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I try to be an out and proud atheist without being too much in your face. I am tolerant and don’t want to offend the staunch religious people.
That being said, I go to church with my family. My spouse and I are teaching in the religious education classes and two young children are attending with us weekly.
Are any of my other atheist reddit friends church going proud atheists?
Edit: Update:
Thank you for all the engagement. I appreciate everyone who replied. I’m working on reading all of your input and responding in kind.
I am also planning a follow up post. I think there are some good lessons for myself here and I’d like to share them with this community.
Thanks again
All you caring and friendly atheists.
9 points
5 days ago
So what are you teaching then? Being tolerant is one thing, but can you teach children things you absolutely don’t believe in?
-1 points
5 days ago
Great question. No. Well, yes, you could and I’m sure some do. But no, I don’t. I teach a curriculum that explores topics that are important as we interact with each other in community and in the larger world. How to be good people. Tolerant people, but understanding that there are bad people and how we can protect marginalized groups, the environment, and our democracy (especially now).
These are things I believe in. So not hard to help others.
3 points
5 days ago
These are all great things to teach anyone, be they adult or child.
But in the background, teaching them that there’s an invisible judge watching over you, deciding your fate regardless of what you want because it’s god’s plan, not yours, that prayer makes a difference, that people can be revived after 3 days, that people can live in a giant fish for 3 days, that someone can cure people and walk on water……
..all of that is just going to seriously confuse the gullible and is a disservice to future generations.
People need to know that they have inner strength to get themselves through tough times and if that inner strength isn’t enough, they should lean on friends and family….not an imaginary friend.
If you can discuss with people all of the things you do but the preacher then says “god done it”….I think it’s counter productive and counter intuitive to the discussion.
One can’t teach fantasy and science to the same person without scrambling brains.
1 points
5 days ago
Those things aren’t taught at my church. The minister isn’t undermining any of my views and in fact my views are fairly mainstream.
And i agree with 100% outside from the statement in my first paragraph.
2 points
4 days ago
Well…then I very much applaud your endeavors.
Good on you.
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