Yes, really. I know. I’ve asked them.
I’ve asked them all.
While each was hooked up to a polygraph.
Well, many of these dogmas I either know something about but never learned about in religion class, or don’t know much about. The truth is the religion classes I had in primary and secondary school were really “moral and Catholic religious education” rather than a sectarian religious education.
My point is that while in theory there are probably large differences between major Christian denominations such as Catholicism and the mainline Protestant denominations, I’m not sure how much of it affects the average believer. My impression is that whether you’re a Catholic or a Protestant depends in large part on which ethnic group you belong to rather than on any choice on your part. In this context, having someone who’s Catholic, maybe devoutly so, but doesn’t necessarily even know about many of Catholicism’s dogmas isn’t entirely surprising.
I’d been an atheist/Buddhist for a long time but over the past six months I have shifted a LOT further toward the atheist side. That’s important because the shift really indicates my current feelings on religion. I don’t like it. At all.
So I guess that’s my round about way of saying that yes, I do hide my atheism because I figure it helps to avoid confrontation. The reason being is that I’ve been, well, confrontational recently.
I’m more of an agnostic Deist these days, but I had very atheistic views for awhile. In both instances, I kept it pretty much under wraps. I think my sister knew, and a few close friends, but that is about it.
