As OP said, this false fact—about Christians just going to church for the donuts and company—appears on DCUM all the time, not just in that other thread. But you’re picking just one of the gazillion atheist posts with that false fact, and then you’re choosing to focus on the narrow phrase “culturally affiliated” in that one particular thread. It’s almost like you want to miss the big picture. FYI, someone handled the cultural affiliation thing a page or so ago, but apparently you didn’t read it. People are talking about Dawkins because some OP started a thread about him and gave a link. Also, we’ve all heard about him, wherever we get our news. Why do we need an inquest on this, because why is this so hard to understand? Also. You can’t write a single post without abuse, can you? You make atheists look bad. |
Yikes. The whole thread is about why people go to services. Cutting and pasting from the OP: Pew says 81% of people who attend religious services go because it's "very important" that "they want to be closer to God." Another 13% said being "closer to God" was "somewhat important" and only 4% said it wasn't important. So, the people going to churches, synagogues and mosques are not just there "for the community," as DCUM's atheists tell us on the daily, most recently today. |
OP misrepresented what was said on the other thread. It wasn’t about going to services at all. The person who claims they hear about him a lot on the guardian and NYT was lying. Are you the spokesperson for every single person who believes in god(s)? No. And I’m not the spokesperson for every single person who doesn’t. |
It’s time you stop misrepresenting entire threads. Here’s what OP said. “So, the people going to churches, synagogues and mosques are not just there "for the community," as DCUM's atheists tell us on the daily, most recently today.” So OP wasn’t just talking about that one thread, she was addressing some fake facts she sees a lot from DCUM’s atheists. And wtf about being a spokesperson for anything. Nobody claimed that. I hope you get a good night’s sleep and come back to this discussion tomorrow with a clearer view of what’s actually being said. |
I’m OP. Thanks, atheist pp, for repeatedly bumping this thread that demonstrates that the atheist mantra about why people attend religious services is completely wrong. |
No, OP started this thread specifically to address comments in that thread. Comments that were misrepresented: A: I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not. B: Agree C: You're wrong, quite the opposite in fact. Pew says 94% of those who attend religious services do so because they want to become closer to God. |
You do love your strawman. |
I’m OP. I said very clearly that you guys make a false assertion about motivation for attending services all the time, and I wanted to put it to rest. Stop twisting what I said and go back and read my OP. Your obsession with a few words in just one of those threads is causing you to miss the big picture. Also, 20:49 addresses the issue of cultural Christianity and shows you’re wrong about that, too. Do you have any rebuttals to that, or do you just want to keep arguing about where people read about Dawkins? |
Were you C? A was sharing an opinion and B (me) agreed; nothing more. And I still do think that most people just go along with the routine without thinking about it. People are lemmings, haven’t you noticed? And polls are crap. Who even answers their phone these days? Seems like DCUM reads about Dawkins on “Focus on the Family” newsletters and far right news sources. But they don’t want to admit it. |
Thread title: s/o Do People Attend Religious Services for the Religious Aspects, or for Community?” Could that be any clearer? |
And I have never commented on people going to services. |
OP created the thread in response to that thread and misrepresented what was said. |
I need a break from you. Read 20:49 about your lemmings claim being wrong, because obviously you haven’t read it yet. Your obsession with a single poster reading FOTF is exhausting. But congrats on being the first DCUM atheist to call Pew surveys crap, bc usually Pew is gospel (forgive me) to you guys. |
I’m OP and I created a thread to respond to my thread title. This is actually very simple. |
You’re on a thread about why people go to services. Perhaps you’re lost and that explains why so many of your posts are OT. |