Do Any Atheists Go to Church? Why Would Atheists Attend Church Services?
Question: Do any atheists go to church? If so, why? Response: The idea of atheists attending church services seems contradictory. Doesn’t that require belief in God? Doesn’t a person have to believe in a religion in order to attend it’s worship services? Isn’t freedom on Sunday morning one of the benefits of atheism? Although most atheists don’t count themselves as part of religions which require regular attendance at churches or other houses of worship, you can still find some who do attend such services from time to time or even regularly. The reasons for such attendance are varied. Some atheists do count themselves as members of religious groups which encourage attendance at Sunday morning meetings or services. Being an atheist means not believing in any gods it doesn’t mean not being religious in any fashion. Most religions are theistic and so atheists won’t be adherents of those faiths, but it isn’t true that all religions are theistic. In the United States there are several group
