Are the churches using atheists to gain more converts?

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I won't comment on what the actual situation is in the USA, I am on the outside looking in so my perception is skewed, the reason why I ask.

As Regards Ireland it is a secular state ......

De iure it is, de facto... if you've ever seen the angelus on the national broadcaster or witnessed the requirement to have religious patronage in all state schools, you'd see differently.

The Irish people are secular, the state institutions still defer to John Charles McQuaid in a lot of areas.

I wasn't saying anything about Ireland but the UK which is not secular .... I merely pointed out it was secular, which it is .....

I have no inner understanding of Ireland, USA or any other secular system ....