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Originally Posted by Sliver
I think it's positive if people are ashamed to mention they go to church. It should be a source of embarrassment to use your free time to voluntarily subject yourself and your loved ones to indoctrination of things any rational person knows to be untrue. It shows poor judgement and if you're going to go anyway, definitely best to keep it under your hat in the same way you should probably hide it if you're a scientologist, JW or member of any other religion.
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I'm an atheist and have zero interest in going to church, but I can understand that there are good, rational reasons for people to do so that aren't about indoctrination. Community membership, emotional support, spiritual guidance and contribution to something bigger than yourself are all rational and positive reasons to do it. In fact, given that spiritual faith and membership in such communities tends to make people happier, there's a good argument that the most rational choice would be choosing to have faith and participate.