Are some people truly better off believing?

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Are some people truly better off believing?

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing?

May 20, 2015 at 5:02 pm

I think there are other things to substitute religion in the case of people 'needing' it... they don't actually need supernatural claims, but comfort. And there are other, less totalitarian forms of it, without hell for infidels and other such shenanigans

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Razzle - May 20, 2015 at 4:59 pm

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by dahrling - May 21, 2015 at 1:17 am

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by FatAndFaithless - May 20, 2015 at 5:02 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Dystopia - May 20, 2015 at 7:14 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Alex K - May 20, 2015 at 4:33 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by cocunningham - May 20, 2015 at 5:02 pm

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 4:53 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by paulpablo - May 20, 2015 at 4:54 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by AFTT47 - May 20, 2015 at 5:00 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Longhorn - May 20, 2015 at 5:02 pm

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Salacious B. Crumb - May 20, 2015 at 7:27 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 10:03 pm

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by nihilistcat - May 21, 2015 at 5:59 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Pyrrho - May 21, 2015 at 6:09 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by nihilistcat - May 22, 2015 at 8:28 pm

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Razzle - May 23, 2015 at 9:09 am

RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by Pyrrho - May 23, 2015 at 3:50 pm

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RE: Are some people truly better off believing? - by The Grand Nudger - May 23, 2015 at 10:28 am

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