Welcome to the largest and most active local community of Atheists, Agnostics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists, Rationalists, and friends in the Washington DC Metro Area!  We host a variety of events each month in DC, Suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia as well as active mailing lists on current events, debate, and general discussion. We're deeply concerned about maintaining Constitutional separation of Church and State - but we're also interested in building a community.  With that in min …

The Center for Inquiry–DC (CFI–DC) offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the D.C. Center sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming. CFI provides an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join t …

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." ~Richard Dawkins This group is for atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, and anyone else that questions the existence of supernatural deities. We will have dinners, movie nights, volunteer events, etc. Anyone is welcome to join the group--believers and non-believers alike. We respect the beliefs and ideas of others and expect the same in return.