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- rasko40
to recognize oneself as an atheist is a religion in itself, to be 'not practising' in non belief is then surely to believe... so it doesn't actually make sense.
or something
- rabattski0
lmao. actually rasko you're quite correct, a non practicing atheist = a believer.
- ants0
the point is exactly that. I am a Christian, you cannot be a Christian and not practice it because it is by definition your whole life and everything in it. So when I say the girl said, "I'm a non practicing catholic" then I thought that was the most stupid thing I had heard in a long while. The point is irony that you cannot practice non-belief... it is belief itself!
So... there you go, it means exactly what you think it means.
- rasko40
well yes, but what she probably meant was that she was born into a catholic family and raised with those values, perhaps she used to attend church but has since chosen not to continue. Its nothing to get so offended by.
- ants0
huh? who said I was offended? I thought it was stupid, I didn't think it was offensive.
I'm not having a go at the girl with the statement. What I am doing is trying to re-define the idea of belief as not a part of your life but the whole thing. To be practicing is therefore irrelevant. Hence the irony... in both parts of the statement.
Plus it is geared to an audience/market who would already understand that.
- ants0
rasko? a penny for your thoughts?