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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 4, 2015 at 8:36 am

(February 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm)Nope Wrote: What does 'contributing to the wonderful and expansive work of the Lord's love' mean?

Presumably, being part of something greater than yourself.

"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould

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Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 2, 2015 at 4:20 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Jenny A - February 2, 2015 at 4:29 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Tonus - February 2, 2015 at 4:30 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Paraselene - February 2, 2015 at 4:31 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 3, 2015 at 9:56 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 3, 2015 at 12:02 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 3, 2015 at 12:30 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 3, 2015 at 12:53 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Tonus - February 4, 2015 at 8:36 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by professor - February 3, 2015 at 12:04 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - February 3, 2015 at 12:06 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 3, 2015 at 12:27 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mister Agenda - February 3, 2015 at 12:27 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Anomalocaris - February 3, 2015 at 12:32 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Minimalist - February 3, 2015 at 12:36 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by FatAndFaithless - February 3, 2015 at 12:54 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 3, 2015 at 1:18 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mister Agenda - February 4, 2015 at 12:31 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mudhammam - February 5, 2015 at 8:06 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mister Agenda - February 3, 2015 at 12:55 pm

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RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Grasshopper - February 4, 2015 at 4:13 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Nope - February 4, 2015 at 4:57 am

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RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mister Agenda - February 9, 2015 at 1:28 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mudhammam - February 6, 2015 at 7:38 pm

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Godschild - February 7, 2015 at 12:54 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mudhammam - February 7, 2015 at 3:51 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by h4ym4n - February 9, 2015 at 7:17 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by h4ym4n - February 10, 2015 at 7:04 am

RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Tonus - February 10, 2015 at 8:36 am

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RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by robvalue - February 7, 2015 at 5:29 am

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RE: Theists, What Do You Get Out of Religion? - by Mudhammam - February 8, 2015 at 12:10 am

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