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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

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10. the Pope feeds into that

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 10:49 AM

Feb 2016

If you are poor, be happy, because it's all part of God's plan.

Don't rock the boat. Just be happy.

Curious why some people can ditch the religious BS and go on with life, while others seem either unwilling or unable to accept reality.

I agree religion served a purpose, but I'm not so sure that was a beneficial purpose or not.

It's time is passed.

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Religion spares us from existential angst, research shows. Humans want it. [View all] lindysalsagal Feb 2016 OP

I didn't need a study to tell me that. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #1

Cool! I never heard of that before! lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #2

Well, hell. Curmudgeoness Feb 2016 #3

I suspect everybody had to be "religious" back then, didn't have much choice. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #5

Thanks for the post SCantiGOP Feb 2016 #4

Yeppers. We created the big guy in the sky lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #7

Marking this to read in couple days when I have more time. progressoid Feb 2016 #6

religion is a drug olddots Feb 2016 #8

Chiefly, it allows us to shirk responsibility for the planet and the poor. lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #9

the Pope feeds into that RussBLib Feb 2016 #10

Religion is the result of natural selection, or presursor to natural selection... Freelancer Feb 2016 #11