Antitheist.

The word probably made you flinch. It's supposed to. Somewhere along the way you were handed a picture of the kind of person who'd use it. Angry. Smug. Out to take something from you and enjoy it.

Look around. That person isn't here.

Here is what the word actually means, underneath the picture. An antitheist is someone who thinks the big claims about God are worth examining honestly, and won't pretend the examining never needs to happen. That's it. Not a hatred of people. A refusal to look away from the questions.

So that's what this place is. A room where those questions get turned over, one at a time, in plain language, by people who have asked them themselves. There is real work here already, and more coming. None of it will call you stupid for what you believe, or for what you're not sure you believe anymore. No one is keeping score. No one is asking you to arrive anywhere by the end of the night.

The picture you were given was doing a job. The job was to make sure you never got close enough to find out what was on the other side of the word.

You're allowed to check for yourself.

The door stays open.