If you would've walked into my old church as an atheist, you would have walked right with even more conviction to atheism. All of the "talking in tongues" that the Pentecostals love.

If church is a foretaste of heaven, we aren't missing much without heaven.

If going to church during a pandemic will get more of them to their heaven then who am I too protest?

If I was forced to attend a church service, I'd either leave angrily or cry. The last time I was in a real church I cried over the cruelty it was all part of.

The pastor thinks they will convert atheists and it was all that bible study that turned me atheist. I'm sure I would have to walk out of a church service because it is all nonsense.

Hey, this Sky Daddy of theirs must be better than any Superhero, he can see through walls, roofs, anything at all.
It's a wonder that Marvel Comics haven't replaced all their other Superheroes with the Christian God isn't it?

What ever the f*** he has been drinking/smoking I want none of it.
Hey, I can speak fairly well in at least 4 different languages, not including the English I was taught from childhood btw, and I reckon that I could easily create at least 3 more nonsensical languages as well if I tried, so does that make me a 'Believer?'

Yeah good luck with that for him. I want a solid gold toilet but its about as likely as converting us lol

Ah!!!

Just let them have their rapture, after all it is all on them!!!

It is a sad comment on the human species that there are mature adults who blindly accept that sort of hogwash.

I seem to recall church was an hour or so of dozing gently on an uncomfortable bench, with my ex nudging me when it was time to stand up and sing. I don't know as I would want to go to heaven if that were what it was like.

Usually had a chicken dinner afterwards, though. I would be down for visiting the Heaven of Chicken Dinners now and then.

During the free era, as part of my work duties I escorted a service user to church on Sundays. Now, several things, it confirms my atheism, the coffee in heaven must be good, but my Tassimo is better, the food there seems to mostly cheap ASDA/Walmart donuts, sexy dressed ladies playing on their phones and horror of horrors, bloody country music!
Hmm, maybe heaven and hell is the same place, but but being a believer it's good!

If you have to attend a service, and get asked where you've been. Tell them you have a demon plug now, which helps you stay free of evil! Describe to them, in great detail . . . and they'll leave you alone from now on!

If church is a fore-taste (whatever the hell that word is), heaven is the most boring reward ever. Ask the old pastor man what good is an afterlife as a slave?

I've had to stop attending funerals.
I can't take the bullshit.

I will never be "converted".

Problem is religion is about selling a product - their unrealistic and unproven message about immortality. In the end many clergy people do this as a source of income. I would be curious to see this particular pastors income. Ministers should be obligated as a condition of their 501 (c ) (3) rating to have to provide the leaders income. Every non-profit group I have belonged has to make a filing of their financial statement.