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Atheists & Agnostics

Novara

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4. Also? We've asked the questions....

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sat May 2, 2015, 04:54 PM

May 2015

....and haven't received "divine retribution." No wonder they hate us. Imagine spending your whole life with the only thing keeping you acting like a decent human being the fear of being struck by lightning. Or maybe you don't have to imagine. Many of us lived that way until we got wise.

I wonder sometimes if they also question but are too damn fearful to voice it.

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Salon: “I just don’t believe this anymore”: Why I abandoned my faith [View all] Binkie The Clown May 2015 OP

Yes, that first nagging question causes the cascade of other questions Warpy May 2015 #1

Also? We've asked the questions.... Novara May 2015 #4

When I was 7 or 8 years old and stopped believing full time, Binkie The Clown May 2015 #5

"I believe in god, but I don't believe in religion." Novara May 2015 #6

Who knows, at this rate you might end up with Presidential candidates saying, mr blur May 2015 #2

I give it a few decades at least, but it's a wonderful thought . n/t. bvf May 2015 #3