Welcome to the forums Thea....I "believe" it's safe to say that we have all went through the same scenario in which you wrote of; in feeling out of place a time or two when gathered with others who believe in a sky daddy.
I can't count the number of times someone has mentioned to me the, "Believing in "God" in certain circumstances. I usually get the death bed or close to death tale of calling out "God".
I usually tell them that, "If it makes them sleep better at night to believe such nonsense or whatever floats your boat" phrases. Also the fact of, that there are few, if any, recorded instances where an atheists has called out to a "Christian God" (Or whatever) when on their death bed or near death etc. It's truly just something preachers like to say during sermons to make a congregation happy.
Personally, I like to think that they say it to make themselves feel better about believing in such obviously written and passed down fairy tales...
Again, welcome to the forums, there are a lot of good people here....
I can't count the number of times someone has mentioned to me the, "Believing in "God" in certain circumstances. I usually get the death bed or close to death tale of calling out "God".
I usually tell them that, "If it makes them sleep better at night to believe such nonsense or whatever floats your boat" phrases. Also the fact of, that there are few, if any, recorded instances where an atheists has called out to a "Christian God" (Or whatever) when on their death bed or near death etc. It's truly just something preachers like to say during sermons to make a congregation happy.
Personally, I like to think that they say it to make themselves feel better about believing in such obviously written and passed down fairy tales...
Again, welcome to the forums, there are a lot of good people here....
Intelligence is the only true moral guide...
