Atheism and the meaning of life - what drives you?

[Spongebob]

Given the information I currently have, it's not possible for me to choose belief.  At best I can role-play a believer.  On the inside, there's no religious belief there at all.

Going through the motions is better than not doing anything at all. But I understand why you wouldn't want to do that.

You likely learned this in Catholic school and Catholics very much think this way.  It's not so much about believing as it is about following rules.  Other Protestant Christians don't think this way and in fact this is anathema to their faith.  But from a POV of honesty and integrity, I find your statement repugnant and not at all out of character since you are at your core a dishonest and deceitful person.

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-and there's the rub with performative theism.  If, as you've said before Ahri, believing in a god, any god, is the important thing, the thing relevant to whatever dreams you have of an afterlife - going through the motions of belief doesn't satisfy that criteria.  It's certainly not going to go over well with your fellow god botherers that duplicity is a positively valued trait to god, and perhaps even necessary to cultivating genuine belief.

As usual, Airhead's posts are completely inconsistent and incoherent.