Technically there’s no shame in faking being religious, so why do I feel like I just CANNOT do it?
I feel so stupid to just even make believe that I believe there is a God, a heaven and whatever else they think there is. I just cannot do it.
I just cannot present myself as if I am not a rational thinker. I cannot. Its as if I was going around saying I believe in the tooth fairy.
What is it? What is preventing me from “playing along”? My family is basically renouncing me for not believing in an imaginary friend in the sky and my girlfriend hates me for it. So why can’t I just fake it?
Posted: November 1st 2011
Dave Hitt www
You don’t have to fake anything.
You just have to avoid being a dick about it.
Refusing to talk about it, when you know it will only result in a fight, is a perfectly reasonable response. “Sorry, I don’t want to discuss that subject.” If they persist, repeat that sentence.
I suspect you’re picking fights. Don’t do that. There’s nothing to be gained by it except an angry, miserable existence.
Posted: November 3rd 2011
Galen Rose www
I suspect that you can’t fake it because it would embarrass you to be thought gullible enough to buy into nonsense. I couldn’t do it either. You have a right to be yourself. If asked why you don’t play their silly game, you could answer something like this: “I think I’m a good person, but I’m just not religious and I can’t be a phony about it. I am who I am and that seems to be good enough for most people.” Say it with a smile and you are leaving the ball in their court, to be decent about a difference of opinion, or to be jerks.
Posted: November 3rd 2011