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Atheists & Agnostics

amuse bouche

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19. "she needs her voodoo to get through the day"

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 03:58 PM

Dec 2015

I am anti-theist to the bone. I was railing against some religious crap one day and one of my sons said,
Mom, ya... they are ridiculous but they would go crazy if they didn't hang onto it

Ok sweetie, you have a point, but to me, they already are crazy

In other words, I believe people would be better off if they would just confront their demons, openly and honestly.Then they can move on. It really isn't the end of the world

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My father tried to argue with me over religion. I told him [View all] JRLeft Dec 2015 OP

My sympathies. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #1

He truly believes, why because he was raised to believe it. JRLeft Dec 2015 #2

I think some people are too frightened to question its authority. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #3

No, he doesn't. He believes in science, but he tried to say JRLeft Dec 2015 #4

Exactly! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #5

LMFAO, the truth their God ignores them everyday. JRLeft Dec 2015 #6

If recovering is proof of, is dieing proof against? Lordquinton Dec 2015 #12

They would just say that means they're going to the afterlife. JRLeft Dec 2015 #14

So god didn't love them enough to save them? Lordquinton Dec 2015 #15

God probably uses a lotto system to pick and choose. JRLeft Dec 2015 #16

Here I thought God doesn't play dice with the universe Lordquinton Dec 2015 #17

There is some pretty weird shit in the bible. progressoid Dec 2015 #7

LMFAO, pretty perverted shit in there. JRLeft Dec 2015 #8

Oh, that's nothing. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #9

At least mine never tried to argue Bible with me. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #10

Mine said the same thing. JRLeft Dec 2015 #11

I think Dad was scared of dying. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #13

My Mom clings to all sorts of unorthodox magical thinking: lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #18

"she needs her voodoo to get through the day" amuse bouche Dec 2015 #19

You could bring up Revelation 7 and 14 Freelancer Dec 2015 #20