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Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion?

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RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion?

February 3, 2015 at 1:18 pm

(February 3, 2015 at 12:54 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm sorry that you need to be told what your purpose in life.

I never said that meaning was preassigned. People can still find their own meaning and still be a part of something larger than they can even imagine.

That option is not available to ontological naturalists.

Thank you for your concern, though.

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