re: #6 CuriousLurker

I always wonder if the people who do that and have family members, employers, etc. who are religious behave the same with them, or if it’s reserved for strangers on the internet.

I’m pretty close to Chicago, so religion at work isn’t the problem it more often is in red states. I have one manager who’s still religious. The rest of us were raised Christian but grew out of it.

My brother’s family is so religious that they can’t fully engage with reality, and think evolution is a Liberal hoax. They’re aware that I do not share their beliefs. Also that I don’t think they should be watching Fox news. We still get along just fine because no one is thin-skinned, and we’re all good, well-meaning people.

I don’t feel the need to pretend that the supernatural is real to make religious people more comfortable. That would be totally dishonest since I’ve never seen any evidence to support that kind of belief, and no one who believes in the supernatural has been able to provide any.

If someone could provide evidence of a god, I wouldn’t worship it, since being powerful isn’t a reason to worship something, but I would study it to see if it’s a threat and to look for weaknesses. If its ethics were congruent with mine, I might even like it.