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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I’m an atheist who was raised extremely Catholic, including Catholic schools, who went to college and finally got the confidence to publicly express the atheism I’d believed in since I was about nine or ten. I didn’t go to Mass for years. I did baptize my kids using my mom’s church, but that was more of a gift to my mom than anything.

But then I moved my kids to Catholic school after a disastrous public school experience. The school and community was incredibly welcoming to my kid and the family. The familiar academic and behavioral rigor was so welcome. I had this strong sense of homecoming. My kids embraced it, even though I’d raised them atheist.

I don’t go to Mass regularly, but I do go periodically now. And I really feel a sense of peace after. I have not gone to Confession, but I do take the Eucharist. I suspect that as I age, I will go more.

I don’t know what to do about the actual belief in God part. I remember questioning the existence of God as a very young child. I didn’t even have the words to understand it, but once I learned the term “atheist,” it resonated. I cannot make myself believe in God. But, I feel peace and connection to my community and family when I go to Mass, and for now that is enough.

All of this is to say that if you are feeling pulled to the Church, there might be a reason and it’s okay to embrace that. Go to different churches and attend Mass and see how it resonates. You don’t have to be all in immediately. [/quote]

If you don’t believe in God, and do not go to confession, you shouldn’t be going to communion.  Any priest will tell you that.  It’s good that you are going to mass and leaving your heart open (and for this I applaud you), but receiving communion as a current non-believer is a mortal sin.[/quote]

+1. I hope these are just bored trolls but you never know on here. If you're agnostic or atheist, why would you ever be in a church? Not adding up. No atheist or agnostic person I've ever met would ever willingly and randomly go to Mass and take communion. It would be literally the last thing they'd ever do on a Sunday morning. :roll: [/quote]

There are many atheists and agnostics every week at church, sorry to break it to you.

Not everyone has as rigid a worldview as you do. You cannot control everyone’s inner thoughts, as much as you want to do so. [/quote]

Yes, just a coincidence you and the PP are self-described agnostic/atheist, still going to Sunday mass, still taking communion, and participating in a thread like this on the most sacred Christian holiday. You sound super disengaged with Catholicism and totally not some bored atheist troll on the religion forum on Easter weekend. :roll: Goodbye.[/quote]

You sound like the only troll on this thread. The rest of the posters have been thoughtful. [/quote]

If you're agnostic or atheist, you're trolling the church and congregation when you attend Mass, especially if you're taking communion. But you know that, of course, which is why you're driving the point home trolling a religious forum on an Easter weekend.[/quote]

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