When I first became a non-christian I thought maybe I should explore other stuff. I tried reading witchcraft books and basically seeing if other religions were appealing. I never got far because I realized that when I came to the conclusion that Catholicism was BS I couldn't bring myself to think any other religion was plausible. I also tried to get into the whole idea of spiritualism (whatever that is) and found myself jsut dismissing. I shed my catholicism not because I investigated it but because when I started thinking cognitively, I became a natural skeptic. And after I became that skeptical person, then I started to be call myself an atheist.
The point being that an atheist is not the same as being a rational/skeptical person. A lack of believe in god does not mean a lack of belief in other superstitious BS. So you can be an atheist for irrational reasons and therefore be prone to harbor other irrational beliefs. Bill Maher is an example. He's an atheist (who refuses to say he's an atheist) and believes in homeopathy and antivaccination BS. So while many atheists are rational/sleptical people it's not really the case. So what I think is your friend is into just another religion, godless or not.
The point being that an atheist is not the same as being a rational/skeptical person. A lack of believe in god does not mean a lack of belief in other superstitious BS. So you can be an atheist for irrational reasons and therefore be prone to harbor other irrational beliefs. Bill Maher is an example. He's an atheist (who refuses to say he's an atheist) and believes in homeopathy and antivaccination BS. So while many atheists are rational/sleptical people it's not really the case. So what I think is your friend is into just another religion, godless or not.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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