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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 4, 2015 at 11:14 pm
The church building where I was originally 12 Stepped would be something along the lines of the topic here. The congregation and staff there were supportive for allowing a gay AA meeting in their building, especially considering it was nearly 30 years ago.
As for the numerous church funeral services I attended for friends lost to HIV, without exception, they were all miserable fucking experiences. Particularly Brian's when the pastor advised those present to not follow Brian's bad example . . .
If I had even 0.01% of the power that little girl in Firestarter had, that pastor would have been reduced to a grease spot and wisp of smoke from my stink eye.
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 4, 2015 at 11:20 pm
I thought what I was experiencing with religion was happiness until I discovered true happiness by becoming an atheist.
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 5, 2015 at 12:47 am
Church ladies here make a great apple pie.
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 5, 2015 at 2:39 am
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The only reason why I ask is because of the subjectivity of happiness.
Interesting, could you elaborate?
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 5, 2015 at 2:47 am
Ex catholic.
Guilt, anxiety, guilt, shame, guilt, boredom, guilt, fear, guilt. No happiness ever entered the picture.
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 5, 2015 at 2:50 am
(August 5, 2015 at 2:48 am)ComradeMeow Wrote: Happiness is relative to the person and what they find qualifies as a moment worth being happy. Religion makes many people happy and many miserable. I don't see what is so complex about this.
I was just wondering if you viewed happiness to the same degree that I do; that it's mostly perception that we create through delusion. In reality, happiness is about as certain as winning the lottery. What happiness represents is one's willingness to ignore reality.
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RE: Has religion ever brought you happeniness?
August 5, 2015 at 3:00 am
(August 5, 2015 at 2:56 am)ComradeMeow Wrote: You are reminding my of myself and my pessimism.
Pessimism is such an ugly word. I am a realist, for reality is much sweeter than any rose colored glasses.
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