Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thought experiment! (But based on real people). Which of the following people would you consider more religious?
Person A: Says they genuinely believe and that their faith is important to them but never attends services (or even streams them) at their house of worship, donates or volunteers with faith orgs or causes, and generally does not devote any significant portion of their time to their religion in any observable manner.
Person B: Says they believe religion "evolved" to fill vital social, emotional, and ethical functions and if pressed quietly admits to atheism or that they only think religion holds a sort of metaphorical moral truth, not actual truth. Goes to church every Sunday, frequently attends church events, tithes, sends children to a religious school, reads the Bible with children nightly, and objectively devotes an enormous portion of their life in terms of time, energy, and money to their religion that they value but do not actually believe in.
Who is more religious, A or B?
Neither.
Anonymous wrote:Thought experiment! (But based on real people). Which of the following people would you consider more religious?
Person A: Says they genuinely believe and that their faith is important to them but never attends services (or even streams them) at their house of worship, donates or volunteers with faith orgs or causes, and generally does not devote any significant portion of their time to their religion in any observable manner.
Person B: Says they believe religion "evolved" to fill vital social, emotional, and ethical functions and if pressed quietly admits to atheism or that they only think religion holds a sort of metaphorical moral truth, not actual truth. Goes to church every Sunday, frequently attends church events, tithes, sends children to a religious school, reads the Bible with children nightly, and objectively devotes an enormous portion of their life in terms of time, energy, and money to their religion that they value but do not actually believe in.
Who is more religious, A or B?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thought experiment! (But based on real people). Which of the following people would you consider more religious?
Person A: Says they genuinely believe and that their faith is important to them but never attends services (or even streams them) at their house of worship, donates or volunteers with faith orgs or causes, and generally does not devote any significant portion of their time to their religion in any observable manner.
Person B: Says they believe religion "evolved" to fill vital social, emotional, and ethical functions and if pressed quietly admits to atheism or that they only think religion holds a sort of metaphorical moral truth, not actual truth. Goes to church every Sunday, frequently attends church events, tithes, sends children to a religious school, reads the Bible with children nightly, and objectively devotes an enormous portion of their life in terms of time, energy, and money to their religion that they value but do not actually believe in.
Who is more religious, A or B?
I am person b, with the exception of reading the Bible with children nightly. We do say a grace before dinner ( Want what you have, Do what you can, Be who you are). I taught RE for 15 years. Our children attended RE classes from preschool through high school. I don’t think of myself as an atheist, as I do believe in the interdependent web of life. We are Unitarian Universalist. I consider myself religious.
Anonymous wrote:Thought experiment! (But based on real people). Which of the following people would you consider more religious?
Person A: Says they genuinely believe and that their faith is important to them but never attends services (or even streams them) at their house of worship, donates or volunteers with faith orgs or causes, and generally does not devote any significant portion of their time to their religion in any observable manner.
Person B: Says they believe religion "evolved" to fill vital social, emotional, and ethical functions and if pressed quietly admits to atheism or that they only think religion holds a sort of metaphorical moral truth, not actual truth. Goes to church every Sunday, frequently attends church events, tithes, sends children to a religious school, reads the Bible with children nightly, and objectively devotes an enormous portion of their life in terms of time, energy, and money to their religion that they value but do not actually believe in.
Who is more religious, A or B?
Anonymous wrote:Thought experiment! (But based on real people). Which of the following people would you consider more religious?
Person A: Says they genuinely believe and that their faith is important to them but never attends services (or even streams them) at their house of worship, donates or volunteers with faith orgs or causes, and generally does not devote any significant portion of their time to their religion in any observable manner.
Person B: Says they believe religion "evolved" to fill vital social, emotional, and ethical functions and if pressed quietly admits to atheism or that they only think religion holds a sort of metaphorical moral truth, not actual truth. Goes to church every Sunday, frequently attends church events, tithes, sends children to a religious school, reads the Bible with children nightly, and objectively devotes an enormous portion of their life in terms of time, energy, and money to their religion that they value but do not actually believe in.
Who is more religious, A or B?