Faith and achievement

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Faith and achievement

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RE: Faith and achievement

August 16, 2016 at 11:37 am

(August 16, 2016 at 9:39 am)bennyboy Wrote: That's how I feel about faith, too.

I'm curious if people think religious faith serves any useful psychological purpose, as I think it does (basically Christians might call "God" what I call "the little homunculi in my head" or whatever)? Or is it just pure BS and can only lead to delusion and failure?

I think it can serve a purpose. I think it can help people hold things together inside themselves when the shit hits the fan.

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Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 7:19 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 7:22 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 7:23 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 7:46 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 8:00 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:01 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:18 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:26 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:37 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:42 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:52 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:54 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 3:18 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 8:12 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 7:22 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 7:44 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 7:57 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 7:59 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:25 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:27 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:30 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 15, 2016 at 8:31 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by mlmooney89 - August 15, 2016 at 8:05 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:22 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 8:24 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:27 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 15, 2016 at 8:33 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 15, 2016 at 8:39 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by brewer - August 15, 2016 at 10:35 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 12:00 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Seraphina - August 15, 2016 at 11:40 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 2:20 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 3:06 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by brewer - August 16, 2016 at 7:55 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 11:40 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 8:17 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 8:58 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Edwardo Piet - August 16, 2016 at 9:04 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 9:39 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 11:37 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by mediocrates - August 16, 2016 at 10:01 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 11:54 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 12:04 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 12:07 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 2:07 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 2:37 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 2:38 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 2:48 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 4:24 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 4:34 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Neo-Scholastic - August 16, 2016 at 5:15 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Neo-Scholastic - August 16, 2016 at 5:37 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Jesster - August 16, 2016 at 5:42 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 6:08 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by PETE_ROSE - August 16, 2016 at 6:23 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 6:41 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 6:55 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 17, 2016 at 1:15 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 17, 2016 at 5:52 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 6:53 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 6:57 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 8:37 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:46 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 16, 2016 at 8:51 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 17, 2016 at 1:44 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 16, 2016 at 8:53 pm

RE: Faith and achievement - by bennyboy - August 17, 2016 at 12:44 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2016 at 12:49 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2016 at 8:47 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Neo-Scholastic - August 17, 2016 at 9:48 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by The Grand Nudger - August 17, 2016 at 9:51 am

RE: Faith and achievement - by Thumpalumpacus - August 17, 2016 at 12:02 pm

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