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It's time to stop pretending God exists!

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It's time to stop pretending God exists!
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RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists!
May 18, 2014 at 4:08 pm
(May 18, 2014 at 1:06 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: They always mention how we don't want to face reality and stuff. Or that we believe because it makes us happier as opposed to really thinking it's true and believing due to that.

A couple of years ago, I was visiting my mom in Upstate NY, and checking my email. Someone had forwarded me a funny image of Ray Comfort and a banana, and I sat there laughing. My mom asked me about it, and I explained. We ended up having a small argument about it (another story for another day), and the argument ended with me asking, "ok, mom. Tell me something: do you believe in a god because you actually think it exists, or because it makes you happy to think it does?"

She admitted it's because it makes her uncomfortable to think otherwise. So yeah, there are people who "believe" because it makes them happier to do so.
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It's time to stop pretending God exists!

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RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by Lek - May 18, 2014 at 10:26 pm
RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by rexbeccarox - May 18, 2014 at 4:08 pm
RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by sven - May 25, 2014 at 5:43 am

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