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do religious people really believe?
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RE: do religious people really believe?
No, a Supreme Being is not necessary, just highly desired by those who want some certainty about the future, some reassurance that his or her life won't just go "pffft!" and that is it. The darkness is scary, so we create the necessity that there be some assurance that this reality had a Divine Purpose, and that we, as ego-centered beings, have believed that the Universe (and certainly the sun), revolves around us alone.

If a Supreme Being never had a Creator, then that same logic can be applied to an Eternal Universe that never had a Creator, but came into being. If one wants to argue "But Who made it come into being", one can apply that same question to a Supreme Being. Speaking of a Creator is only adding another layer to the story, and it's "turtles all the way down." You can keep adding Creators, or just drop that entire thought and it works equally well.
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
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do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 4:44 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by One Above All - February 24, 2013 at 6:27 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 6:48 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - February 24, 2013 at 9:52 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by ThomM - February 28, 2013 at 6:37 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 7:06 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 1, 2013 at 2:32 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 2, 2013 at 10:56 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - March 3, 2013 at 12:39 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 3, 2013 at 10:11 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 6:57 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 9:20 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - February 24, 2013 at 10:18 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 10:44 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:07 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 11:09 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Minimalist - February 24, 2013 at 10:26 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 10:50 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 10:58 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - February 24, 2013 at 11:04 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:35 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 11:43 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 24, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 3:41 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 4:16 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 25, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 25, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 25, 2013 at 5:46 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:49 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2013 at 12:26 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 12:28 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 12:52 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 24, 2013 at 1:04 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 24, 2013 at 3:20 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 24, 2013 at 3:41 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by WinterHold - February 24, 2013 at 4:28 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 24, 2013 at 8:05 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 24, 2013 at 9:36 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by fr0d0 - February 24, 2013 at 11:43 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by cratehorus - February 24, 2013 at 11:55 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 25, 2013 at 12:11 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by iameatingjam - February 25, 2013 at 9:52 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Nobody - February 26, 2013 at 12:01 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - February 25, 2013 at 10:24 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - February 26, 2013 at 3:13 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 26, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by paulpablo - February 27, 2013 at 8:55 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Angrboda - February 28, 2013 at 12:35 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2013 at 1:01 pm
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - March 3, 2013 at 12:35 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Mystical - March 3, 2013 at 12:51 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by EGross - March 3, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Esquilax - March 4, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by Ryantology - March 3, 2013 at 10:23 am
RE: do religious people really believe? - by archangle - March 3, 2013 at 10:33 am

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