On the lunacy of free will

[awty]

There's also the fact that continuing to pretend to believe in (name religion), in essence pretending to be someone you are not, is extremely mentally unhealthy and can cause serious emotional issues throughout life.

Actually in the Catholic faith, going through the motions is more important than believing.  For protestants, that belief in Jesus is what gets you saved from hell even if you go out later and kill your wife, but Catholicism is a bit different.  You are expected to participate, to be a good Catholic.  Belief is sort of a side-effect of that.  It's sort of assumed that god exists but if someone is struggling with it, they just need to focus on the rituals and that shit will go away, or not, doesn't matter, just keep doing the rituals.

The thing about Ahriman is that he/she/it is not being honest here.  His responses reek of dishonesty and subterfuge.  He says one thing then contradicts it later.  I'm convinced this is nothing but a troll that is working this forum for pleasure.  Notice how he never, ever answers questions, only spouts a different controversial statement, often directly contradicting the last one.  To whit:  He's not a Christian, he's an ex-Catholic, he doesn't believe in god, he didn't leave the faith completely, he defends Christians and asserts nonsense about atheists.
This is definitely a troll.

The most effective thing to do is to just not respond to Airhead. When it isn't fun any more he will move on to another forum.