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Atheists & Agnostics

rurallib

(63,269 posts)

7. sort of a game

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:50 PM

Jun 2016

they pretend to ask some big authority that no one else has ever seen or talked to.
Said authority according to them basically tells them to do what they planned to do anyway.
Thus they resolve themselves of responsibility and do what they were going to do.

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Do you think anybody does anything because they actually believe [View all] edhopper Jun 2016 OP

Oh, I know people who pray over every little thing and wait for "god" to tell them what to do Warpy Jun 2016 #1

But whenever something bad occurs edhopper Jun 2016 #2

People tell themselves that, so maybe they do believe it Solly Mack Jun 2016 #3

You said exactly what I was going to say... Curmudgeoness Jun 2016 #5

We'll pray on it and wait for the lord.. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #4

Sure they do. -nt Freelancer Jun 2016 #6

sort of a game rurallib Jun 2016 #7

This can go different ways depending on the individual. Promethean Jun 2016 #8