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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 4:22 pm
(June 29, 2015 at 4:59 pm)Spooky Wrote: Short of indoctrination and maintaining familial ties, why believe?  Assuming an person has no psychological or developmental disabilities, the lack of evidence, or masses of evidence to the contrary should be obvious.

What keeps an otherwise intelligent adult believing in the supernatural?
Belief in an anthropomorphic creator and sustainer of the universe has been entangled with belief in a happy afterlife. So, it's wishful thinking and an unwillingness to believe humans aren't the center of the universe.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot

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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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