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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"That said, I don't think PP should go to church if she disagrees with it. Even if she just thinks it's s waste of her time and would rather find peace sitting in her garden with a cup of coffee. I find your tone offensive, and I say that as a believer."

Of course as you call yourself a believer, I understand perfectly why an atheist "faking it" in church for their mom's sake would be very offensive to you.  But that's not the issue.  The issue is why it would be offensive to the atheist, who thinks the whole religion thing is a sham anyway.   If an atheist believes everything going on in a church is a giant delusional sham anyway, the sham isn't made any worse by an atheist pretending to be part of it.

Why not?  If it would make the atheist's mom happy, why not go to church and sit there next to mom for an hour?  To an atheist, it should be exactly like going to a movie you don't want to see with your mom, just to keep her company and to make her happy.  As far as I am aware that doesn't violate any ethical principals.  [/quote]

PP here. I never said I would find it offensive for an atheist to sit in church faking it. I wouldn't.

But, faking it means going through the motions of kneeling and standing and singing and reciting at the right times. That's a lot to ask. I take your point that it might make her mom happy, but is lying to her mom really a good answer?[/quote]

I never said the atheist at church with mom would have to go through all the ritualistic kneeling standing preying stuff.  All I said was "sit next to mom in church" to make her happy by keeping her company.  You know, mom already knows her offspring doesn't believe any of this religious mumbo jumbo.  But actually caring enough about mom to show her respect by sitting next to her during the service would probably be a meaningful gesture to show that atheist cares enough about atheist's mom to overcome their irrational hostility to all things religious for an hour or two once in a great while.

Or, ever.[/quote]

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