Atheists' Protocol

[Alex Bragi]

(1) I don’t believe they should have to ‘admit’ to anything that doesn’t pertain to the job they’ve been elected to do.

(2) I think it depends entirely on what the Christian activity is. I'm not a Christian but I don’t feel like a hypocrite for enjoying Christmas carols and such--not at all. But would I go to midnight mass? No.

[ThisYouWillDo]

... would I go to midnight mass? No.

No because you just wouldn't want to, or No because it's a deeper involvement, different from a Carol Service?

I go to enjoy the carols and to watch the ceremony (and to have some mince pies and punch afterwards) but I don't participate in worship: I don't recite the Creed or take communion, for instance. To me, attending is whatever the religious equivalent of neighbourly is, whereas taking communion would be blasphemous.

TYWD

[Thorne]

I go to enjoy the carols and to watch the ceremony (and to have some mince pies and punch afterwards) but I don't participate in worship: I don't recite the Creed or take communion, for instance. To me, attending is whatever the religious equivalent of neighbourly is, whereas taking communion would be blasphemous.

I agree with you. As long as you are respectful of those who are there to worship and don't interfere with or, as you put it, blaspheme their rituals, there is no harm. And the mince pies and punch are certainly a great motivator.

[Alex Bragi]

No because you just wouldn't want to, or No because it's a deeper involvement, different from a Carol Service?

I go to enjoy the carols and to watch the ceremony (and to have some mince pies and punch afterwards) but I don't participate in worship: I don't recite the Creed or take communion, for instance. To me, attending is whatever the religious equivalent of neighbourly is, whereas taking communion would be blasphemous.

TYWD

I don't think there's much need for me to answer this when your post is pretty much exactly how I feel too. Yes, you're right, one's a celebration while the other is a form of worship. *ss*