Once in a while I come across someone who tells me they're a non practicing member of a certain religion. Mostly catholic, but not exclusively. I never understood the concept. For me, if you don't practice your religion, you might as well say you're non religious. I know there are countries where people don't have freedom of religion and they have to pretend, for their own protection, but that's not the case here.
Over here you can say you're religious, agnostic, atheist, confused, unsure or whatever else, and no one cares.
If I go to a restaurant and someone tells me my meal is going to be prepared by a non practicing chef, who hasn't stepped foot in the kitchen the last six months, I'll run away as fast as I can. If someone tells me "I'm a non practicing guitar player", I'll laugh. That simply doesn't exist. I find it hard to take someone seriously if they come up with that sort of speech.
If people don't tell others that they're non practicing doctors, musicians or athletes because it would make them look ridiculous, why do they say that about religion?
Over here you can say you're religious, agnostic, atheist, confused, unsure or whatever else, and no one cares.
If I go to a restaurant and someone tells me my meal is going to be prepared by a non practicing chef, who hasn't stepped foot in the kitchen the last six months, I'll run away as fast as I can. If someone tells me "I'm a non practicing guitar player", I'll laugh. That simply doesn't exist. I find it hard to take someone seriously if they come up with that sort of speech.
If people don't tell others that they're non practicing doctors, musicians or athletes because it would make them look ridiculous, why do they say that about religion?