Death
What's the biggest reason fearful people turn to religion? Death. Every one of us is afraid of death at a cellular level. Hardly surprising. Nature selects against an acceptance of death in most...
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Your question and answer: What's the biggest reason fearful people turn to religion? Death. Seems to me is an opinion? Or do you have some supporting data. I suppose I could agree fearful people turn...
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"Seems to me is an opinion?" Absolutely. The only evidence I can find is an anecdote by Dawkins in The God Delusion. It seems reasonable though. Most religions that I've studied have some way of...
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On this board anecdotes are considered interesting but not evidence. I am willing to accept the anecdote as evidence and interesting that Dawkins is of his opinion. From your point of view it is...
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" Every one of us is afraid of death at a cellular level." is a declaration of an absolute. An earlier post: "There are no absolutes, except in our minds" is false since the statement is itself an...
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I just received this message on FaceBook. "Bro Bill, I'll never forget you coming to the hospital when Lori was so bad. God performed a miracle that day in ICU. He used you as an instrument to us. I...
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