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What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?

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What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 7, 2020 at 8:11 pm (This post was last modified: December 7, 2020 at 8:25 pm by Greatest I am.)
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 7, 2020 at 8:31 pm (This post was last modified: December 7, 2020 at 8:32 pm by Belacqua.)
(December 7, 2020 at 8:11 pm)Greatest I am Wrote: It does have an evolutionary purpose, just as our tribal instincts do.

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It would be interesting to take a survey among modern religious people on this subject. 

I suspect that religion is important for their lives in many ways. Socially, morally, emotionally; community, solidarity, mutual support.
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 7, 2020 at 9:20 pm
(December 7, 2020 at 8:31 pm)Belacqua Wrote:
(December 7, 2020 at 8:11 pm)Greatest I am Wrote: It does have an evolutionary purpose, just as our tribal instincts do.

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It would be interesting to take a survey among modern religious people on this subject. 

I suspect that religion is important for their lives in many ways. Socially, morally, emotionally; community, solidarity, mutual support.

I can think of 3 people I know to whom none of that applies.
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 8, 2020 at 1:45 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2020 at 1:47 pm by Greatest I am.)
(December 7, 2020 at 8:31 pm)Belacqua Wrote:
(December 7, 2020 at 8:11 pm)Greatest I am Wrote: It does have an evolutionary purpose, just as our tribal instincts do.

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It would be interesting to take a survey among modern religious people on this subject. 

I suspect that religion is important for their lives in many ways. Socially, morally, emotionally; community, solidarity, mutual support.

Sure. All of the above. 

Our natural insecurity of not being in a tribe/religion, has us hide behind our gangs banner or cross.

I have no problem with that unless, as shown by the religious and political right, they put their affiliations ahead of their moral sense.

It is easy to see they have as the idol worship a genocidal satanic god.

That is equivalent to the right holding their noses as they voted Trump in.

We all know how well that worked out for the U.S. by their death tole and increased poverty.

As to the survey you want, most Christians are not naturalists. They are brain dead supernaturalists.

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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 8, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Why, the biggest dick, of course.
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December 8, 2020 at 3:44 pm
(December 8, 2020 at 2:34 pm)no one Wrote: Why, the biggest dick, of course.

Yayyyy.

I win.

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December 8, 2020 at 4:39 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2020 at 4:42 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 8, 2020 at 5:09 pm
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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 8, 2020 at 5:17 pm
(December 8, 2020 at 5:09 pm)Greatest I am Wrote:
(December 8, 2020 at 4:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Neither of those statements are true.


Nothing from a hate group counts as evidence.

Boru

So now honest stats do not matter, even as you do not refute any of them.

Go away you piece of mental garbage.

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Thank you conceding the argument.

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RE: What will win the god wars? Faith, Fantasy, Facts, or God?
December 8, 2020 at 8:54 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2020 at 8:56 pm by brewer.)
The religion that comes up with the best promises of reward and/or punishment, depending on what's in vogue.

In the US it feels like the prosperity guys are winning, or at least that's what TV is telling me.
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