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Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
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Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
So my mother gave me this stupid old evangelical book, "Abundant Living" and I have no idea why, we really don't talk about religion that much anymore, and I haven't really told her I'm atheist. I really just told her something that I was a while ago, and that was a weak theist. Anyways, she gave me this, and she said that it had some great arguments for the existence of (a) God in here. I had already realized it was going to be bad, but I looked through it. Truth be told, it was shit. Same old arguments. My question is, how can I tell her the arguments are bad without her getting suspicious of me? Thanks in advance.
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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
Don't. Tell her you lost the book. Better yet, a Catholic bully stole it from you!
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
Is there any reason you need to tell her that the arguments are bad?

It seems that if you're worried about giving off atheist vibes, you best just steer clear of that.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
"It'll take six months to think about it, and six months to forget about it" -- Petain's advice is useful in these sorts of situations.

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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
How old are you?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
(December 20, 2016 at 8:04 pm)chimp3 Wrote: How old are you?

Does it matter?
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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
(December 20, 2016 at 8:42 pm)RiddledWithFear Wrote:
(December 20, 2016 at 8:04 pm)chimp3 Wrote: How old are you?

Does it matter?

It does if your young and have to live under your parents roof.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
(December 20, 2016 at 8:48 pm)chimp3 Wrote:
(December 20, 2016 at 8:42 pm)RiddledWithFear Wrote: Does it matter?

It does if your young and have to live under your parents roof.

Relatively young, yes. Why?
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RE: Stupid Book 'Abundant Living'
(December 20, 2016 at 8:57 pm)RiddledWithFear Wrote:
(December 20, 2016 at 8:48 pm)chimp3 Wrote: It does if your young and have to live under your parents roof.

Relatively young, yes. Why?

I don't know your situation but religion is not worth ruining family relations. If you live with your parents your strategy might be different than if you are on your own.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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