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Why is Religion such a big deal?

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Why is Religion such a big deal?
The Grand Nudger Offline
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RE: Why is Religion such a big deal?
August 21, 2016 at 6:26 pm (This post was last modified: August 21, 2016 at 6:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 21, 2016 at 5:56 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:
(August 21, 2016 at 4:46 pm)Rhythm Wrote: -OP Q
It isn't, unless people make it one.  My daughter asked me, on the way to land between the lakes, why people "put all those plus signs in their yards". 

-Not even kidding.

(I told her it was for counting the cows)

So you lied to her?

I suppose I could have told her that it's a turn of the mille torture device that some people point to as a beautiful symbol of their scapegoating death cult (you know...to be truthful)....but she's eight, and I was just trying to get a car-full of children to a lake to cool off from this southern summer heat.  She also informed my wife that it was illegal to throw litter out of the window...and so I asked her whether or not it was illegal to throw children out of the window. To which she replied "the law paper says so" - to which I asked..."what's law paper..the stuff you wipe your butt with?".

Think I should have handled it differently?
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RE: Why is Religion such a big deal?
August 21, 2016 at 7:52 pm (This post was last modified: August 21, 2016 at 7:53 pm by robvalue.)
It's a big deal because it's still being used to cause a lot of harm.
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RE: Why is Religion such a big deal?
August 21, 2016 at 8:23 pm
What happens when we die? Where did the world come from? How do I find meaning in life?

These are big questions. Religion supposedly provides the answers to them. That makes it a big deal to those who believe.
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RE: Why is Religion such a big deal?
August 21, 2016 at 10:55 pm
Quote: Think I should have handled it differently?

You might have pointed out that the bible is written on paper and you can still wipe your ass with it.
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RE: Why is Religion such a big deal?
August 21, 2016 at 11:03 pm
Which she'd appreciate, she's my daughter after all...anything you can wipe your ass with is -something-.
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