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Coping: A Big Tool for Religions
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RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions
July 21, 2025 at 5:53 pm
(July 21, 2025 at 11:38 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:
(July 20, 2025 at 9:38 pm)Belacqua Wrote: After writing one of the 20th century's most influential books on ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre converted to Christianity.

Here is an essay by him. You can decide if this is "cope."

https://letter.otherlife.co/p/catholic-i...-macintyre

Also, I'm curious about your screen name. You know that sophistry and sophists have kind of a bad reputation, right?

Converted to Catholicism from what?

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Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Forever Sophist - July 20, 2025 at 8:48 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Alan V - July 20, 2025 at 9:23 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Rizen - July 20, 2025 at 9:30 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Belacqua - July 20, 2025 at 9:38 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Fake Messiah - July 20, 2025 at 11:18 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Fake Messiah - July 21, 2025 at 7:14 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Rizen - July 29, 2025 at 9:37 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Angrboda - July 29, 2025 at 12:35 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Mister Agenda - July 21, 2025 at 11:39 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Mister Agenda - July 21, 2025 at 11:38 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Belacqua - July 21, 2025 at 5:53 pm
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2025 at 6:47 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by zebo-the-fat - July 21, 2025 at 2:54 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by DocGabby - July 21, 2025 at 11:20 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by zebo-the-fat - July 21, 2025 at 11:23 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Mister Agenda - July 21, 2025 at 11:48 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Angrboda - July 29, 2025 at 11:41 am
RE: Coping: A Big Tool for Religions - by Paleophyte - July 29, 2025 at 8:40 pm

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