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Atheists & Agnostics

dna80

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4. I believe

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 22, 2020, 09:55 AM

Jan 2020

It's the old idea of religion, the more miserable you are on earth, the more religious you will become, to pray that you will be saved and go to heaven.

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Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims [View all] DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 OP

Can I do that with my mortgage payments? progressoid Dec 2019 #1

Yes. When the mortgage company calls about the missed payment, 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #2

So, technically speaking, religion makes you stingy. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #3

I believe dna80 Jan 2020 #4

Or the more miserable you are and the more you believe in heaven Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #5