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Another Good Reason to be a Christian
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian
April 19, 2015 at 5:05 pm (This post was last modified: April 19, 2015 at 5:06 pm by Longhorn.)
Personally I've found that dealing with reality, however harsh it may be at times, is much more comforting and brings much more happiness than clinging on to a delusion.

It must be nice to be able to truly and deeply believe that there is an omnipotent being with our best interest at heart, but the mental gymnastics one must perform to remain ignorant of the reality which suggests otherwise must be exhausting. Just as it must be nice to believe Elvis is still alive, or that the Holocaust didn't happen. Generally it must feel pretty dang great to be sincerely able to pretend everything is peachy.

This may sound morbid, and it probably is, but I take a great deal of comfort in knowing that I'm going to die. In about 5 billion years, the sun will blow up and nothing I've ever cared about will matter. I'm happy with that.

Additionally, Christianity bears all sorts of pain with it - unjustified guilt, sexual suppression and the threat of eternal torture. Personally I've become much happier since I left religion. But hey, if it gives you so much joy, awesome. Congratulations. Keep being happy. Just bear in mind it does not necessarily work like that for everyone.
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Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 19, 2015 at 4:54 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Cato - April 19, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Aractus - April 23, 2015 at 12:38 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Chas - April 22, 2015 at 10:04 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by dyresand - April 22, 2015 at 10:28 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Brian37 - April 22, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 22, 2015 at 10:44 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Brian37 - April 22, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 5:02 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Aroura - April 19, 2015 at 5:04 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Longhorn - April 19, 2015 at 5:05 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Alex K - April 19, 2015 at 5:06 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 5:08 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Aroura - April 19, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Longhorn - April 19, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 19, 2015 at 5:23 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Aroura - April 19, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 19, 2015 at 5:48 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Jenny A - April 19, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Jenny A - April 23, 2015 at 9:11 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Pyrrho - April 19, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Tonus - April 23, 2015 at 9:33 am
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Mudhammam - April 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Joods - April 19, 2015 at 5:14 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 19, 2015 at 7:33 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 19, 2015 at 9:49 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 20, 2015 at 4:54 am
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Lek - April 20, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 20, 2015 at 3:37 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Iroscato - April 20, 2015 at 3:49 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Silver - April 20, 2015 at 4:13 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by robvalue - April 20, 2015 at 9:52 pm
RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Silver - April 20, 2015 at 10:07 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Silver - April 20, 2015 at 11:55 pm
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Silver - April 21, 2015 at 12:01 am
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Silver - April 21, 2015 at 12:23 am
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RE: Another Good Reason to be a Christian - by Brian37 - April 22, 2015 at 9:06 am
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