I thought that you were talking of people who were always posting slight variations of the same post.
This reminds me. I don't mind people revisiting ideas and building upon them, but some seem to have a very short cycle of thoughts, without even bothering to evolve it into something more engaging.
Yes - literal today!
Is it because you think that only believers will go to heaven?
That is the rule, right? ;D
I am a non-believer, but I am open to finding out I am wrong after death. However, most religions seem to take the stance that God has a very large and very human ego that needs to be constantly satisfied and worshipped. That it has no more important things to do, other than care about whether I believed or not. I find this view interesting, because if that insecure and petty God is what is in heaven. Something that would keep a good person out of paradise, because they didn't believe - I wouldn't want to be there. However, the other interesting thing is that hell accepts all, no matter their sins.
I am not much of a theologist though :)
I lost my faith when I was 50 years old.
Sounds like there might have been a specific event. Care to share?
My parents were professional Catholic. One brother of my father was a priest, and one of my brothers is also a priest.
For a long time, I had doubts. But, losing faith seemed to me a betrayal of my culture and education. And a betrayal of my father, even though he had already died.
I don't remember the title, but it was a book that triggered my decision to no longer believe in a personal god, one that judges each one of us and to whom we can ask for help or forgiveness.
I also noticed that religious people are not better than non-religious ones.
My mother died in 2018. So, for more than 15 years, I have been a non-believer while she was still living. We never spoke about it. I know that she knew, and she never tried to save me. During my sojourns in France, sometimes I would go to church with her, but not to communion.
We are 10 living siblings. In addition to my brother the priest, I believe that only my two eldest brothers are practicing. When I travel with my brother Philippe, I go to church with him too.