Reply to Do "believers" only believe because they are conforming? [ATHEISTS ONLY]

Forum Index » Religion

Reply to "Do "believers" only believe because they are conforming? [ATHEISTS ONLY]"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why others do what they do but I can answer as someone who's mother is super religious. I do not feel compelled to conform. Maybe it's because she relies on me and there is a different power play(?) but I just won't do it. I love her and she loves me, she tells me often that she is grateful for all that our family does for her, but I will not go to church and pretend to believe in anything just to make her happy. And she has accepted this. [/quote]

If it makes your mom happy to play "let's pretend" at church once a week, why not do it once in a while JUST to make her happy?  As an atheist, you're not violating any principal by simply going to church with your mom and sitting there while the religious rituals are occurring.  Just sitting in church can't make an atheist "magically convert" into a person who believes in god.  (I don't think--if it does, probably not really an atheist in the first place.)

What's wrong with attending a function for which you don't believe in the metaphysics of, JUST to make your mother, who you love, and who loves you, happy?  Nothing's wrong with it.  We all do things to make our moms happy now and then that we think are silly or ridiculous or that we don't agree with, don't we?

I mean you're not afraid that some Holy Water will accidentally splash you and turn you into a god bot are you?

What about other religious based rituals like weddings and funerals?  Does this mean you never go to a religious themed wedding or funeral because you are afraid that being within close range to a bunch of god bots will turn you into a god zombie?

LOL

You're not much of an atheist if you're afraid of setting foot inside a church with your mom.  Nothing's going to "happen" to you.  God isn't going to pop out from behind a stained glass window and give you an epiphany.[/quote]

I'm the PP quoted above. I never said I was afraid of stepping foot in a church. You projected that idea and ran with it. I do plenty of things to make her happy that I might not enjoy. I just draw the line at going to church. I'm not sure why the boundaries I have set bother you so much. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics