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Are some people truly better off believing?
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RE: Are some people truly better off believing?
In any circumstance that believing is better for the person in the long run (such as preventing suicide or depression, etc.). I'm thinking about an oncologist who sees children dying horribly of cancer and wants to believe there's something more than mere materialism - If believing in a higher power makes the difference between this doctor going to work and becoming depressed with life I see no reason to say no.

I have a friend who went trough depression and believing in spiritual shit helped her get better - The only problem is that when people question her claims she goes nuts because she assumes people are saying she would be better off in pain, so no one can question her beliefs without her becoming depressed again - It's complicated...
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Dystopia - May 20, 2015 at 4:26 pm

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