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Why does religion continue to grow?
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RE: Why does religion continue to grow?
(June 11, 2015 at 4:33 pm)SteveII Wrote: I disagree that this is appeal to numbers. It is a psychological observation of people's choices and is therefore data that can be used as evidence that there might be more than the material world.


Again, you display your less than stellar grasp of basic logic.


So, when the vast majority of humanity believed that the sun orbited the earth, and that the earth was flat, was that evidence that they were correct?

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 10, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 10, 2015 at 4:42 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 10, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 10, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Longhorn - June 10, 2015 at 4:39 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 10, 2015 at 4:46 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Longhorn - June 10, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 10, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 10, 2015 at 6:04 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by KevinM1 - June 10, 2015 at 6:53 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 10, 2015 at 7:07 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 1:24 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Chad32 - June 10, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 10, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Crossless1 - June 10, 2015 at 5:10 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Exian - June 10, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Dystopia - June 10, 2015 at 5:14 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Jenny A - June 10, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Pyrrho - June 10, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Iroscato - June 10, 2015 at 6:19 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Esquilax - June 10, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Minimalist - June 10, 2015 at 7:28 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by robvalue - June 11, 2015 at 3:17 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Longhorn - June 11, 2015 at 4:40 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 9:13 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 9:21 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 11, 2015 at 9:25 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 9:33 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 11, 2015 at 10:12 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 10:21 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 10:40 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 10:01 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 11, 2015 at 10:17 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 11, 2015 at 12:06 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Dystopia - June 11, 2015 at 12:38 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 11, 2015 at 12:04 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by FreeTony - June 11, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Crossless1 - June 11, 2015 at 10:09 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by FreeTony - June 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Ben Davis - June 11, 2015 at 10:34 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by comet - June 11, 2015 at 12:16 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 12:17 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cato - June 11, 2015 at 1:36 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by robvalue - June 11, 2015 at 2:41 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 11, 2015 at 4:19 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cephus - June 11, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Longhorn - June 11, 2015 at 4:27 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Simon Moon - June 11, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 5:04 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Esquilax - June 11, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by abaris - June 11, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Cyberman - June 12, 2015 at 7:14 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Crossless1 - June 11, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Saxmoof - June 11, 2015 at 4:25 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by SteveII - June 11, 2015 at 4:33 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Simon Moon - June 11, 2015 at 4:37 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Longhorn - June 11, 2015 at 4:41 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Esquilax - June 11, 2015 at 5:00 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by CapnAwesome - June 12, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Crossless1 - June 11, 2015 at 4:35 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Iroscato - June 11, 2015 at 4:42 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by FreeTony - June 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Ravenshire - June 11, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 5:26 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by comet - June 11, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by dyresand - June 11, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by KevinM1 - June 12, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Tonus - June 13, 2015 at 8:05 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Ben Davis - June 15, 2015 at 9:53 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Endgame - June 11, 2015 at 9:55 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by Regina - June 11, 2015 at 11:27 pm
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by tjakey - June 12, 2015 at 1:24 am
RE: Why does religion continue to grow? - by robvalue - June 12, 2015 at 4:15 am

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