The dangers of faith

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The dangers of faith

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RE: The dangers of faith

January 6, 2014 at 10:21 am

(January 6, 2014 at 6:51 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(January 6, 2014 at 5:06 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Personally the most I expect God to do for me is make me feel better when I feel bad. Which, since a few weeks ago, I've not been doing. So far my experiment with atheism kinda sucks. . I'm still waiting for the payoff!

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you want to be comforted by an imaginary being, I'm sure we could all recommend plenty of fantasy novels you could read to get your mind off things.

...or you could find real people who are prepared to do the same: family, friends, lovers, therapists, mentors.

Sum ergo sum

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The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 5, 2014 at 5:29 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by pocaracas - January 5, 2014 at 8:33 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 6, 2014 at 2:40 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Bob Kelso - January 6, 2014 at 2:51 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jackalope - January 6, 2014 at 3:29 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2014 at 5:06 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Esquilax - January 6, 2014 at 6:51 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Ben Davis - January 6, 2014 at 10:21 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by pocaracas - January 6, 2014 at 10:16 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2014 at 10:27 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jackalope - January 7, 2014 at 2:14 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 6, 2014 at 5:46 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 6, 2014 at 1:52 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2014 at 5:52 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Bob Kelso - January 6, 2014 at 6:13 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 7, 2014 at 2:02 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Esquilax - January 7, 2014 at 2:33 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 8, 2014 at 2:35 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 8, 2014 at 4:56 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Fenix - January 8, 2014 at 5:10 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 8, 2014 at 8:44 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 8, 2014 at 3:31 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 8, 2014 at 6:12 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 9, 2014 at 5:33 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Angrboda - January 9, 2014 at 5:37 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 11, 2014 at 1:21 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 8, 2014 at 5:06 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Esquilax - January 8, 2014 at 5:41 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 8, 2014 at 3:21 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 8, 2014 at 3:29 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Godschild - January 8, 2014 at 3:42 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 8, 2014 at 4:03 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Neo-Scholastic - January 6, 2014 at 11:12 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by MindForgedManacle - January 6, 2014 at 11:32 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Chas - January 6, 2014 at 3:17 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Minimalist - January 6, 2014 at 11:57 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Cyberman - January 6, 2014 at 5:15 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Belac Enrobso - January 6, 2014 at 2:31 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by houseofcantor - January 6, 2014 at 4:15 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Mr Greene - January 6, 2014 at 4:54 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Aractus - January 9, 2014 at 3:09 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Jacob(smooth) - January 9, 2014 at 3:19 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Esquilax - January 9, 2014 at 3:38 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Bad Writer - January 9, 2014 at 1:19 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Bad Writer - January 8, 2014 at 2:55 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Belac Enrobso - January 8, 2014 at 3:37 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Belac Enrobso - January 8, 2014 at 3:45 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by Ksa - January 8, 2014 at 5:57 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by ShaMan - January 8, 2014 at 6:00 pm

RE: The dangers of faith - by MindForgedManacle - January 9, 2014 at 3:21 am

RE: The dangers of faith - by Bad Writer - January 9, 2014 at 6:24 pm

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