RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?
November 20, 2013 at 3:10 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2013 at 3:12 pm by Simon Moon.)
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Do you think that's why a lot of clergy who lose their faith stay in the job?
There is a fast growing organization just to deal with this situation.
The Clergy Project - http://www.clergyproject.org/
"The Clergy Project is a confidential online community for active and former professional clergy/religious leaders who do not hold supernatural beliefs. The Clergy Project launched on March 21st, 2011.
Currently, the community's 535 plus members use it to network and discuss what it's like being an unbelieving professional in a religious community or being an unbeliever as ex-clergy in their world."
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.
