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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 20, 2016 at 12:05 pm
(January 19, 2016 at 4:11 am)Videodrome Wrote: [...]I live in America and when I see serious candidates like Rick Santorum it freaks me out. Or anytime in politics I hear the rhetoric that this is a Christian nation and if I don't like it I should leave.[...]
Welcome.
I also was raised catholic, but in an actual catholic country in Central Europe. Growing up I also often heard, that if I didn't like it, I should leave. I didn't like it. I left. The joke's on them, because my country of origin is a sh*thole. Which is why a large number of my friends and family have left since - even the ones who still love Jeezles.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 20, 2016 at 12:16 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Moderator Notice
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Again, welcome Videodrome. I hope you enjoy the forum; we are a motley bunch.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 20, 2016 at 6:45 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 11:10 am)TrueChristian Wrote: Im just saying Chrsitians have ana mount of certainty that atheists don't have.
So, what's the use of certainty? How does being certain about something affect how true it is?
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 20, 2016 at 7:15 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 12:16 pm)mediocrates Wrote: (January 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Moderator Notice
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Sorry if anything I posted was inappropriate in this context.
Again, welcome Videodrome. I hope you enjoy the forum; we are a motley bunch. You are just fine.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 21, 2016 at 3:01 pm
(January 20, 2016 at 11:10 am)TrueChristian Wrote: Im just saying Chrsitians have ana mount of certainty that atheists don't have.
What if it turns out atheists are wrong and they end up cooking forever?
Atheists might want Hell to stop. They might wish it would stop. But I have news for you. IT WILL NEVER STOP!
This poor, young impressionable poster had better get back in God's graces before it's too late!!
Yes, the hell in your brain must be completely unbearable. For most of us, hell is a silly threat made up by preachers in order to fill the pews.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 27, 2016 at 4:32 am
(January 20, 2016 at 11:10 am)TrueChristian Wrote: What if it turns out atheists are wrong and they end up cooking forever?
We could both be wrong.
I suppose if I really wanted to be safe, I would collect every religious symbol and book an worship hundreds of potential Gods in the hope one of them is the true God. Or be punished anyway for Polytheism.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
January 27, 2016 at 4:34 am
"They can't all be right, but they can all be wrong."
Pascal's wager for the lose.
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
May 17, 2016 at 10:49 pm
Gosh. Pascal's Wager on an Introductions thread. How do you find your way into an atheist forum and fall into that trap?!
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RE: Raised Catholic, it didn't stick
May 17, 2016 at 11:27 pm
I'm an atheist, and I meditate a fair amount. I feel like it rearranges things in my brain, pushing the bad stuff to the side so my focus can be on something different.
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