(August 3, 2010 at 12:55 am)TheDarkestOfAngels Wrote: I can agree to that. I think religion is terrible as a coping mechanism for death because it just gives you the mindset that you will ultimately live forever, someone out there wants your family member to die now, and really it allows you to avoid coming to peace with the idea that you're going to die until it wrecks your psyche far more than it should when it happens.
I'd suggest that it's a terrible coping mechanism because it, like many rationalizations, doesn't work.
We're all familiar with the stages of grief here? I think Christians and Muslims are still stuck at the "denial" and "bargaining" phases. We're at the "acceptance" stage.
I'd venture that on some subconscious level, most of them don't really believe or are aware of the problems with their religion. This is why I think they get angry when confronted with them. They're trying to avoid dealing with reality. This is not a good recipe for happiness.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
