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RE: Hello all.
September 6, 2015 at 9:56 pm (This post was last modified: September 6, 2015 at 10:01 pm by kramazeek.)
(September 6, 2015 at 9:38 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Ah yes, there's a very simple answer to that question, but it's very hard to follow.  Don't be raised by devote believers.

When I was a child in Wisconsin, USA we briefly went weekly to a church shaped like a flying saucer that had a walkway that bobbed up and down around it's circumference. To this day the memories of being a child and hauling ass around that church are near and dear; the sermons are all but forgotten. If all churches were shaped like flying saucers, being raised by devout parents would hold very little sway on a child's mind but would likely be deadly to adults that drift into cult territory.
@SteelCurtain, Brian, and Jenny : Glad to meet you all!
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#12
RE: Hello all.
September 6, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Interesting, the @SteelCurtain pushes Tapatalk notifications to my phone. I like it!
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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#13
RE: Hello all.
September 7, 2015 at 3:48 am (This post was last modified: September 7, 2015 at 3:49 am by robvalue.)
Heya, nice to meet you Smile

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RE: Hello all.
September 7, 2015 at 6:07 am
(September 6, 2015 at 9:04 pm)kramazeek Wrote: What about the exploration of why people are drawn to religion so that one might avoid the pitfalls?

I dunno, what's that got to do with chickens on Mars?
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September 7, 2015 at 6:53 am
(September 6, 2015 at 9:04 pm)kramazeek Wrote: Thanks Napoleon, very pleased to meet you! What about the exploration of why people are drawn to religion so that one might avoid the pitfalls?

I don't believe anyone is drawn to religion. 99% are forced into it.
By the time you're old enough to realise what's going on, it's too late.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Hello all.
September 7, 2015 at 9:51 am
Hi Mike! Hi Welcome to AF!

Have some welcome waffles c:

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September 7, 2015 at 11:22 am
What? huh? I'm confused.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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#18
RE: Hello all.
September 7, 2015 at 11:37 am
Oh don't mind me @SteelCurtain, just pushing notifications on your phone Big Grin
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kramazeek Offline
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September 7, 2015 at 11:39 am
@Neimenovic : The only thing I have to eat in the house right now is a can of green beans; that picture is cruel at this juncture in my life! But thanks! Smile
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RE: Hello all.
September 7, 2015 at 11:39 am
Oh boy. This is a set up for system abuse. Panic

Two notifications from Vic in 2 minutes. I must be on the Bosnian secret service's radar.

All is going to plan... Devil
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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