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Why would you want to believe in god?

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Why would you want to believe in god?
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RE: Why would you want to believe in god?
July 1, 2015 at 8:13 am
Humans look for patterns so perhaps it is natural for some people to look at random events and try to find an order in them. That might be why some Christians get upset when they are told that atheists don't believe that there is a set meaning to life.

Some people need to feel that something bigger than them loves them for who they actually are. Maybe the belief in a higher power helps them get through whatever darkness that they experience. One of the reasons that I don't try to deconvert people is because I don't know the emotional crutch that god is serving for them.
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Why would you want to believe in god?

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Why would you want to believe in god? - by Spooky - June 29, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Longhorn - June 29, 2015 at 5:06 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Spooky - June 29, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Longhorn - June 29, 2015 at 5:26 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Metis - June 29, 2015 at 5:12 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by brewer - June 29, 2015 at 5:47 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Nope - July 1, 2015 at 8:13 am
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Pyrrho - July 1, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Tonus - July 1, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Pizza - July 1, 2015 at 4:22 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by comet - July 2, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Why would you want to believe in god? - by KUSA - July 2, 2015 at 10:50 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by bennyboy - July 2, 2015 at 11:02 pm
RE: Why would you want to believe in god? - by Spooky - July 3, 2015 at 4:38 pm

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