Religious duties as a job for Atheist! Possible?

[teggy]

Re: Religious duties as a job for Atheist! Possible?

But doesn’t it get the best of a person to keep doing it day in-day out?

The woman confessing this said she was literally just tired of living a lie, even if it is just a job. But it’s THE job she has/had.

@sharaabee

Some pastors, imams, pandits etc etc may not actually believe everything in their religion and are agnostic/atheist at some level, but continue the professions because:

1. They enjoy the stability and mental peace they get due to the spirituality and meditation associated with religious rituals
2. They like the respect given to them
3. They like the job security/money
4. They don’t really have any other attractive alternative professions they could switch to.
5. Even though they dont believe in the promises and threats of religion, they do like the fact that its provides a moral standard for some people (who need threats and promises to stay moral) and it has the potential to promote GOOD over BAD in their society
6. They’ve been very religious for most of their lives and have dedicated everything towards religion. Over time if they have stopped believing some of it and are partly agnostic/atheist, it is a huge endeavor to turn everything upside down in your life and start afresh in a completely different direction.

@kaka_in_usa

Not a big deal. One of my friend who is a pandit and president of a temple is an known atheist.

Infact a lot of religious leaders like pundits, fathers, imams, pathis etc are atheist. I guess it happens when you exaggerate and lie about a religion and once they find out they get turned off and start questioning their belief.