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do religious people really believe?
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RE: do religious people really believe?
(February 24, 2013 at 10:44 am)paulpablo Wrote: Frodo you do know that faith is confidence in something and doubt is not having confidence in something, so youre basically saying "i dont have confidence in my religion so its a good job i have confidence in it." or "without lack of confidence in my religion i wouldnt need confidence in my religion"

That's the point I was making, yes.

The illustration demonstrates the nature if faith. Even with our intellectual assent and then trust, we're still crippled by our natures.
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do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 4:44 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by One Above All - February 24, 2013 at 6:27 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 6:48 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - February 24, 2013 at 9:52 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by ThomM - February 28, 2013 at 6:37 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 7:06 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 1, 2013 at 2:32 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 2, 2013 at 10:56 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - March 3, 2013 at 12:39 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 3, 2013 at 10:11 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 6:57 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 9:20 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - February 24, 2013 at 10:18 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 10:44 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:07 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 11:09 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Minimalist - February 24, 2013 at 10:26 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 10:50 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 10:58 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 11:04 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:35 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 11:43 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 24, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 3:41 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 4:16 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 25, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 25, 2013 at 5:46 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:49 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2013 at 12:26 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 12:28 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 12:52 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 24, 2013 at 1:04 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 24, 2013 at 3:20 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 24, 2013 at 3:41 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by WinterHold - February 24, 2013 at 4:28 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 24, 2013 at 8:05 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 9:36 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:43 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by cratehorus - February 24, 2013 at 11:55 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 25, 2013 at 12:11 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by iameatingjam - February 25, 2013 at 9:52 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 26, 2013 at 12:01 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - February 25, 2013 at 10:24 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 26, 2013 at 3:13 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 26, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 27, 2013 at 8:55 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 28, 2013 at 12:35 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 1:01 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - March 3, 2013 at 12:35 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - March 3, 2013 at 12:51 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - March 3, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 4, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - March 3, 2013 at 10:23 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by archangle - March 3, 2013 at 10:33 am

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