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Why Do People Need Religion?

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Why Do People Need Religion?
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RE: Why Do People Need Religion?
November 6, 2015 at 5:50 am
1. Death is scary.
2. Most people's lives are boring.
3. Science is hard.
4. Fairy-tales are fun.

Hence religion.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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Why Do People Need Religion?

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Why Do People Need Religion? - by Rebel - November 5, 2015 at 11:05 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by bennyboy - November 6, 2015 at 12:28 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Reforged - November 6, 2015 at 12:44 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Minimalist - November 6, 2015 at 12:53 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by houseofcantor - November 6, 2015 at 1:04 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by ignoramus - November 6, 2015 at 5:20 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 6, 2015 at 5:48 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by abaris - November 6, 2015 at 5:49 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Homeless Nutter - November 6, 2015 at 5:50 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by drfuzzy - November 7, 2015 at 2:32 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by robvalue - November 6, 2015 at 6:04 am
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Mudhammam - November 7, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by abaris - November 7, 2015 at 2:16 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Mudhammam - November 7, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Mermaid - November 7, 2015 at 2:27 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Vincent - November 7, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Ludwig - November 7, 2015 at 2:51 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Mudhammam - November 7, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by LastPoet - November 7, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by robvalue - November 7, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by Spooky - November 7, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by IATIA - November 7, 2015 at 10:36 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by jeebusmubummed - November 21, 2015 at 5:18 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by brewer - November 21, 2015 at 5:29 pm
RE: Why Do People Need Religion? - by bennyboy - November 21, 2015 at 6:44 pm

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