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Why you should distrust all religions.

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Why you should distrust all religions.
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RE: Why you should distrust all religions.
January 7, 2018 at 4:26 pm
(January 7, 2018 at 2:19 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(January 7, 2018 at 2:13 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Of course it does!  If I lose my keys, do I just assume that a fairy took them?  How do you distinguish between someone who is a functional schizophrenic from someone who has a "genuine" religious experience?

You tell me... do you just assume that is the case?

I think that mental illness is the default assumption.  Listen to Episode #25; the good professor discusses people who dream of becoming amputees.  Mental illnesses takes a very wide form and breadth.  Why should I believe that Paul had a divine experience as opposed to some sort of epilepsy?
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Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 6, 2018 at 2:36 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 7, 2018 at 11:44 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by brewer - January 6, 2018 at 8:06 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 7, 2018 at 12:31 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 7, 2018 at 2:13 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 7, 2018 at 4:26 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 7, 2018 at 5:54 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Godscreated - January 8, 2018 at 12:18 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Nay_Sayer - January 8, 2018 at 12:24 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Nay_Sayer - January 9, 2018 at 7:46 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Drich - January 8, 2018 at 2:55 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 8, 2018 at 4:14 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by brewer - January 9, 2018 at 9:13 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 9, 2018 at 10:09 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by brewer - January 9, 2018 at 10:54 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 10:56 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Chad32 - January 7, 2018 at 1:49 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by henryp - January 7, 2018 at 2:45 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 8, 2018 at 10:03 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by RoadRunner79 - January 8, 2018 at 10:47 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 12:31 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 8:01 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 9:05 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 9:13 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 9:26 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 9:53 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by henryp - January 9, 2018 at 1:26 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Jehanne - January 9, 2018 at 3:01 pm
RE: Why you should distrust all religions. - by Grandizer - January 9, 2018 at 8:26 pm

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