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Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2011 02:26:02AM 3 points [-]

but I have personal experience with a 'Catholic' who doesn't believe in an afterlife

It occurs to me that such a person should behave exactly the same way as an atheist (except perhaps when making bets about isomer concentrations in dinosaur fossils). A god who doesn't treat you differently based on whether you worship him is an irrelevant god!

Comment author: buybuydandavis 07 January 2013 06:58:41AM 0 points [-]

A god who doesn't treat you differently based on whether you worship him is an irrelevant god!

There is the possibility of feeling gratitude, respect, or love for one's Creator. Your feelings in that regard would make God very relevant.

If there were a Creator of the Universe, and he wasn't the usual monotheistic Celestial Psychopath, I'd feel some gratitude.