Atheists, would you put aside your bigotry and attend your Catholic daughter's Confirmation?

I went to church for my Catholic grandson's baptism. Don't have a daughter so can't tell you.

ok first of all Atheists are not the intolerant ones. throughout history religion has caused wars against those who don't share there same belief in a ideology. but Catholics are the source of mass murders and slaughtering of innocent people throughout there history so don't word your question as though someone who doesn't believe in a big invisible man in the sky guiding this world is a bad person. as for would I go to a family members gathering at a church yes would I participate yes. oh and i'm not a atheist but I also do not believe in in modern Christians or generalized Catholic's. but I wouldn't have a problem going to any event hosted by either. atheist has done there far share of producing bad people and so has everything out there. careful how you word your statement.

I don't have any bigotry, I simply find "god" claims ridiculous.

If I had a catholic daughter, and she wanted me to come to something important to her, I'd go.

I wouldn't pretend to believe in a god, but I'd go. For her.

"It is no more loaded than the question that inspired it."

Yeah, it is actually. See, many christians *demonstrate* their bigotry by trying to outlaw homosexuality, take away the rights of homosexuals...by persecuting, demonizing, and ostracizing them. Atheism has no "tenets" saying religion is evil, or must be outlawed, and I don't know any trying to do so. So your question was completely different than the one that inspired it.

Bigotry? LOL

You act like the Catholic Church has an unblemished image in this world. LOL

Catholic Church is now known as the Pedophile Church and will be for many decades to come.

My wife was raised Catholic but she has eyes and ears and was able to actually SEE report after report coming from one country after another after another after another and at some point she just said "There is no way God is connected to this Church which has allowed and covered up the rape and abuse of thousands of children in EVERY country where Catholics can be found, no way that a truly loving, caring and merciful god would allow Priests and Bishops and most likely Popes to rape children for so long."

She still believes in god but no longer believes the catholic church is the way to get to heaven, she thinks staying in the Pedo Church would get her nothing but Hellfire. Our kids will be raised to know what Catholics have done to children in this world. I highly doubt they will become Catholics.

"would you put aside your bigotry and attend your Catholic daughter's Confirmation?"

What a stupid loaded question.

Last year my nephew(atheist) asked if I'd come to his son's baptism or christening or whatever it's called... the christening was happening cos his wife is Catholic.

He said: Don't worry Unc - the church won't burst into flame.

Me: Sure, no wuckers.

I must admit watching the priest go through his paces reminded me of a African witch doctor dancing around a fire imploring the gods to de-demon someone;)

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Loaded question as it questionably assumes to only reason not to attend a confirmation would be bigotry. I guess I could say I expected better from you, but really I didn't.

Edit: Your question just supposes the answerer is bigoted if he wouldn't do that. It says "would you put aside your bigotry" as a matter of fact as if that just applied to everyone. That isn't logical thinking.

So we're the bigots now? We're the ones that marched into the Middle East during the crusades and killed those who didn't believe? We're the ones who look down on people who aren't perfect heterosexual Christians? I think I am far less of a bigot than you. You are the one looking down on us by calling us bigots. I think that everyone has the right to believe what they chose to believe. If my child decided to follow Catholicism, I would be supportive. Stop making assumptions and broad generalizations. It makes you look like a moron.

Wow, is that ever a loaded question. Are you sure atheists are the ones being bigoted here? In answer to your question: yes, if I had a Catholic relative, I would go to their Confirmation.

The irony is hilarious. We're not the ones who voted for Prop 8. We're not the ones who want to stop gay marriage (or catholic confirmations, for that matter).

LOL at the idea of atheist bigotry. Of course, but why would an atheist raise his/her child as a Catholic?

If she or her godparents or sponsors phrased it that way to invite me, I absolutely would not - and I'm not even an atheist. I may even call the priest and let them know they were obviously not ready to take such a step.