A question for you atheists??

woodoo

We see a fair bit of abuse directed towards Catholics and religious people here on boards. But how many of you atheists have truly divorced yourselves from religion and the church.

How many of you claim to be an atheist but will still be seen walking down the isle of their local church to get married? How many will be seen carrying their child into the church to get baptised and most tellingly of all. How many of you when you die will be carried into the church in a coffin for your own funeral mass and then be brought to the cemetery. Where a priest will oversee you lowered into the ground?

That is gross hypocrisy. How many of you have made efforts to leave the Church and let your local priest know you are now an atheist and do not want any involvement whatsoever with the church, including all the services offered.

For those that have contacted your local priest/church and the archbishop and the Vatican how will you be buried, married etc?

Daniel2590

Here we go again..

admiralofthefleet

im an atheist, thank god

ejmaztec

<gets waffle iron>

Indricotherium

woodoo wrote: »

We see a fair bit of abuse directed towards Catholics and religious people here on boards. But how many of you atheists have truly divorced yourselves from religion and the church.

How many of you claim to be an atheist but will still be seen walking down the isle of their local church to get married? How many will be seen carrying their child into the church to get baptised and most tellingly of all. How many of you when you die will be carried into the church in a coffin for your own funeral mass and then be brought to the cemetery. Where a priest will oversee you lowered into the ground?

That is gross hypocrisy. How many of you have made efforts to leave the Church and let your local priest know you are now an atheist and do not want any involvement whatsoever with the church, including all the services offered.

For those that have contacted your local priest/church and the archbishop and the Vatican how will you be buried, married etc?

I don't think that going through with rituals that are accepted as social norms for the sake of keeping relatives and so on who are believers happy is the worst hypocrisy in the world.

When I die, my wife who is a believer can do whatever she wants with my body that will make her feel better, it won't be bothering me.

homemadecider

woodoo wrote: »

For those that have contacted your local priest/church and the archbishop and the Vatican how will you be buried, married etc?

You don't need to be religious to get married, OP.

Have you never heard of a humanist wedding? My sister had a beautiful, non-religious ceremony last year. No priest, no church, no prayers. There are plenty of non-religious options for those who want to marry.

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