(July 13, 2016 at 12:39 am)ignoramus Wrote: Rob, since there are no real practical differences between all the religions and the not religious, it's popularity must be due to the unmeasurable benefits.
Eg: finding peace, being consoled, hope, feeling comfortable that there one day be justice, etc.
All religions need to scam without people realising they are being scammed.
Like my wife and her expensive face creams...
Yeah. All of this can be explained easily without the religion having to have any actual truth at all. The fact that people from all different religions feel it should be a clue!
I really don't get how this doesn't bother people more. For me, I think it would be the thing that opened my eyes if I was indoctrinated as a child. I'd hope so, anyway.
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