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What makes people believe in religion?

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What makes people believe in religion?
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RE: What makes people believe in religion?
February 17, 2017 at 5:08 am
'The three basic human emotions are greed, fear, and greed.' - Hawkeye Pierce. This has always seemed sufficient to explain most of our species' motivations.

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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: What makes people believe in religion?
February 21, 2017 at 2:39 pm
He forgot laziness... and under emphasized greed.
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?
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