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Why are some moderate religious afraid of atheism?
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RE: Why are some moderate religious afraid of atheism?
(February 19, 2018 at 2:10 pm)LuisDantas Wrote:
(February 10, 2018 at 7:46 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: I was referring to religious who don't believe in Hell at all, or any kind of punishment from God.

My best guess is for most of those it is not nearly so much a matter of belief as it is of avoiding trigger words and subjects that might lead to unpleasant confrontations with family and friends.

Many Catholics (and probably other Christians and Muslims) do not even necessarily believe in God exactly, but still prefer to go through the motions if that is what it takes for a measure of mutual acceptance and cooperation to be established in their social circles.

I suspect that it is a very common thing among children.

I think that's what my parents do. I'm quite certain they don't go to church regularly, or read the bible, but they don't want me feeding my nieces atheistic information either because my sister wants to raise them christian. To them it's just something you pay lip service to, and not much else.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Why are some moderate religious afraid of atheism? - by Chad32 - February 20, 2018 at 12:22 am

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