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Any nonfiction books on the idea that an atheist show follow the tenets of Christianity, go to church, and live as though it were real even if they don't actually believe?

>> No.23137010

that's dishonest but if yo're an atheist i guess it doesn't matter

>> No.23137018

>>23137010
Dishonest? It's trying your best and hoping something enlightening happens and at worst trying to live a moral life.

>> No.23137092
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23137092

There's a part in On Being A Pagan, a book about comparative theology, which discusses why Judeo-Christianity is fine with atheism.

>> No.23137098

>>23137092
> Judeo-Christianity
Only jews and their useful idiots use that terminology

>> No.23137417

>>23137004
Even Christians don't understand the tenets of Christianity considering they can never agree. Go to church if you want to participate in a mellow local community and you're okay with some cult rituals. Otherwise find other ways to develop yourself.

>> No.23137472

>>23137004
I would recommend the Liji (禮記) by Confucius
while it does not talk about Christianity (as it did not exist at the time), it makes a case for why one should carry out rituals, ancestor worship, sacrifices etc, despite not believing in any of them

>> No.23137505

>>23137004
>and live as though it were real even if they don't actually believe?
Many people will do this but without articulating it so explicitly. Sometimes you do get explicit meme quotes like the Dostoevsky one that people post every two days, but it also takes the form of "embracing irrationality," "finding God in irrationality," etc. Start with some of the authors Camus accuses of committing "philosophical suicide."

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lmao

>> No.23137687

>>23137004
On the off-chance that this isn't just bad-faith trolling: you're looking for ethics. In the philosophy section.
Read your fill and draw your own conclusions.

>> No.23137854

I hope God forgives me

>> No.23138061

>>23137004
It's not like Nietzsche critiqued atheists from his own time saying they are atheists only in name, yet still adhere to Christian morals and ethics.

>> No.23138091

>>23137010
Why are christcucks on this site always so intellectually lazy?

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>>23138091
>on this site

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>>23138091
>>23138097

>> No.23138107

>>23137004
Pascal

>> No.23138108

>>23138102
See? I don't even own a trilby.

>> No.23138110

>>23137854
Inshallah

>> No.23138146

>>23138061
The great big soaring truth of how even atheists are human, having assimilated Christian values during their crucial development stages all while continuously surrounded by people such as family, friends, and neighbors who are not so keen on apostasy let alone blasphemy

>> No.23138723

>>23137472
qrd?

>> No.23140176

>>23137098
The only christians who don't admit to the judaic roots are complete schizos