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elocs

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28. I think when we die we are dead. No complex or convoluted explanations needed.

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 07:38 PM

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As a believer I read the Bible 3 times and studied it in its original languages in order to bolster and defend my faith and came out the other side a nonbeliever. I learned more and more about less and less until I finally knew everything about nothing, but still too much to claim to be an agnostic.

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