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As an atheist, I have no faith. None. I’ve tried, but I see the bible as merely a historical collection of stories, christ as a dubiously-existing mythical figure, prayer as useless, and god as ‘dead’. Sorry to be blunt, but that’s just the way I feel. So my question is, what do christians want from me? When they try to convert me, I feel that they’ve lost touch with the fact that I disagree with them. Should I ‘fake it’ and attend their church even though I don’t believe? Exactly what are they trying to achieve by preaching to me, and are they hoping I would do? I’ve tried to be converted many times as a youth but it hasn’t worked… I just don’t have any faith. It would be fun to believe; I miss their music and envy their self-righteousness and belief in an ordered world. But now I have my Sundays free and I’m happy – just don’t know why believers keep trying to convert me when there’s ‘nothing there’. Would they be content if I sat in the pew with them, even though they knew deep in my heart I thought the sermon was wrong? I could always find the innumerable common bonds and places where we agree (be kind to others, don’t lie, etc.)… but I don’t think that’s why they proselytize.
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