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RE: Belief
April 28, 2017 at 2:17 pm (This post was last modified: May 1, 2017 at 12:32 pm by Mister Agenda.)
It's like that story about the two wolves. You can't just believe anything you want instantly, but if you feed a belief it will grow stronger and if you starve it, it will grow weaker. It would take a lot of effort, maybe years worth, to get myself to believe one of the various versions of God is real, but if I was determined enough, I'm sure I could convince myself eventually. It would be much easier if instead of getting out of Christianity entirely I was just sort of 'lapsed' but was still broadly and weakly a believer. I have a hurdle of overcoming all the things that combined to convince me that God is probably not real.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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Belief - by Valyza1 - April 25, 2017 at 12:04 pm
RE: Belief - by Simon Moon - April 25, 2017 at 12:38 pm
RE: Belief - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 25, 2017 at 12:52 pm
RE: Belief - by henryp - April 25, 2017 at 1:26 pm
RE: Belief - by brewer - April 25, 2017 at 1:44 pm
RE: Belief - by Alex K - April 25, 2017 at 2:41 pm
RE: Belief - by drfuzzy - April 25, 2017 at 4:20 pm
RE: Belief - by Little lunch - April 26, 2017 at 8:13 am
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 28, 2017 at 11:20 am
RE: Belief - by Mister Agenda - April 28, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 28, 2017 at 2:26 pm
RE: Belief - by FatAndFaithless - April 28, 2017 at 2:29 pm
RE: Belief - by Mister Agenda - May 1, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 28, 2017 at 2:40 pm
RE: Belief - by FatAndFaithless - April 28, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 28, 2017 at 3:06 pm
RE: Belief - by FatAndFaithless - April 28, 2017 at 3:15 pm
RE: Belief - by Minimalist - April 28, 2017 at 3:24 pm
RE: Belief - by Whateverist - April 28, 2017 at 3:40 pm
RE: Belief - by brewer - April 28, 2017 at 5:05 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 29, 2017 at 11:10 am
RE: Belief - by Whateverist - April 29, 2017 at 1:38 pm
RE: Belief - by purplepurpose - April 29, 2017 at 12:32 pm
RE: Belief - by zebo-the-fat - April 29, 2017 at 12:33 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 29, 2017 at 1:20 pm
RE: Belief - by brewer - April 29, 2017 at 2:14 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 29, 2017 at 4:29 pm
RE: Belief - by brewer - April 29, 2017 at 4:59 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - April 29, 2017 at 7:05 pm
Belief - by Valyza1 - May 1, 2017 at 8:09 pm

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