(January 16, 2016 at 2:42 am)pool the great Wrote:(January 16, 2016 at 2:18 am)KevinM1 Wrote: And also the false comfort of a parental figure creating an environment just for them rather than an indifferent universe. If there's one thing a lot of Christians thrive on, it's hubris wrapped in a thin coat of false humility.
...and there's nothing wrong with it. As far as I can tell religion is a form of therapy, prayer is a sort of therapy. It helps relieve tension and anxiety and makes someone feel good about themselves... is there something wrong with that?
Prayer = masturbation for the soul?
Which would be fine, if the people encouraging it weren't splooging into areas that have nothing to do with them.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
