(November 4, 2021 at 5:35 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(November 4, 2021 at 3:24 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I would think a sincere atheist would refuse to attend a church for any reason, but whatever. Maybe I'm wrong.
It's not like the air inside a church burns us or we have a universal principle of never listening to sermons. There's no reason for an atheist to go if they want to, and it could be for a variety of reasons. I would think it would be a pretty tiny percentage that would refuse to attend a close friend's funeral just because it's held in a church (or temple or mosque or whatever).
Bloody hell!
You would think this would be so easy, that even someone with Ahriman's muddled thinking would get it.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
