Is it normal for an atheist to attend church to mingle?
I'm surprised my grandmother is letting me come along. I asked if I could go just to mingle, and she does know I'm an Atheist. This church is in a really small town in the Bible Belt region of America. She told me I can't go looking the way I did tonight(like an emo/punk), but I told her that there are people who do dress this way when they go to church. So, she's fine with it. I think she's letting me go that easily because she's happy about me wanting to at least attend. I haven't been to a church in three years now. I'm not exactly curious, and I don't want to actually read out of the Bible or sing the hymns. I know that that's what church is mostly about, but I just wanna go for the fun of it. Not to "reconvert" back to Christianity.
(This church is full of old people, and my mother said that I will be judged for what I am wanting to wear, because they are old fashioned, which doesn't surprise me. My cousins and my brother are going with me and the church is rather small. When I was younger, there were a whole lot more kids, but now they've all grown up and moved away, so the older people enjoy seeing children still attend the church. Like I said, it's a small town, and the families now either go to the church in the the town I live in or the other one nearby.)
Yes, it's normal for an Atheist to attend a church. | 16 | |
Yes, I'm an Atheist and I go rarely/occasionally. | 6 | |
No, that would make them look like hypocrites. | 6 | |
No, it's not normal. They should not be allowed to attend. | 1 | |
No, it's not normal, but they can do whatever they feel is right. | 22 | |
Other. (comment) | 1 |