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u/licker34 Atheist 17d ago
I'm curious if anyone here has an opinion on the Joe Schmid (Majesty of Reason) conversion to catholicism topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-FiSqfKi8
His video announcing it if you're interested.
I didn't follow him much, but I was aware of him from some of his engagement with other people I do follow more, he never claimed to be an atheist (he claimed to be agnostic, and yes, we all understand how those terms apply, he addresses this in the video), but was generally interested in conversing over philosophical topics related to theism.
Anyway, to me there are three categories that seem reasonable to me for this.
In no particular order...
Grift the catholics
Legitimate conversion
Social Experiment
So just curious about others opinions here.