Atheists in church

[Aegon]

Probably drawing a line where it doesn't exist.  You appear to believe that decisions based upon your beliefs, which guide your life, are rational.  That it's reasonable, for example..to seek and affirm happiness over truth.  I think you're right, now you just have to let yourself be.  It's pointless to try and convince people that you're a complete loon - as the argument assaults it's own premise on account of being an argument, as angrboda pointed out..and even if you succeeded....well....

I think this is one of the bigger gaps on the boards, from the pov of convos.  The notion is that religious beliefs are other-than...even you, a religious person, are here arguing as much.  We get apologist after apologist excusing their beliefs from these grounds.  Let's run with it, though.  Your religious beliefs..are irrational or a-rational..and don't need to be rational.  Fine.  What if some other persons religious beliefs did need to be and were rational, and were true?

Then good for them. Whatever works, is fine. It's strange how atheists demand everything be rational and "true", but they also believe that death is the permanent end. Why do they waste time/energy defending an abstract concept like rationality, if everything is just going to disappear the moment they die anyway?

You have a point, inadvertently at least. It is kind of a waste of time to argue about rationality with others who don't agree. Better to enjoy the preset moment instead.

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Why don’t you care about being rational?

Holding irrational beliefs has served me well so far. I have no reason to adopt a hard-line rationale for everything I do or believe.

??? Of course you do. Otherwise you just react to things. That's no way to go through existence.