Friendly Atheism

[John 6IX Breezy]

[quote='John 6IX Breezy' pid='1929876' dateline='1567269494']

I don't doubt that they are sincere, but we are not discussing sincere. A lot of people are sincere about alien visitation or the healing power of crystals.

I doubt that they have ever taken a serious rational look at the religious beliefs and simply accepted. Most don't want to take that rational look as that would cause cognitive dissonance. 

Sincerity matters when you described them as having a hypocritical stance that is externally derived but not internally applied: I am "because I'm told I am." If, to the contrary, their beliefs are sincerely their own, it is because the belief is rational to them.