I just saw a question on here from the church folks that jogged another question for me. They asked if any atheists are afraid of believing in god, cause they might be called stupid.
So I make a somewhat converse query.
Do you sit in church on occasion, hearing the preacher spout nonsense --
And are you afraid to stand up and say "Brothers and Sisters, the Bible god was invented by that pervert Moses and his syphilitic half-borther Aaron (not to mention their hunchback one-tooth sister Myriam)!"?
2007-08-27 05:52:57 · 17 answers · asked by 2.71828182845904 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do. My wife is a Christian, so I go with her to church out of respect for her. My kids also enjoy playing with the other children there. I know that is all a crock of ****, but I just try to think about something else to avoid falling asleep when the preacher is talking. I must admit it is difficult to know that all of these people like me, but if they knew my true beliefs, they would tell me I was going to burn in hell.
2007-08-27 05:59:58 · answer #1 · answered by Biggus Dickus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My fiance used to occasionally attend church with me. He is an atheist. He went because he loves me, and likes to show that he supports me. He would never stand up and argue in church, just as he would not want a church member to come to his home spouting off about hellfire and damnation. Not because he was afraid, but because it would just be RUDE.
After church, when we would get home, he would then debate with me the validity of the message, and we had some very good debates, both on the wording, and on the beliefs.
Personally I think that this made our relationship stronger. It let us both be free to express our beliefs and thoughts without fear of offending the other person. We know that we can be totally honest with each other, and still love each other... even when we vehemently disagree!
2007-08-27 06:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 12:57:40 · answer #3 · answered by wingert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ask intelligent questions without being insulting.
People have a right to believe what they want. When it comes to faith and religion anyone can be right cause nobody knows, not even a atheist. I'm a atheist, but do I KNOW there is no god, no, because I've never been all the way dead and come back to tell the tale.
If people want to go to church to get some inspiration, and to socialize and mebbe get some free munchies, what's the big deal? I wouldn't interrupt their service cause it's disrespectful to them, not to their god.
2007-08-27 06:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an athiest, but I still attend church services on important Catholic holidays because it makes my mother happy. I go out of respect for her, not the church.
I am not afraid to stand up and rebel; I just don't see a point to it. Others are just as entitled to believe in a god as I am to reject it.
Besides, what good are my beliefs if they alienate my family, which protesting in church would certainly do?
2007-08-27 06:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember, "god" is nothing more than a nonsense word created by man to explain away all of the things we can't yet understand.
Religion is a disease of the mind, born of fear, which has done nothing but bring untold misery down upon the human race.
2007-08-27 06:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admit it, I do occasionally attend church with my spouse and her family. I'd hesitate to stand up and disrupt their delusion as very little would be served by it, however if the preacher/priest was advocating "Morality by legislation" or "pseudo science as fact", at the least I would make comments to my kids about how wrong that was.
2007-08-27 06:02:10 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would I bother to stand up in a church and declare my non-belief? Odds are the people are there because THEY believe. To be that blatantly disrespectful of someone elses belief accomplishes nothing, and is very juvenile. For what it's worth, I neither believe nor disbelieve in god because I base my beliefs on solid evidence, not out of fear.
2007-08-27 05:56:58 · answer #8 · answered by M G 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I attend church with my mother from time to time and find the sermons very instructive and inspirational. It would never occur to me to stand up and disrupt the procedings. As a Humanist, I believe in religious freedom, not to mention common courtesy. It's not hypocritical for me to attend church, as I do not pretend to be what I'm not. Most of the congregation knows that I'm a Humanist, as our Humanist community works shoulder-to-shoulder with them regularly on community service projects. I have great respect for my neighbors of faith.
2007-08-27 05:56:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no, but now that you mention it- there is a new fundy church about 2 blocks from my place
that should make for a reason to get up early on sunday!
2007-08-27 05:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋