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(December 25, 2013 at 10:49 pm)LalalaTabby Wrote: Since then, I've gone back and forth between being neo-pagan and atheist.I think that once you let go of the "ultimate outcome" type of religion (heaven or hell, forever and ever) there is far less stress involved in figuring things out. It becomes more about the journey and less about reaching some final truth. Go back and forth as much as you need, and always keep something from each trip. Even if you never settle on one or the other, you will eventually understand that you weren't ever trying to learn one thing, you were learning a lot of little things. Life is pretty cool.
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-Stephen Jay Gould
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