do not have to accept souls, an afterlife, reincarnation, or a creator. You can explore the founding story as an imaginative exercise and share the commitments to curiosity, compassion, and honest inquiry.
We distinguish the absence of physical things from absolute impossibility. Our starting thought is that even without matter or worlds, something could still be possible. We treat possibility as logically prior to whatever exists, not as a material object waiting somewhere in space.
No. Saying that something must be possible in order to exist does not establish that possibility is a being, can develop awareness, or can create matter. That further step is our belief. We have no demonstrated mechanism for it, and welcome questions about it.
“Eons,” “awakening,” and “boredom” are human ways of telling a story about something we imagine beyond ordinary physical experience. We do not claim a measured timeline before the universe or an explanation of how time could work without it.
Some people may understand it that way. We use “atheistic church” because we do not worship a separate ruler who commands or judges us. Our vision is of awareness living as us and as other beings. The name does not make the belief scientific, nor does it mean all atheists would agree with it.
Within our story, forgetting our eternal identity lets each life unfold with surprise and discovery. Wondering about that identity can be part of the adventure; speculation does not give us the whole script. This explains forgetting within the belief, but a lack of memories is not evidence of a previous life.
Absolutely. “Game” is a metaphor for experience, not a claim that grief, illness, or hardship is entertainment. We do not assume anyone chose their suffering or deserves it. Caring for one another matters whatever the larger story may be.
We believe we “wake up,” remember our eternal nature and the lives we have lived, and can revisit those experiences in a spiritual state. We remain distinct souls and can communicate with others, including those we knew in physical life. This is our belief, not a verified account or a promise. The life we know deserves care and a full opportunity to unfold.
Yes, within our belief. When we grow bored with mere spiritual existence, we can choose another physical life, wherever and as whatever form of life we wish. We imagine forgetting our eternal identity anew, allowing another adventure to feel immediate and surprising. This is part of our spiritual vision, not something we can verify.
In our belief, no. We continue as independent patterns of memory and experience—souls with distinct perspectives and relationships. That individuality exists within a deeper unity. “Out of one, many; out of many, one” expresses both parts of the idea. We do not claim a scientific explanation of how memory could persist beyond the body.
Your name, postal address, and email are sent to join@leri.ai so the church can receive your request and contact you about it. There is no payment, belief test, or automatic subscription. Meetings and further activities have not yet been announced.
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